Carl160180 Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Right been driving the car tonight and noticed that the gearstick was a bit "slack" in every gear i had about an inch of play up and down, thought nothing of it and just passed it off as a worn linkage rubber or something. ANYWAY as i was heading home i was giving the car some stick through the gear's and i cam to a speedhump and slowed right down and put the car into 2nd, drove over the speedhump slowly and accelerated away and as I went for 3rd there was nothing there, I can move the gearstick in a full circle as if the linkage had came off So when i got home i had a look under the car and the linkage is still connected to the gearbox I can get hold of the gear linkage and move it in and out of the box and there's no resistance but it's stuck in 2nd stick???? Anyone have any idea whats broken???? Only thing I can think of is that the selector shaft that goes into the gearbox has snapped inside Next question, My car has the mtx gearbox in it (lift up reverse) and i know that these are the same type of gearbox as fitted to the rs2000's but is there any other ford's that use the exact same gearbox or would it HAVE to be from an escort TD or RS2K Another one, Are the gearbox's the same in the mk5b and mk6???? Help needed on this one ASAP as i need to get this problem sorted tomorrow but i'm not sure if my local scrappy has any mk6 TD's in and they DEFFO don't have any rs2k's in Thanks Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmax Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Sounds to me like something has gone inside ya gearbox very similiar to my mates golf, the selector still moves but the gear stays the same. He had to replace the entire gearbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl160180 Posted September 17, 2006 Author Share Posted September 17, 2006 Yeah i think the selector shaft has snapped inside the box Just need to know if the mk5b's are the same and if there's any other ford that use the same box ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sortedford Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 afaik tdi, rs2k, 130's (ghia si orion/ xr3i etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl160180 Posted September 17, 2006 Author Share Posted September 17, 2006 So mk5b's are the same as mk6's??? shaft's the same too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sortedford Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 im pretty sure they are, the petrols are interchangeable, and i cant see why they would have changed anythign between the production Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j4ffa Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 the mk5b has the reverse below 5th n same with moms mk6 escort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl160180 Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 All escorts have the reverse below 5th it's the different mounting points etc i'm wondering about, But it does'nt matter now anyway as i'm getting my original gearbox re-conditioned for FREE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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