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Struggling to engage gears

Man of Kent
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12 Sep 2024 18:48 #257516 by Man of Kent

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I have a 2005 Gen 3 vvt manual, it is becoming increasingly difficult to engage gears, can anyone point me in the right direction of what the problem might be?
I’m thinking possibly either the clutch cable needs adjusting (clutch pedal needs to be almost on the floor)
Bush on the bottom of gearlever
or something else?
Car only has 89,000 kms from new.

Your thoughts or advice appreciated.

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12 Sep 2024 22:26 #257518 by fordem

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Which gears? All gears or first & reverse whilst stationary? Does it go into the troublesome gears easily if the engine is off?

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13 Sep 2024 03:20 #257519 by Lambert

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2005 is also the first year of the known weak gearbox bearings. Do you know if it's been rebuilt yet?

Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
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13 Sep 2024 04:42 #257520 by yakuza

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There is also the weak clutch bracket under the dash. When the clutch wire becomes old and hard the bracket give in and crack and bend sometimes.

Mine have not crakcked but I changed my clutch wire.

this mostly happen on older or more milage cars though.

Norway 2005 Jimny M16A VVT, 235 BFG MT, 2" Trailmaster, ARB rear lck, 17%/87% high/low gears.

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13 Sep 2024 06:32 #257521 by Man of Kent

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All gears, whether stationary or on the move.

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13 Sep 2024 06:36 #257522 by Man of Kent

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I don’t think it’s ever been rebuilt and it was main dealer maintained up to when I bought it, it was a one owner car for 17 years, and it has never been off-road. About the only off-roading it does now is driving through orchards, so nothing serious.

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