Birchall
Dick Chown Award 2016
Before you spend hundreds to fix this or spend hours trying to adjust the gear change mechanism to cure this think of the following.
if you start the car with the clutch depressed or have had it depressed for a while (at traffic lights for example) the gears in the gearbox are not spinning and so this prevents them from meshing easily.
if you are having this issue, try the following.
Put the gearstick in neutral, lift your foot off the clutch and blip the throttle (to spin the gears) and then quite quickly dip the clutch and try again.
The reason that it only does this in 2st gear and reverse is because the car is stationary at the time. With other gear changes the car is rolling and so the gears in the gearbox are spinning.
try this before spending time and money.
The other thing to consider is stating the car in neutral without the clutch being depressed. Sounds scary but it is one way.
Steve B
if you start the car with the clutch depressed or have had it depressed for a while (at traffic lights for example) the gears in the gearbox are not spinning and so this prevents them from meshing easily.
if you are having this issue, try the following.
Put the gearstick in neutral, lift your foot off the clutch and blip the throttle (to spin the gears) and then quite quickly dip the clutch and try again.
The reason that it only does this in 2st gear and reverse is because the car is stationary at the time. With other gear changes the car is rolling and so the gears in the gearbox are spinning.
try this before spending time and money.
The other thing to consider is stating the car in neutral without the clutch being depressed. Sounds scary but it is one way.
Steve B