Hi Fellas

Recently bought a 1995 1.6 Si andbeen getting her upto scratch but encountered some problems recently!

In a quest of changing my gearbox oil I fear I have done something to 5th gear as now I can't engage it. (I later learnt there is no drain plug! so I guess whatever I undid is 5th gear related

5th gear will move to the correct position but it doesnt engage every other gear including 4th is fine


Anyway the question I want to ask is what does this bolt do because I'm sure me undoing this was the cause of it unfortunately! (yes I'm a retard I know & i will be more caeful in future!!)

Heres a pic, any advice greatly appreciated as I'm stuck now! Is it maybe worth removing the panel off the side of the bell housing and having a look?

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Anymore info just ask
Thanks
Matt

That's not the drain plug lol. There's a plug to the left of that somewhere, possibly a bit higher (can't remember exactly where) that's a plug you can use to top up though.

Yeah i know lol, im a tard but i couldnt see any others!


So put it this way would removing that plug cause the problem I have described above with 5th gear?

thanks mate!

edit: this is where i filled it up

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb23 ... 008037.jpg

did you touch your gear linkage?

wouldn't of thought it would be a clutch issue as you can select every other gear

the drain is just to the left its the long plug (think its a 19mm) as for what you have done drain the oil and see what comes out (like small bits of metal)

yeah I saw that too which was prettyy much right next to it. but though this one looks more like a plug lol

Theres no grinding or anything so im gunna check the linkage first ie stick it in 5th and tighten it a little and see if that helps
I just cant see what removing that bolt could have done Maybe its just a coincidence

Fellas we have an update , whoever said it can be used as a fill plug needs to be careful!

I have removed the panel on the bellhousing for further investigation look at this!

[img]http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb239/mattjk88/29062008041.jpg[/img*]

This is the bolt I undid

Look at this loose piece! Can anyone help me I guess it just pushes back in bolts back up but if anyomne could confirm that would be great


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Many thanks!

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Sorted.

what was it in the end matey?

Lol it was that bolt it held that clip on, i pulled the cog into 5th gear and selected 5th on the stick and managed to get it all back in again! Was a right fiddly bastard though

Word of warning to all dont undo that unless you wanna spend hours taking the casing off and realigning it!

Ah well never mind hey

oh dear, least you have sorted the issue out