…. Because the gearbox is F*d!
So, there we go, normal day on the way into work, about 3/4 mile away from work, when I grabbed the gearknob, and pressed the clutch, and pulled the stick from 3rd into 4th, and released the clutch……
….. and the RPM stayed the same….
So, I dropped it back into 3rd, and released the clutch – same thing. Bollocks…..
Quick drop into 5th -and still the blasted revs stay the same for any given road speed.
Fuckity fuck – I’m solidly stuck in 3rd.
So, that’s either a shift linkage issue, or something deeper, darker and much worse – something to do with dark magic inside the box of mystical cogs and shafts known as the gearbox.
A little bit of investigation with a colleague at work and we establish that the shift linkages are all working as they should when you stir the stick – but bits of metal inside the box aren’t disengaging – worse still – it’s possible to engage reverse, whilst the blasted thing is stuck in 3rd – needless to say that’s an instant stall when releasing the clutch (better that than whole gears or shafts tearing themselves asunder – or the cast case shattering and dumping 2 1/2 litres of stinky, shitty ‘box oil on the floor)
A little bit or persuasion form the guys at work, and I leave at 10:30, and make the 29 mile run home in third, and finished the day working from home.
Now – this is all going on as our new arrival is still in hospital – I need transport, thankfully I have the RS, but, it uses fuel like it’s going out of fashion in comparison – it’s why it’s not my daily car (and I kinda want to try and keep the mileage down on it)
Bollocks – definitely, and no dogs involved.
