R75 CDTi with Manual Gearbox - gear selection failure

[Rosebank]

Hi all
Yesterday when I got into the car, I started the engine, selected reverse to pull away from my garage and sensed something not quite right :( . So I placed the lever in neutral again and then selected reverse again, released the clutch, and NOTHING!! Tried First gear and again nothing. I fear that the selector mechanism is at fault :confused: .

Does anyone have any suggestions or had similar faults, who might be able to suggest whether there is a simple solution .... or not?

My major fear is not being able to attend the Holker Hall meeting in my Tourer but rather my Wife's Fiesta! Embarassment :o or what?

glad of any advice,
Regards
Rosebank

[kaiser]

If you look at some of the earlier postings, there are a few regarding the cable linkages, sounds to me as if that could be an option, provided you are sure nobody nicked your box!!!
Ah, the pleasure of an automatic!

[amableson]

Have a look at this link it will all become clear.

http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=9428

[stevemull]

So, others have similar problems ??
This evning i was going to post, "Gearlever problems" yet others have beaten me to it!!

I have noticed recently that if my (75, 1.8 manual 38k mileage) car is driven locally, there isnt a problem, but after a very brisk drive from portsmouth to my abode ( 70 ish miles) by the time i got home, gear selection was a bit of an effort, as the lever did not want to move, yet at cold the lever is quite sloppy

have i got cable problems looming ??


regards

steve