Stuck In Gear

[pirate13]

Hey Guys,

I moved house over the weekend (richmond-prahran) and after a long day it came time to move the old girl. After putting in a new 4 speed and new battery i was feeling positive in getting her the 5 k's to her new home.

But of course she had other ideas.

Coming up Williams road she got stuck in third stalled and then locked up and blocked off traffic. After looking over it all and not being ale to 'pop' her out of gear the pressure of crazy rich suites in there bmw coupe's yelling abuse broke me and a tow truck was called.

Now I am hoping that one of you amazing people could give me an insight in what could be the issue (diff gone? linkages?) and what my best option is as she obversely doesn't roll anywhere.

Thanks Guys,

Rossco.

[Phil]

Most probably just jumped the gate in the gearshift,just move the selector on the gearbox and you should be able to get neutral then check linkages for looseness and correct adjustment.

[Warren]

Arrrggghhh whaleoilbeefhooked shez routed giver t me

on a more serious note if you have just put in a new gearbox, then as phil suggested its jumped the gate and got both third and reverse (or first) are engaged at the same time.

Get under the van, disconnect the linkages at one end and move the selector arms till yo find neutral. Now reconnect the first/second gear linkage, look at the shifter mechanism and ensure the first and second gear gate is adjusted to the center, then do the same for the 3rd & 4th gate and reverse.

This should have you changing gears OK, if there is a lot of slack in your linkage arms/shifter then it could happen again.

Check out this 3 speed shifter thread for info on how to tighten up and re enforce the shifter, almost the same for the 4 speed.

Warren   

 

[pirate13]

Arrrggghhh whaleoilbeefhooked shez routed giver t me

on a more serious note if you have just put in a new gearbox, then as phil suggested its jumped the gate and got both third and reverse (or first) are engaged at the same time.

Get under the van, disconnect the linkages at one end and move the selector arms till yo find neutral. Now reconnect the first/second gear linkage, look at the shifter mechanism and ensure the first and second gear gate is adjusted to the center, then do the same for the 3rd & 4th gate and reverse.

This should have you changing gears OK, if there is a lot of slack in your linkage arms/shifter then it could happen again.

Check out this 3 speed shifter thread for info on how to tighten up and re enforce the shifter, almost the same for the 4 speed.

Warren   

 

Thanks Wazza, I will give that a go tomorrow arvo and fingers crossed.

Cheers mate.

Rossco.

[ben]

common problem with the aussie 4 speed selector..

keep a long flat screwdriver handy in the van for the the times it pops out, most of the time you can shove the screwdriver in and manipulate the selector back into position.

if its really badly stuck or stuck in 2 gears at once. you need a person underneath to hit the linkage with a hammer..


but as others have said, good idea to fix the problem..

ben

[rossie]

did it roll with the clutch in?
this new gear box , was it checked before fitting? was it new or just new to you??
I fitted a aussie in a HR for a bloke in May, it had a broken cluster (buggered)