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Thanks Aidan and Multisi, I'm away from the van for a couple of weeks but based on this advise ill get under it again when back and get the bolts out so I can properly move the shifter shaft without the linkage. Aidian in your experience have you found that the shifter forks can be dislodged etc? I ...

Following on from my gearbox issues, does anyone know if there any copies of the workshop manual for the 5 speed gearbox online? Im trying to figure out a possible reason for not having 3rd, 4th and 5th.

Thanks, Micky

What2do, were you able to partially strip it down and work out what happened? Does anyone else have any similar experiences? It would be ideal if its related to an internal shifter mechanism issue rather than a terminal failure. I'm slightly concerned that I brought the van with a blown slave cylind...

Hi Drucifier, I'm in the Stockwell area. The vans tidy enough, but its at the make or break stage rust wise underneath, I need to get under there with the wire bush and rust converter plus underseal before it gets any worse! It looks like its being beside the sea with the amount of corrosion on bolt...

Thanks Smiffo, I tried getting the linkage off today but that was stopped by the bolt being seized... But I did have a good mess about underneath and looked at the whole linkage etc and found the following: gearbox selector will not move forward enough to select 3rd gear, i can feel it lightly meshi...

I recently purchased a rounhish 1989 F reg T25 with the 5 speed dog leg box and have now got to the stage where its drive able after replacing the slave cylinder, but I can only get it to drive in 1st, 2nd and reverse gears. Any pointers of where to start looking for faults would be much appreciated...

Hi I am new to this forum and recently brought the 1989 F reg (F593NTS) 1.9DG powered wagon below. I've sorted a few of the non-body/rust related issues and got it driving over the last couple of weeks, but it sure needs abit more loving. Currently it only has reverse 1st and 2nd amongst a few other...