Hi peeps heres a good one for you to ponder over, :(

recently bought a Fabia pd100, 46k and full fmdsh, on the test drive everything was

perfect and nothing showed on a good 10 mile test incl reversing

However! now reverse gear is intermittent,

clutch down, gearstick moved to reverse position, clutch out guess wot nowt? nothing

engages mess around for a bit, ie, wiggle wiggle ,clutch in clutch out

, drive forward.... yes its working go to neutral, back to reverse ******s

no reverse. The stupid thing is all forward gears work perfectly, no slipping

crunching etc, its a right royal pain, its going back to dealers on Tue any ideas

cheers,

Hi peeps heres a good one for you to ponder over, :(

recently bought a Fabia pd100, 46k and full fmdsh, on the test drive everything was

perfect and nothing showed on a good 10 mile test incl reversing

However! now reverse gear is intermittent,

clutch down, gearstick moved to reverse position, clutch out guess wot nowt? nothing

engages mess around for a bit, ie, wiggle wiggle ,clutch in clutch out

, drive forward.... yes its working go to neutral, back to reverse ******s

no reverse. The stupid thing is all forward gears work perfectly, no slipping

crunching etc, its a right royal pain, its going back to dealers on Tue any ideas

cheers,

linkage adjustment or internal gearbox issue

did have an issue on an old escort and it was the gear linkage, all the joints had worn,

Yeah my first thought was cables but they apparently have to go on a jig to set

them correctly, even locking gear stick to disconect linkage would not help to set

adjustment, worst case i think is broken or sticking selector forks. :'( as

I can put the gear lever into reverse position with out dipping clutch???

Yeah my first thought was cables but they apparently have to go on a jig to set

them correctly, even locking gear stick to disconect linkage would not help to set

adjustment,

You don't need a jig!!!

Find the two adjuster cables (behind and under battery) and feel for the black plastic slide ring against the spring...turn this to unlock and slide it to compress the spring and then turn the ring again to lock spring in compressed state (this frees the cables from this end)Do this to both cables!!

Inside the car, unclip the gearstick gaiter and stick a M5 bolt,drillbit etc (6mm i think) through the ring on the gearstick and into the hole on the gearstick base (this locks the gearstick).

Then find on the front of the gearbox (under front of battery) a small black lever pointing up (12 o'clock). Press down (about 2/3 to 3/4) on the top of the selector mech (on top of gearbox) and then turn (and slightly push in) the small black lever to the right to the 3 o'clock position (do this by feel). This then locks the gear box mech.

Then go back to the black plastic lock rings and unlock them to release the springs!

Then turn the black lever to 12 o'clock position (pointing up)

Then remove the drillbit or bolt from the gearstick lock pos inside the car!!

Job done!!!

Edited 7 May, 201115 yr by fabdavrav