fifth gear pop out

[embalm-a]

ive looked for the guide on fifth gear pop out and cant find it!

anyone know where it is...

cheers mike

[Charged]

Hello Mate, nice to meet you at the weekend

I think the general guide is, junk the old 'box and get a replacement on there instead!

[Lunarmatic]

There are a couple of articles in the Knowledge base:

Lauren's article (although all the pictures seem to be broken):
http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/kb.php?mode=article&k=74

Chris's article on replacing the gear itself:
http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/kb.php?mode=article&k=100

Or, third solution is, as Ollie says, a replacement gearbox. Although how can you be sure that won't have/develop the same problem?

[Tiamat]

Or, third solution is, as Ollie says, a replacement gearbox. Although how can you be sure that won't have/develop the same problem?

Check with the previous owner whether the gearbox suffers from it.

[Charged]

I've had a few Mk1s.. maybe ten or so and none of them have popped out of 5th yet! I had one T Bar which felt it would slip as you could feel the gear stick moving when you accelerated in 5th.. as far as I know it still doesn't slip out of gear though.

[cartledge_uk]

I had THE best cure for 5th gear pop out in one of my old T-bars.

At the time my mobile phone fitted perfectly between the gearstick and the gear surround put it in 5th and wedge the phone in