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64 plate car with 60k miles. Bushes on cables all ok, lever stuck in 5th. Clutch working and friend suggested clutch release bearing, does this make sense?
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What car and what year is it?
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I`ve said the year. Vauxhall Mokka.
Not really. You should be able to get it in and out of gear not using the clutch as long as the engine isn’t running. What happens to the lever if you disconnect the cables at the gearbox end?
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It moved around.
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Been reading up and possible selector fork extended to far and needs adjusting (box out job)
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Years ago during my apprenticeship at Vauxhall, it was common for the roll pin in Vauxhall selector forks to shear off, leaving them stuck in gear. Maybe nothing has changed?
I remember doing them too, they were a piece of cake to do. They are still in use on the Vivaro so, I imagine just about everything else still has them.
Yep. Drop the bottom of the gearbox, 1/8” punch, knock the three pieces out and fit a new pin. Before I started my apprenticeship my dad bought a 3.3 Ventora that was stuck in gear. We fitted a recon box - I remember it cost £37.50 but it was still a cheap car. Two weeks later I started my apprenticeship and it was one of the first jobs I helped out on! Grrr.
The Victor/Cresta/Ventora boxes were lovely to work on. First of all, remove the box leaving the bellhousing in place. Take off the cover on the bottom of the box and there was the laygear! Knock the layshaft out and lift out the laygear to get a good view of the mainshaft, synchro hubs and selector forks. Compare that to other manufacturers!
And make sure you get all the needle rollers.
A loverly engine, with lots of torque. I had one, never let me down, would pull a tank. They were built with a bonded in rear screen, except the bonding had failed on mine, leaked every time it rained. It had a weird, thermostatic cabin temperature control, using a spirit filled bulb, to automatically control the heater heated water temperature from the radiator, via a tap.
They weren't so lovely when you had to lift half a ton of cylinder head off.
That car, took me, without even a hiccup, all over the UK on holidays. I remember one mod I made to it, was to adapt a Piranha electronic ignition to it. Originally bought for a four pot - I couldn't get hold of a 6 lob disk for the sensor points cam, so ended up making one.
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