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Offline DamoLeeGTI

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GEARBOX WONT SELECT 2ND + 4TH GEAR!
« on: 17 March 2014, 22:20 »
SO YESTERDAY I SET OFF TO GO TO A CRUISE, WENT AND FILLED UP AS NORMAL NO PROBLEMS EVER BEFORE AND AS I LEFT THE PETROL STATION WOULDNT GO IN SECOND GEAR SO I PULLED OVER AND WAS LIKE I HAD NO 2ND GEAR AT ALL OR 4TH!!... EVENTUALLY AFTER SOME WIGGLING IT WORKED SO I SET OFF AGAIN, BUT ON AND OFF 2ND AND 4TH GEAR JUST DONT SEEM TO BE THERE! BUT THEN THEY ARE... ANYBODY ELSE HAD THIS PROBLEM??
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Offline DamoLeeGTI

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Re: GEARBOX WONT SELECT 2ND + 4TH GEAR!
« Reply #1 on: 17 March 2014, 22:21 »
ITS A GOLF 1.8 TURBO GTI, 2001 PLATE BTW!! 5 SPEED BOX
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Offline Lewy

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Re: GEARBOX WONT SELECT 2ND + 4TH GEAR!
« Reply #2 on: 18 March 2014, 08:50 »
Have you check the selector tower on the top of the gearbox?

Something could be jamming the cables not allowing 2nd and 4th.
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Offline lewis1641

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Re: GEARBOX WONT SELECT 2ND + 4TH GEAR!
« Reply #3 on: 21 March 2014, 12:12 »
mine had a broken clip where it joins the tower, so the inner and outer cable were just moving together.

did a temp repair with a jubillee clip
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