I recently bought a 1998 1.8ltr Volvo V40 with only 80,000 miles (looks like it's only done 20,000) and I'm pleased with the deal, but...... Selecting 1sr gear is a real pain. The gate is tight (the one for 3rd seems very open and floppy) and seems often to need a couple of hits to make it home. Sometimes seems to help to select 2nd then go through to 1st. Reverse doesn't seem to be aproblem. Gearbox seems otherwise tight (no shunt) and quiet.

I'm going to guess at worn gear selector bushes both on the gearstick end and possibly the selector arms outside the gearbox. Does this sound feasible?

Would really appreciate advice from this excellent looking forum for the new workhorse,

Many thanks!

CO

 

OK! I'm an idiot and posted on the wrong forum! I've now copied this in to V40forum pages where it should have been in the first place....

Whoops