jamesmartin said:

you have reverse jaw with hinge 3rd/4th jaw the 1st/2nd jaw, sounds like reverse selector has moved ,check split pin through jaw hasnt broken if not slacken the pinch bolt on rev lever and adjust so jaws align yet reverse still fully engages and disengages and doesnt catch 1st gear whilst its in neutral

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landyboots said:

Thanks James. I have checked to see if any jaws have loosened on the shafts, and they haven't. I have looked down into the box at reverse idler lever and I can just about see the bottom of the lever in the oil. It doesn't look like it's connected to anything though, I could be wrong as access is limited with the box still in the car. Is it supposed to sit in a groove in the side of reverse idler?..... Thanks again for your help.

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jamesmartin said:

yes it is has it come out ,if so you need to slacken the pivot bolt on the outside of the box just enough that it will slip back in then retighten the pivot

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landyboots said:

Thanks. That's worrying though. How is it able to slip out and how likely is it to happen again. Is it a design flaw or is it a combination of small things that would cause it to happen?......I don't fancy having to keep stripping the tunnel, carpets, facia etc out to do this over and over. Is there any way of securing it?.

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jamesmartin said:

its has its fitted in the first place , you hold lever square to the hole in the box side but fully engaged in the slot in the rev idler then wind bolt to meet it ,the lever is threaded , when fully tightened you check lever is not to fully engaged to be tight on idler or too loose it can jump out, it may take a few attempts to get right because bolt is going through 2 threads box side and lever so how many threads appear through the box side before thread engages in to the lever is trial and error

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jamesmartin said:

its has its fitted in the first place , you hold lever square to the hole in the box side but fully engaged in the slot in the rev idler then wind bolt to meet it ,the lever is threaded , when fully tightened you check lever is not to fully engaged to be tight on idler or too loose it can jump out, it may take a few attempts to get right because bolt is going through 2 threads box side and lever so how many threads appear through the box side before thread engages in to the lever is trial and error

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landyboots said:

I have tried to position the lever in the idler groove but, it's almost impossible to guess where it is as it can't be seen from top of the box. You'd want to be seriously dextrous to achieve it while screwing in the side bolt. I will persevere and hope that I get it right to save me having to drop the bottom cover plate and trying it from underneath. Have you done from the top with the box still in the car. If you have, have you any tips for the best way to approach it?

Thanks again James.

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jamesmartin said:

not in the car i usually do it at the bench from the top, drain the oil might help you see

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