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no gear on ford transit van

darklordsbane · 2012-06-09 15:37:05

I have a 2001 long wheel base ford transit 2litre diesel van, the bolt has sometimes come out of the gear selector so I carry spares, this was never a bad issue until today the bolt seared off inside the shaft, I took of the housings with the 2 cable on it I got a friend to tow me to his workshop, when we started towing I…

09-06-2012 3:37pm

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darklordsbane

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I have a 2001 long wheel base ford transit 2litre diesel van, the bolt has sometimes come out of the gear selector so I carry spares, this was never a bad issue until today the bolt seared off inside the shaft, I took of the housings with the 2 cable on it
I got a friend to tow me to his workshop, when we started towing I noticed straight away the van was in gear I put my foot on the clutch because the selector was doing notice with the gear stick
my friend is a bit deaf so for about a mile he was towing me with my foot on the clutch and beeping and flashing to get him to stop
when we stopped the van wasn't in gear anymore I dont know if it just dropped out or if something broke
we couldnt drill the bolt out in position as there wasn't enough room
we took the selector out of the gearbox and drilled and taped the shaft,
When we reassembled the selector into the gearbox everything went fine
I started the van put it into 1st and took my foot off the clutch and nothing happened, I got a slight grind in 2nd but I have no gears
Any ideas
Dlb

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