poorly sally

[rustic]

Originally Posted by clivvy

it does seem a bit of a coinkidink doesnt it..

anyway, id say if you can, drive it down to Ricks. I cant see any reason why you would need reverse if you stick to the motorways etc? although in saying that..if you have to stop off on the way, you may find youself in a position where you have to reverse?

id ask ross, seen as he has the car, to try what Rick suggested with the gears, perhaps he can clear it?

I remember, long ago, when my father passed his motorcycle test then the only other vehicle he could then drive was a three wheeler, in fact he bought a reliant regal. A condition at the time was that the reverse gear was blanked off, could you believe that. Now some motorbikes have reverse.

So he became very profficient at parking, drive through on car parks etc, don't parallel park, and never get too close to the vehicle in front.
Park on a hill so you can roll back etc.

So you should be able to do a journey without using reverse.

Maybe we all should try it, and see how far we get.
It's more difficult than we think, but with care you should be ok.

2 tonnes is not a weight that one person alone should try to push.

Good luck,
best regards, Rustic

[briggie]

Originally Posted by rustic

I remember, long ago, when my father passed his motorcycle test then the only other vehicle he could then drive was a three wheeler, in fact he bought a reliant regal. A condition at the time was that the reverse gear was blanked off, could you believe that. Now some motorbikes have reverse.

So he became very profficient at parking, drive through on car parks etc, don't parallel park, and never get too close to the vehicle in front.
Park on a hill so you can roll back etc.

So you should be able to do a journey without using reverse.

Maybe we all should try it, and see how far we get.
It's more difficult than we think, but with care you should be ok.

2 tonnes is not a weight that one person alone should try to push.

Good luck,
best regards, Rustic

i can drive without reverse down to ricks , problem is a few things , i cannot make it in one go , im going to have to stop a few times ..another problem is what if its a serious problem with the gearbox and i lose forward drive too ? plus it will be getting on for £150 + for fuel for me to get to ricks , something i cannot afford if it doesnt fix it

as for pushing a car , that is not a option regardless of the cars weight

im truely gutted and like i said im probably not thinking straight

[dinky]

Have you got roadsside recovery,set off then phone them out.Being disabled means either home or to journeys end,but msake sure plenty of fuel in car as they check.

[clivvy]

come on Pete, have some confidence, anyway, have they got back to you yet??

[briggie]

Originally Posted by clivvy

come on Pete, have some confidence, anyway, have they got back to you yet??

phone call from ross at the garage ......


they followed ricks advice , and ........it seems to have cured it , they are going to " test it " some more with ricks advice , then change all filters/atf oil etc , and see what happens by tomorrow

[clivvy]

Originally Posted by briggie

phone call from ross at the garage ......


they followed ricks advice , and ........it seems to have cured it , they are going to " test it " some more with ricks advice , then change all filters/atf oil etc , and see what happens by tomorrow

ahhh looking promising my friend!!

[briggie]

well ross hasnt phoned me since ....... what is it they say " no news is good news " ? ........ heres hoping

[macabethiel]

I would start with checking the mechanical link between the lever and the gearbox. Its all too easy to assume the worse and that the gearbox has failed internally.

I am pretty sure that our auto boxes are the early type that rely mainly on a fluid mechanics and pressure valve system not like the later gearxoxes that have electric solenoids to change gear.

I would start by checking the movement from car gearshift to where it mechanically moves a lever on the gearbox casing. It only needs a circlip to half break or a rod link to become sloppy for it to simply not engage reverse.

[briggie]

well , garage changed all fluids etc , and all seemed well , drove it backwards and forwards a few times ..... woo hoo ....... untill i got home ..... i went to reverse into my disabled bay ..... nice bleep from the reverse beeper ..... no movement ..... i had to drive forward about 10 feet , then it went into reverse ....... ive had enough of this ...... anyone wanna buy a mistral ? 12 months mot .... or swap for a diesel auto car ?

[macabethiel]

Briggie,

Has someone checked the mechanical link ?

[briggie]

Originally Posted by macabethiel

Briggie,

Has someone checked the mechanical link ?

er dunno

[solarman216]

Originally Posted by briggie

er dunno

Pete if you can find me the link to the Mistral auto box as the one I have I am not sure it is the same, then I can look at the linkage and see if it could be the problem, it is odd that you can drive froward and then it will go into reverse, Rick

[briggie]

Originally Posted by solarman216

Pete if you can find me the link to the Mistral auto box as the one I have I am not sure it is the same, then I can look at the linkage and see if it could be the problem, it is odd that you can drive froward and then it will go into reverse, Rick

just to throw a metaphorical spanner into the mix ..... it wont always go into reverse after driving forward , but when it does , it jerks and has loads of power ... ie not slipping

[briggie]

http://bebrs.pie-dabas.net/Webs/Terrano/R20/at.pdf

[solarman216]

Originally Posted by briggie

just to throw a metaphorical spanner into the mix ..... it wont always go into reverse after driving forward , but when it does , it jerks and has loads of power ... ie not slipping

well that pretty much rules out the reverse clutch, so linkage or valve block, get me the link for the box manual Please Pete, Rick