Gear won't engage

kni8ht · Post by **kni8ht** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 10:11 pm

Wonder have anyone has the experience where they gears won't engage?

I stopped at this traffic light one day, had my gear in neutral, as the light turns I try to put the gear in 1st, but won't go in, reclutch few times and try 2nd gear, 3rd still no luck (feel like I was sitting there for hours)

was keep trying until I was able to get into the 2nd gear and rev the car to start to move..

the people behind me was not happy and I feel embarrassed

anyone have this problem before?

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 10:35 pm

could be a synchro problem... fortunately i never had that problem before myself...

kni8ht · Post by **kni8ht** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 11:16 pm

that sound expensive to fix..

anyone what I might be looking at??

Post by **smorison** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 11:45 am

that sounds like a syncro issue for sure...

you could try replacing your oil with redline stuff it seems to fix a lot of syncro issues out there...

kni8ht · Post by **kni8ht** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 2:35 am

Thanks Steve, could you tell me which one of the Redline product you using?? it seems there is a few of them and for different use.

Just an update,
For some reason the gear is working fine for a week.. not sure if it caused by the hot wheather in the pass few days or what..

G1 · Post by G1 » Tue Feb 24, 2004 12:23 pm

when is the last time you had your transmission oil changed? maybe you should check to see how dirty it has become.

kni8ht · Post by **kni8ht** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 6:52 pm

I think I last change it while doing my major service... sometime last year (can't remember what monthi t was)

By the way, G1

how do you check the oil if is dirty??

Robb · Post by **Robb** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 5:07 pm

Kni8ht if you look just next to the air box you will see a filter simular to an oil filter and infront of that is a dip stick like your engine oil one pull it out check it like you would check engine oil....

hope that helps...

Robb...

kni8ht · Post by **kni8ht** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 8:49 pm

Hi Robb,

Just had some free time to check this out, but I keep looking for 10 minutes and was not able to see that dip stick..next the air box.

I wonder if possible to give the colour of the dip stick or something..

thanks for your help Robb

Robb · Post by **Robb** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 4:37 pm

Hey Kni8ht.. just went and had a look at mine again and my dip stick is painted white.. if you stand at the front of you car looking into the engine bay there are two fans at your radiator the left one has the engine behind it and the right fan has the trans dip stick behind it.. I have a GPX tip so I dont know if it may be located in a different position on different models..

cheers buddy...

Robb...

kni8ht · Post by **kni8ht** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 12:00 am

thanks Robb, did a long hard look, but could not see the same thig you refering to.. I got a manual GPX..

any someone with a manual GPX can confirm this too

thanks for your help Robb, cheers

TimmyD · Post by **TimmyD** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 2:04 am

just went and had a quick look myself and couldnt find anything??

but then again this was at 2am with nothing but the street lamp over my head...

Tim

G1 · Post by G1 » Thu Mar 11, 2004 11:20 am

the problem does sound more serious than a dirty oil problem though... should get it checked out... i never actually looked for this dip stick myself either... maybe on our manuals you can only check from the bottom when you unscrew the plug?

cant find it in this pic either, only the white engine oil stick to the left

MADFTO · Post by **MADFTO** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 2:27 pm

If I remember correct, manual transmission don't have oil dip sticks. Only Autos do, as oil is a major component (I believe the torque converter uses the oil as the transfer fluid )

Oil still plays a role in manuals of cause, but only in reducing wear, however it usually doesn't require topping up that often as the oil doesn't change temperature as quickly.

As usual, I haven't confirmed my knowledge but that what my view of the world appears like. if I have any glaring errors, please correct me.

Adriano · Post by **Adriano** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 2:36 pm

i did my gearbox oil change (manual) a few months ago.. i read thru the manual before doing it and didnt come across a dip stick for it in the manual.. all it said was unscrew the plug where you fill the oil in, check how clean the oil is(i guess by poking your finger in it), if its dirty then replace it... you can just see that plug on the right side of the engine when your facing it, between the airbox and the right headlight theres a gap, and you can just see it...

ruchi · Post by **ruchi** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 2:51 pm

yep, as strange as it may seem, only automatic cars have automatic transmission fluid

dannyboyau · Post by **dannyboyau** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 8:02 pm

think i know what it is.

I am too lazy to explain so i will let this link do it

http://www.ftowa.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=111

ruchi · Post by **ruchi** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:29 pm

looks like the WA forum has some good resources.