I received an SOS text from my wife this morning. She drove her car to the station and abandoned it asking me to walk over and pick it up because she was having trouble changing gears.
I did as I was told (always a good idea) and collected her car. It's not good. 1st and 2nd gears are unavailable and moving between 3rd, 4th and 5th is like trying to extract Excalibur from the stone! I drove it back home via a little back road - didn't fancy the standing hill start onto the main road in 3rd gear, so it's smelling a little of hot clutch but otherwise the clutch was doing its job perfectly, so I don't think that's the problem. Selecting reverse gear is not an issue at all, and I can come to a halt in gear with the clutch down no issue.
I've checked the gear linkage underneath the gear stick and that all seems fine. I can't locate the linkage on the gearbox as there's all sorts of other bits in the way.
Is there anyone on here who might be able to give me an idea where the fault is likely to be? I'm thinking it's pretty terminal at this point and is most likely to be an internal gearbox problem. However, I might not be completely inept when it comes to cars, but gearboxes are not my forte other than changing the odd clutch here and there.
The car in question is a 2005 Ford Fiesta 1.4 Zetec.
Any and all help at this point is much appreciated.
TIA
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
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I cannot remember how difficult access is to the gearbox casing. This will have a bearing - no pun intended - on the labour cost element of having repairs carried out.
I imagine, though, that she'll choose to bin it if the repair is that involved.
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I've done a clutch test and it seems good but does slip a bit.
I've managed to force the lever over and can now select 1st and 2nd gears. After doing this gears 3rd, 4th and 5th are now much easier to select. However, there is definitely a lot of friction when moving the lever to the left in the neutral position and a definite point when that friction stop s when moving the lever to the right past the third gear position.
So maybe @Gagaryn was on the money and it's more a linkage issue than anything else.
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
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Damn!
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
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Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
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Anyway, she's decided enough is enough and the car is on eBay for spares or repair.
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
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Our car is a ford fiesta edge.
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.