As per title what holds the upright pin in place inside the nosecone ? It's the stainless pin that the cast selector slides up and down. Trying to upload pics but on phone.
Ok ta. It wouldn't select any gear and thought that was it. Removed nosecone and it wasn't in place. Popped it back together loosely and it selects . Puzzled
was that in the van or on its own? sometimes bracket holding the pin breaks. Mainshaft looks worn, you will have hammered nosecone too.
It is held in place by the case of the gearbox. Check the little donut in the end of the part that moves up and down that slots over the end of the hockey stick. Originally the balls fitted were plastic. And are a cause of even more slop if the hole in the donut is a lot bigger than the end of the hockey stick. The donut should come out if it is rotated through 90 degrees then it fits through a gap in the flanges in the spherical cavity in the casting. On mine the casting was so chewed by the hockey stick I had to deburr it with a file to get the donut out..
Think so, I might take another look, tomorrow. Sprinter has a water leak, that is currently my number 1 priority !!
I am 90% certain its the auxiliary water pump. Its done 195k now and engine wise ive only put an alternator and starter on it and serviced it. It still returns average 32mpg. Not bad for an auto. I keep thinking about replacing but a mate has one with nearly 400k on
this might help http://www.thelatebay.com/index.php?threads/gear-selection-problems.58094/page-2 I welded the bracket and it broke a couple of days later eneded up buying the whole assembly for 30 quid from us was 60 quid to get delivered though
On mine it was suspiciously grey/metallic looking hard plastic . For a while I think Bugpak did metal balls but they seem NLA. Probably because thats just EMPI these days.