slipping out of 5th and 3rd and a whole host of problemos...

Hi Can anyone help… majorly rubbish with my car but wanting to learn, this is my first of may posts im sure!
 :redfaced:
I have had my clipper cab 1.8 for 2 years now 'Brucie' it has always been difficult get it into gear mainly 1st and crunches everytime rev. is selected.  I have now noticed that it is slipping out of 5th and jumping (viciously) out of 3rd.  There is also a lot of whirring noises coming from the box

It had a new clutch fitted at a local garage about a year ago - been told that the clutch might have gone can this be so??????

- Another incident occured when i selected reverse the other day and the car juped backwards and the clutch started smoking eek. I have had a few people mention the release bearing to me too???

…And then sometimes all is well - very frustrating!

Defo need to change the gearlinkage and bushes as i can literaly move the gearstick around in a circle when its in gear!   but could there be a major problem with the gearbox/clutch/both

All these suggestions i dont know where to start!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers for any suggestions

might sound stupid but check your clutch cable first might need adjusting, also check gearbox oil.  change all the bushes in the linkage not an expensive job and relativly easy, with plenty of guides on here and other places to follow, if then you still have issues then start looking at release bearings and cluthes and worst case new gearbox which come up fairly often on the bay and for sale section on here,

i only have what i have learnt myself over the last few years rebuilding my car 82 tintop but at least its a start.

Selector bushes sound shot so deffinately get those done. You might not be fully selecting the gears, hence they are jumping out under load - the bushes will help.

Other than that, if it is noisy, has it got any oil in it?  :dontknow:
There is a a plug on the end (passenger side) of the box that you should be able to take out. The oil should be "up to" that level, IE, it spills out if there is too much. If you put your finger in the hole and you can't feel any oil, you need more…

defo gonna get bushes sorted (not myself though - im too scared i will break him)
do you know where i can get hold of a set for the bushes, wouldnt mind changing the selector rods too - might aswell.


I might check the oil myself eeeek - thats brave suppose i cant go wrong with that - is the plug easy to reach?
 


OOOOh you are alll soooo helpful

Debs x

this should help:
Welcome to BrokeVW.com

you need a 17mm allen, what you could use is a wheel bolt and a spanner

eeek

I will give it a go - wish me luck!

xx

just make sure you can undo the level plug before you try the drain plug

when i fill them i do it via the speedo cable hole, but if you can get a cunning arrangement of pipes and funnel can do it thru the level/filler hole. when you remove the speedo cable be very carefull! dont catch the gear on the edge of the hole or you risk popping it off into the box.

also when refitting take care as the end of the gear has to pop into a little hole, which is fiddly to get right will take wiggling and twisting to get it all dropped in nice. if you dont get it in the hole the cable wont sit flush and you'll loose the speedo readout too

Jesus wept you know i will make a balls up of it LOL

Garage it is

oooooops gone to my car today and it wont come out of gear and has no drive,  when i managed to get it into neutral i realised it would move as in first gear LOL

hmmm wont turn over unless i press down the clutch!!!!! if i dont pres  the clutch down it goes kkkkddduuuunNNNNK!

Very sad debbie - I Have no wheels i have just used the bus eeeeek

oh dear i think its too late to save that box

Just slide the gear linkage a little way along the shaft (the one that runs front-back under the car from under the gear shifter to the rest of the linkage near the gearbox).