can't get 3rd or 4th gear

ciderman said:

i am watching with interest. last time i started playing with a box it ended up in tears.

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ooh missus ....snigger

for "tears" - do we read "bits"

ciderman said:

i am watching with interest. last time i started playing with a box it ended up in tears.

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I think you need a one-to-one session with Hybridgirl.
She's bound to be able to show you how you can play with a box and produce a smile instead of tears.

CharlesY

Re broken synchro springs. I had exactly the same fault on my old SIII LWB. I removed the broken bits and carried on with only two springs. The box did about another 50k miles before being removed for a different fault.

ZD

OK, replacing a broken spring is not an easy job, but it can be done. The only way I was able to get it in was by grinding one of the edges to taper it slightly, this allowed it to go in the space at an angle.

Once in you need to edge it forwards gently and make sure you lift the the front so it goes over the 4th gear dog and snaps in position. Easy really.

Unfortunately i dint do this and wacked it in realy hard causing the end to bend double......

Luckily it is in far enough to have a springing effect and it will never come out, and best of all I CAN GET 3RD AND 4TH!!!!!

Somehow tho I can see me having to look at this again in the near future....


The official Landy Bodge job artist

Could it by the synchro unit? I had a similar experience - unable to get 3rd or 4th gear. When I drained the oil from the main box some bits of detent spring fell out.

Not sure about the selector issues - but worth a look and I bow to the knowledge of others.