Ford Fiesta Gear Selection Problem

[legend41]

Hi, encoutered a problem with my gearbox today. The car is a Ford Fiesta 1.25 Zetec 1996 Manual.

Driving home I could not select 2nd gear, all other gears are working fine. The gear itself is not selecting at all, no crunching sounds like a missed gear, it just will not slip into place. I tried the method of pumping the clutch but to no avail, the geabox fluid im not sure about, no idea how to check it. So any ideas where I stand on this?

Im thinking its not the clutch as all other gears are fine right now, so maybe a problem with the transmission itself? There were no real indicators that it would fail up until it happened.

Help? Thanks

 

[stuartinlancashire]

Sounds similar to a problem my Dad had with his Escort van, the selector rod that runs between the gear lever and gear box was worn and a few days later it broke.

Therefore it is possible that yours could either be on it's way out, or may just be in need of adjustment.

 

[TicklyT]

Could also be an engine mounting about to fail. If they 'go soft' the engine/gearbox settles a bit, putting the gear selector linkage out of line.

 

[legend41]

Thanks for the replies guys. Today I drove the car for about a 20 minute period, as i said the other gears are fine thus far. I was explaining the problem to my father, so he tried the gear himself and it actually went into gear and was fine for a couple of gear changes and then it stopped again.

Does this definatly sound like a selector rod problem? What sort of price range am i looking at to get this fixed? How can I check this myself? And finally is it safe to keep driving the car and just avoiding 2nd gear?

Thanks