Gear linkage stuck

[Gurfin888]

Hi. My ford transit connect 1.8 2012 wont go out of gear. It is stuck in third gear. The linkage cables are stiff and cant be moved. And when i try to start the car and let out the clutch the car lightly moves forward but it doesnt move at all. Any ideas? The clutch ias rubbish I guess but what about the transmission

[Gurfin888]

My ford transit connect 1.8 2012 gear linkage is stuck, it wont move at all. The stick is stuck in third gear. When I start the car and let out the clutch the car slightly forward but when fulle engaged nothing happens, except slight rattling? I’m pretty sure rhe clutch is rubbish but what about the linkage??

[metalworker0]

hard to tell from your explanation - it looks like the clutch has gone to me or the clutch slave cylinder ...gearbox out what ever of the two it is.

if the clutch has gone ..it should still go into all gears with the engine running and- front wheels off the ground.

all the best.mark

[Gurfin888]

The clutch has pressure so its not master or slave cylinder. I cant change gear… is the transmission sh*t?

[metalworker0]

if the clutch plate or pressure plate has disintegrated or bust , then it will be like changing gear without a clutch pressed in...which is why i said raise it up off the wheels, and with the engine running try the gears..they will be hard to push into gear ...but you should have all of them ...if they still will not go in .. then you have gearbox problems. I'm sort of eliminating things first. which is all i can advice, as i cant really sit in the van and find out myself. this is long distance diagnostics.


all the best.mark

[Gurfin888]

Oh okey! Sorry for misunderstanding your first post. I will try and lift the front wheels and start the engine to try and disengage the clutch and see if the gear stick will move to neutral. Otherwise I will be looking at replacing the transmission. Thanks again!!

[metalworker0]

The next step if it will not go into gear ..is to look at the gearbox linkage ..you can look at the top of the gearbox view from top of engine compartment and down below whist chocked up to see if anything wrong there..next you are pulling the linkage apart in the cabin , believe there is something that busts or gets misplaced just below the gear lever . from memory or the cables have seized or come off , worn out the on the what ford call clamps ..sort of swivel joint that are on the end of cables.

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