Dan T wrote:The problem is, it will need a new cable soon anyway, so you have the choice wether to get the thing sorted now and pay £84+VAT or fix it for a couple of months before you'll need to buy a new one anyway.
Wares wrote:Dan T wrote:The problem is, it will need a new cable soon anyway, so you have the choice wether to get the thing sorted now and pay £84+VAT or fix it for a couple of months before you'll need to buy a new one anyway.
Sorry for dragging up an old post but does most people find that adjusting it to be a short term fix?
Current stockist price in my area is £111 inc VAT and if it's a short term fix I'd rather just get it sorted.
Thanks in advance.
Mikey B wrote:Thing is im not convinced its the cable when its just crunching into 1 gear. If its a cable problem i find its hard to select all the back gears (2nd, 4th + reverse)
Im not saying its never the cable but in my experience i have found it to be a fault inside the gearbox when only one gear crunches.
chriswalk wrote:Mikey B wrote:Thing is im not convinced its the cable when its just crunching into 1 gear. If its a cable problem i find its hard to select all the back gears (2nd, 4th + reverse)
Im not saying its never the cable but in my experience i have found it to be a fault inside the gearbox when only one gear crunches.
hve the same problem ith mine. pain in arse getting 2nd 4th and reverse. not all the time but its a daily event ealing with gears.
glad to read so many posts regarding this and to read what the most likely problem will be. will mention the grey gear cable to mechanic tomorrow.
repeating myself i know, but like i mentioned in other posts. i paid a garage 26 october 2010 £271.00 to fit a new gear selector to my van, £161.00 for the part.
same problem with gears came back recently and then thats when i found out the part was not new, and in my opinion not even a recon part. ive noticed that the so called reconed gear selector and the gear change cable have some red paint on them. that says me that it my old part still on the van because if it had been replaced then the selector wouldnt have paint on like the cable does.
saw the garage boss today and he fobbed me off saying the red stuff is the red sealent used when refitting the reconed part.
taking the van to a transit specialist tomorrow to fix problem and to ask his advice on whether or not the selector is a recon part or my old one.
then its legal action time, trading standards etc if he says its my old one.
might only be £161, but i will go on and on till i get my money back.
ps, sorry to go on and on lol.
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