Ruskyruss 0 Posted June 5, 2006 Please somebody help me after spending hours and hours completing my 205 2.0 turbo I now find I have no gears!? It feels like the gears engage ok and in the right place from the gear lever but when you lift the clutch pedal you just hear a grinding noise like the gears are not engaging properly and very very little movement from the car! Have tried changing the short gear linkage for an even shorter one but this seems to make the problem worse (less grinding noise and no movement!). The gearbox I have on the engine is from a 405 sri and I had to change the gear selector arm that was on the gearbox for a 205 item as the 405 one was kinda s shaped where as the 205 one is flat, is this the problem does anyone know? Should I try a longer linkage? Or is it really gearbox off time again, I prey not! Please Please someone tell me its a simple prob and you know how to fix it as im rapidly losing my marbles ( and the will to live lol! ) Have been told that the clutch may have cold welded itself to the flywheel, but if this is the case I dont understand the grinding or why it only moves slightly when put into gear? H E L P ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fuqa 0 Posted June 5, 2006 i know with the 2.0 conversion the gear rods are a bit of a pain. i had to bend mine and also bend the fork on the subframe to clear the manifold i would pop off the gear rods and manually engage the box and then blip it on the key to see if its in gear Please somebody help me after spending hours and hours completing my 205 2.0 turbo I now find I have no gears!? It feels like the gears engage ok and in the right place from the gear lever but when you lift the clutch pedal you just hear a grinding noise like the gears are not engaging properly and very very little movement from the car! Have tried changing the short gear linkage for an even shorter one but this seems to make the problem worse (less grinding noise and no movement!). The gearbox I have on the engine is from a 405 sri and I had to change the gear selector arm that was on the gearbox for a 205 item as the 405 one was kinda s shaped where as the 205 one is flat, is this the problem does anyone know? Should I try a longer linkage? Or is it really gearbox off time again, I prey not!Please Please someone tell me its a simple prob and you know how to fix it as im rapidly losing my marbles ( and the will to live lol! ) Have been told that the clutch may have cold welded itself to the flywheel, but if this is the case I dont understand the grinding or why it only moves slightly when put into gear? H E L P ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pete C 0 Posted June 5, 2006 If the clutch had welded itself to the flywheel you wouldn't be able to 'engage' gear and there would be no difference between the pedal being pressed or not, so it must be linkage related... or box internals, but not likely; fingers crossed! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonofsam 5 Posted June 5, 2006 What clutch and flywheel are you using? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richie-Van-GTi 71 2 Cars Posted June 5, 2006 are the shafts fully located? If one shaft is slightly out you get the same symptons. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ruskyruss 0 Posted June 6, 2006 I hadnt thought of that, shall have to check the shafts later on, they were in and out a few times during the conversion!! Im using the 1.9 mi16 clutch and flywheel, and luckily enough I managed to get hold of a turbo technics manifold and hybrid spec rebuilt tt t25 so dont think its a problem with space, hopefully its the linkages or driveshafts, the box used to be fine on the sri, I will have a fiddle either later or tommorrow and report back to you all. Cheers, thats a few more ideas than I had lol! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fuqa 0 Posted June 6, 2006 I hadnt thought of that, shall have to check the shafts later on, they were in and out a few times during the conversion!!Im using the 1.9 mi16 clutch and flywheel, and luckily enough I managed to get hold of a turbo technics manifold and hybrid spec rebuilt tt t25 so dont think its a problem with space, hopefully its the linkages or driveshafts, the box used to be fine on the sri, I will have a fiddle either later or tommorrow and report back to you all. Cheers, thats a few more ideas than I had lol! just a thought... you have changed the rear engine mount bracket for a gti one. the turbo bracket looks the same but wont allow the driveshaft to go into the gear box Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
