Gear selection issues

[dern]

Hi,

I have a turbo II engine and gearbox in my kit car and am having some gear selection issues. The gearbox has a mazdaspeed quick shifter fitted.

The problem is that 1st and 2nd are fine but sometimes going to 3rd finds me grinding in to 5th. The feel of the gear change is very sloppy.

It\'s quite hard to explain what I found when I took the gearlever off but I\'ll have a go...

Under normal circumstances changing in to 5th or reverse seems to require some effort to push against a sprung gate if that makes sense. When I took the gear lever off that sprung gate hadn\'t returned when I came out of reverse getting the car off the drive. This seems to be the issue with finding 3rd I think... essentially this sprung gate thing was still open when I was changing from 2nd to 3rd so it seemed to fall in to 5th. I greased as much stuff as I could see and now most of the time this sprung thing springs back when I change out of reverse and then the change from 2nd to 3rd happen smoothly. However, sometimes it needs a good wiggle to get this sprung gate to return to its closed position.

The question is where is this sprung gate and how do I gain access to it in order to give it a good clean and grease so it works properly and reliably.

Does that make any kind of sense?

Thanks,

Mark

[m1tch]

Have you checked the clutch slave cylinder?

[dern]

Have you checked the clutch slave cylinder?

No as the problem is with the sprung gate in the selector. There\'s no problems with engaging the gears once you have the correct gear. The difficulty is in selecting 3rd when the sprung gate sticks open rather than closing when you come out of 5th or reverse.

Cheers,

Mark

[dern]

Sorry, I\'ve just noticed that this forum section is non-technical.

Please ignore this thread :Hammer

Mark