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Focus Mk 1 Gearbox on the way out ?

  • 11-08-2009 7:56pm
    #1
    AugustusMaximus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,044 ✭✭✭


    1. Third gear was originally quite hard at times to get into gear and I ground into the gear about 3 or 4 times.
    2. Third, Fourth and Fifth feel loose and there's a bit of forward and backward play in the gearstick.
    3. The car is not popping of gear at all.
    4. When I have the windows open, I can hear a clicking sound when I change into first, third and fifth.

    Anyone guess is that a terminal problem or is it something that can be fixed ?


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  • #2
    mondeo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,680 ✭✭✭mondeo


    AugustusMaximus wrote: »
    1. Third gear was originally quite hard at times to get into gear and I ground into the gear about 3 or 4 times.
    2. Third, Fourth and Fifth feel loose and there's a bit of forward and backward play in the gearstick.
    3. The car is not popping of gear at all.
    4. When I have the windows open, I can hear a clicking sound when I change into first, third and fifth.

    Anyone guess is that a terminal problem or is it something that can be fixed ?

    First thing I would do is not drive the car anymore, your going to get stuck somewhere in the most inconvenient place like on top of a hill at 5pm on a friday afternoon with 500 cars behind ya. I have been there:)


  • #3
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,858 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    Check the linkages, hydraulics, and clutch first


  • #4
    TURRICAN
    Closed Accounts Posts: 717 ✭✭✭TURRICAN


    check engine and gearbox mounts also.


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