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[markyzee]

Just rebuilt my engine , didn't touch the gear box. And now when I put it in reverse it drives forward.
Would it just be the linkage?????
And how do I solve it???

Cheers mark

[CLASSIC-MINI-BITS]

Just rebuilt my engine , didn't touch the gear box. And now when I put it in reverse it drives forward.
Would it just be the linkage?????
And how do I solve it???

Cheers mark

does the linkage feel light / sloppy as if it is not doing anything? it is usually one of the roll pins inside the alloy housing that has dropped out or it has cracked away. twist off the gear selector lever and take a look inside it the front pin (with luck) will be missing, if it is replace it with a new one or it will drop out again.

Edited by CLASSIC-MINI-BITS, 28 February 2011 - 11:46 AM.

[markyzee]

No it's not that, I put that in last nite. No it feels normal and drops into reverse.

[Carlos W]

What happens when you put it into 1st? Does it pull away like its in 4th when you put it into reverse?

Edited by Carlos W, 28 February 2011 - 12:04 PM.

[MRA]

Is it manual or automatic..... if it is automatic then your sprag clutch has flipped

If manual, di dyou strip the gear lever mechanism..... you could have put the "bellcrank" up side down

[markyzee]

What happens when you put it into 1st? Does it pull away like its in 4th when you put it into reverse?

Yeah it pulls of *******, that maybe be the problem, cheers fella i'l have a go tonite and report back

[Dan]

As above, which way up was the rod eye when you put the gear stick back in last night?

[markyzee]

As above, which way up was the rod eye when you put the gear stick back in last night?

The domed end is pointing up I think . I looked at the pic in the Haynes manual but I may have put it the wrong way as I was looking upwards at it.

[Dan]

Yeah that'll be it, the eye should be at the bottom of the housing.

[markyzee]

Yeah that'll be it, the eye should be at the bottom of the housing.

Cheers buddy . Starting get worried that I broke the gear box somehow and gonna have to strip it again

[TopCatCustom]

Maybe the engine is in back to front?

[markyzee]

Maybe the engine is in back to front?

I'm am the backwards man the backwards man.

[1984mini25]

You are lifting the gearstick at the same time, instead of just seleticng 4th?

[markyzee]

You are lifting the gearstick at the same time, instead of just seleticng 4th?

Yep

[markyzee]

Just to let you know it was the wrong way round. But took it for a spin and my frickin head gasket blown . You got love these annoying little cars. Ggggrrrrdrrr