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paddler20 · 27-03-2008

Sorry to be a botherer, but I have just put a fresh engine in a mates 156 Selespeed. I didn't take the box out when I remove the engine purely so I didn't disturb anything, the engine is fine and when we first used it the gearbox was fine, after leaving it for a couple of hours there was no reverse to be found. A quick run up the road revealed no 5th either.

So I assume this is a solenoid/actuator problem on that selector, the box attempts to change into both gears but can't quite shift. I can't imagine it's a big fault but just wondered if there was an easy way of fault finding.

27-03-2008	#51 (Post Link)
paddler20 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3 Member car: 156 Selespeed	Re: Selespeed info Sorry to be a botherer, but I have just put a fresh engine in a mates 156 Selespeed. I didn't take the box out when I remove the engine purely so I didn't disturb anything, the engine is fine and when we first used it the gearbox was fine, after leaving it for a couple of hours there was no reverse to be found. A quick run up the road revealed no 5th either. So I assume this is a solenoid/actuator problem on that selector, the box attempts to change into both gears but can't quite shift. I can't imagine it's a big fault but just wondered if there was an easy way of fault finding.