Gear linkage failure.

[Carl.1]

So, i drove home after walking the dog. I drove in to the yard and went to put it in reverse at which point the gear lever was super sloppy and nothing happened with it remaining in first.
'Bugger' i thought.
So up with the bonnet and i started my random scan of the engine bay in the vain hope of seeing some thing out of place. Stunned i was when i actually saw a small link bar that had come adrift from its perch.
So, still needing to move the car i put the link back on its ball joint and wired it on to get me out of a fix.
   

On the interweb and a new generic one ordered for next to nothing. On its arrival i take off the Top Gear style bodge repair and fit the new one. Easiest job ever, the link is adjust able so i just set it exactly as the old one was set, pulled the old one off and pushed the new on on over the two ball joints. Brilliant.

[Carl.1]

The new attachment

   

[Carl.1]

And it is on.

   

[Tomcat3]

That's the sort of fix I like easy to diagnose nice and cheap and back on the road. That's a good mileage on the old girl should be good for a few more years.

[Carl.1]

Cheers Tomcat, up to 312500 now, these tjings really are great.

[ffrenchie]

Tie wraps one round the post and another one through it and over the top of the link, can last ages if you can't get new linkage straight away.