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Re: no first gear (long) Posted by Cmyles [Email] (#1126) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Cmyles) on Tue, 18 Aug 2015 21:49:38 In Reply to: no first gear (long), Jeyi, Tue, 18 Aug 2015 13:38:19 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
One thing I have seen, but not related to first gear, is a broken synchromesh spring. When that happens it can jam the slider (or "muff") from sliding and prevent gear engagement but usually, since the broken spring is getting thrashed around, the condition changes randomly every time you shift. Sometimes the gear will engage and sometimes not. Because your situation is that the gear never engages and because it does engage second and third it seems most likely to me that you have an external problem. It's a bit of work but one definitive test would be to disconnect the coupling and try shifting into first by grabbing the shift shaft (at the rear of the transmission) with a pair of pliers or by putting a short "pin" through one of it's holes and using that as a shift lever. If you can select first that way then it has to be an external problem. Don't forget that you may need to roll the gears a little if it doesn't want to find first right off. If you've rolled them several times and still can't get first then that's a rap.
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