on a dark dessert highway...

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o my, picture the scene.. n.ireland at its classic morose weather best..just driving away from the mechanics this early eve and marvelling at how well my van is driving (that was obviously my fatal error).. loving it, sniffing the petrol filled air and smiling ear to ear.. when literally 2 mins later when stopped at the traffic lights I failed to go into first gear didn't like that.. second gear.. not today!.. managed to start in third at that and the next set of lights.. making note to self that once I get home spend some time checkin it all out.. home was close very close and yet on this delightfully stormy windy rainy night oh and did I say windy... very very far away!! Came to set of lights that mark my turn off of a very busy dual carriage way.. so am on outside lane trying to get across traffic... waiting and whilst waiting trying to engage gear.. first has got lost, second not co-operating... over to third.. no that's not working this time.. I can see the smoke from our living room fire Im soo close.. traffic flying past me on both sides.. 2 changes of lights im still sitting there..car behind beeps, finally with a last lurch of hope I get it into fourth and manage to stutter spit (only way to describe it!) into inside lane .. away from the warmth of my lovely home and turn off the first road that came along, pull into a safe private laneway and took a breathe..Tis said I like an adventure but that one is a bit close to the wrong side of the edge even for me! Im now a bit anxious of the prospect of a new gearbox.. in both cost and availability? Any clues commer councillers? fankles

Keep on running...
 
Your van is determined not to come out of hibernation, try driving it in the sunshine;)
1st port of call will be the gear linkage, make sure nothing has dropped off.

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Shouldn't be gearbox... They're pretty strong. Id check the linkages aren't lose where it's near the gearbox as easy to see there but would say most likely is the connection directly under the gearstick... There's a nut that connects the stick to the selector rod. The nut is meant to be kept in place by a piece of wire. If this is loosening off you'll start losing more and more gears.

Hope this helps... Can get to it by taking the scoop off or by taking the gearstick mechanism off if you want to stay warmer, bit awkward though...need to be fairly skinny :)

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turns out it was actually the clutch slave cylinder had leaked.. need a replacement.. would prefer to source local.. (are these easily translatable with mini for example?) if not you'll be hearing from me martin maltas ;-)

Keep on running...
 
I got those symptoms when the slave was on the wrong face of the mounting:I
Moved to the correct position and it worked fine.

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Betterer than new...
 
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