Difficulty selecting gear

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RVW955K

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Hello

Today while out for a drive in RVW I found that down-changing from third to second was extremely difficult. Can anyone give me any advice on what the problem is, and how to fix it.

I must also mention that the gear lever felt a lot floppier than what it usually is.
 
Is it just difficult to engage or does it crunch because it's beating the synchro? Does the gearlever move backwards and forwards if you go on and off the throttle as you're driving? Is there a lot of forwards and backwards movement on the gearlever in neutral?
 
It's difficult to engage, it doesn't crunch when it eventually goes in. There also (like you say) seems to be a lot of forwards and back movement when I engage neutral.
 
RVW955K said:
It's difficult to engage, it doesn't crunch when it eventually goes in. There also (like you say) seems to be a lot of forwards and back movement when I engage neutral.
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If it doesn't crunch into second, and the speedo isn't wavering, then the normal suspect is the selector striker lever worn, although that tends to give problems in all gears. You may have caught the problem early at a point where it's only second that's having problems. I'd say check everything, make sure it has clutch fluid in it and no leaks, make sure all the clutch linkage settings are correct, and then have a look underneath the car at the bottom of the lever and the selector striker lever. If you're underneath and someone moves the lever backwards and forwards you should be able to see any excess movement, at the lever (including if it's loose on the remote) and the selector striker lever.
 
It only seems difficult when going from third to second, first to second is fine. Should I still check everything.
On the 'I Love My Rover P6' facebook group Pilkie suggested that it might be
does you gearlever feel sloppier than before,could be the bottom gearlever seat worn or broken
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RVW955K said:
Pilkie suggested that it might be
does you gearlever feel sloppier than before,could be the bottom gearlever seat worn or broken
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It could be, but that should also affect all gears equally, nevertheless you should see if that's the case if you're underneath with someone inside moving the gearlever. Do you know if the car is Series 2, or "Series one-and-a-half"?
 
RVW955K said:
As far as I am aware it is a Series 2 (2000TC by the way), being manufactured 1972.
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If it's a "Proper" Series 2* it should have the gearbox remote for the gearlever. In which I'd check everything I suggested previously, and I'd say it would most likely be the selector striker lever.

* Which would also have the flat plate ROVER badge on the bootlid, not the 5 large chrome letters.
 
If there are several parts in the remote selector worn then what can happen when you try to select 2nd from 3rd is that you actually go to reverse. That's what causes the crunch. Check that the gearstick is not able to go too far over to the left when the reverse stop sleeve is down on the gear lever. Even with everything replaced on my gear selector I was still able to select reverse without lifting the sleeve.

Dave
 
Dave3066 said:
If there are several parts in the remote selector worn then what can happen when you try to select 2nd from 3rd is that you actually go to reverse. That's what causes the crunch. Check that the gearstick is not able to go too far over to the left when the reverse stop sleeve is down on the gear lever. Even with everything replaced on my gear selector I was still able to select reverse without lifting the sleeve.

Dave
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If that was on your 66 SC, it is usually the selector finger at the gearbox end being out of adjustment. The setup procedure was finicky, even with the special tool Rover supplied. As well, the finger suffered from slippage and Rover introduced a high strength bolt and a higher torque setting for the finger in 1967. These days, a Grade 8 bolt is appropriate, but originally if the bolt had a "T" on the head it was the high strength one. This all became moot on the later S2 cars, which had a roll pin and no adjustment for the finger.

Yours
Vern
 
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