Alano Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Hi all Newby member to site. I have a transit connect 2009. 61000 miles and clutch fitted at 52000 miles. Van drives like a dream in all gears but occasionally when selecting reverse gear it won't go in. It does go in after several attempts I have oiled and lubed all moving parts on gearbox and gear lever & cables etc. Any ideas anyone on possible cause or fix ??? All your answers will be much appreciated many thanks Alan . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G B L Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Have you tried going into first and then going into Reverse? If the new clutch has different material it could have a slight drag when released. Reverse gear does not have a syncro so the gears need to be stopped or almost stopped to engage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alano Posted January 14, 2019 Author Share Posted January 14, 2019 (edited) Hi Yes when I try selecting other gears and gently putting in reverse it does go in to reverse but not every time on 1st attempt it has been fine for 9000 miles since clutch fitted Edited January 14, 2019 by Alano Incomplete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidparker Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Have you checked the level of gear lube in the transmission? If its low, it could cause some sticking. You might have lost some fluid during the clutch change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alano Posted January 14, 2019 Author Share Posted January 14, 2019 Fluid is fine nice golden colour and level is all okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G B L Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 How much Free play in the pedal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alano Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 Hi very little play in pedal maybe 5mm play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G B L Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Sounds like the clutch material is causing the input shaft to take a while to coast down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alano Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 Hi in response to your last message GBL even though all other gears engage fine ??? It does however feel ever so slightly stiff in others gears now and then but like I say ever do slightly stiff but they always engage properly. Is there nothing to rectify this.??? So it's nothing to do with gear selector that bolts on to gearbox or cables ??? Gearbox man locally to me says leave it it won't get worse but it shouldn't be doing it and it is annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoAl Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 My first thought is that reverse is a non synchromesh gear. Ive had transmissions in the hazy distant past that would act like that. Second thought is that the clutch may not have enough freeplay and is actually transmitting a bit of power or spinning the transmission a bit even with the clutch peddle depressed all the way. I'm not sure you don't have transmission issues. Many years ago I had a 1985 Merkur XR4Ti which destroyed its transmission. If I recall one of the symptoms was difficulty engaging reverse. Or may have been the Fiesta (1978) that had a bearing go bad which caused play in the shaft. I got lucky on the Fiesta, it had a magnetic drain plug which collected the metal and all it needed was a replacement bearing. When the XR4Ti was right it was very quick for it's time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G B L Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 The Trans was out, when the clutch was changed, If the linkage was tightened up in a slightly different position then it could change the shifting. I need to find a picture of the linkage and see. Gen 1 or Gen 2 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifty150 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 2 hours ago, PhotoAl said: Many years ago I had a 1985 Merkur XR4Ti That was a good car, which didn't sell well. Sort of like the Ford Probe, which nobody bought either. But plenty of people are willing to buy the Ford Fiesta. Ford needs to stop selling small cars. Clearly, they don't know what they're doing. They should have stopped back when the consumers stopped buying Ford Taurus, and started buying Toyota Camry. Every little car which isn't that great, only serves to diminish your reputation as an automaker. Chrysler's K Car saved Chrysler, and ruined it at the same time. They sold a lot of those little cars, which saved the company financially. But the reputation of the K Car, even today, would stop me from buying a Chrysler. Even if Ricardo Montalban does a TV commercial, pushing the "Corinthian Leather". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alano Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Hi the van has the new set up hydraulic clutch and gear stick selects gear via 2 cables I enclose some pictures. Hope these give you some sort of idea as not sure if selector needs replacing or cables etc.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alano Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Well I'm hoping that the cables or selector needs changing as I don't need the stress of taking the gearbox out ? help. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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