Hello,

 

I seem to have lost reverse gear on my manual Z32 gearbox? No matter how hard I try to get it in gear, it won't go. It was driving fine before hand in all gears, no knocks or bangs :confused:

 

Anybody got any ideas please?

Possible air in clutch line. Does it go into reverse when engine off?

mate had this, turned out just to be an issue with the linkage

 

clutch is fine if you can go into other gears

Everything is fine except reverse. It won't go in with the engine on or off. Ive taken the trim off inside so I can see the selector bar at the back of the gearbox, it all looks okay. Cheers for your help :)

 

Just so you all know, this gearbox is mouted to an SR20DET in my S14a. I bought the gearbox a while ago from a bloke called Simon on here. It has been superb until now with a ORC twin plate clutch. The std clutch line has been replaced with a braided hose directly between the master and slave cylinders and theres no change to the fluid in the bottle :)

maybe possible that lock out spring is broken or come away from gearlever remote

 

cheers paul

It should be coming off on Saturday and replaced with the std S14 cheese box. Once its off I will have a look to find the problem :)

I think you got it right there Bigman. The spring on the lever that stops you selecting reverse from 5th was broken. I had a spare on my old S14 box so I swapped the spring over. I will post some pics up later :)

no probs mate,glad you sorted it

Right here it is...

 

This is the one from my spare S14 box, note the spring presses on both sides...

 

 

This is the one from the Z32 box with broken spring, in the position to block reverse...

 

 

The 2 units are almost the same, just a different length so I swapped the springs over, problem solved :D

I need one of these spring reverse lock things for my box but i cant blooy well find one..

whats the technical name for one of these?

ive looked on courtesy parts and z1 with no luck... anyone else?

Speak to Mike F at MJP mate, he should be able to get one

yeah il give him a call now.

I need one of these spring reverse lock things for my box but i cant blooy well find one..

whats the technical name for one of these?

ive looked on courtesy parts and z1 with no luck... anyone else?

 

Had a look on the Nissan parts CD and I *think* this is what you are after Jimmy:

 

32185-E9801 Spring-Reverse Checking

 

Best check with MJP though ;)

cheers andy.... scott had a look and its defo broken.

got 500 extra smackaroonies to spend on parts now :(