Had our camper for 5 weeks. Was travelling to Alive and V-Dubbin on Friday night. Stopped at a roundabout to give way to some traffic. Selected 1st gear and pull away when the traffic had past. Selected 2nd gear, still in 1st. Tried again (thought it was my gear changing ) , still only 1st. Tried to get 3rd, still only 1st. No resistance at all when moving the gear stick. Limped to a layby a few 100 yards up the road. Got underneath the van and followed the linkage towards the back. Found the problem, the rear coupler had come away from the gearbox shaft and the screw was missing. Tried fitting a few bolts / screws I had in the van toolkit but no luck, nothing fitted Looked like a ride on the big yellow AA van was on the cards. As a last resort thought I'd walk back to the roundabout and see if I could find the missing screw. Talk about luck, found it on the exit from the roundabout, walked back to the van, fitted it and off we went again towards Ipswich. The screw is squared headed and is drilled for lock wiring. The previous owner obviously didn't fix it in correctly . I want to lock wire it in, does anyone know the correct place to lock it too? I've search the net but can't find details. My experience is with military aircraft maintenance and typically we would lock wire to other drilled bolts or locking tabs.
you were very lucky you found it the lock wire should pass through the bolt, then wrap back around the selector rod to hold it in place
.....theres another one just in front of the front cross member that connects the main selector rod to the shorter front selector rod....you might want to check that one too!!!
Thanks guys. I'll get the screw locked tomorrow night and will check the rest of the linkage while I'm under there.
