Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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had me quite worry'd for a bit
coming home from work, gets to top of my road i slow down and go for 2nd.
not there  erm shit
goes for 1st gets it so i trundle up the road still trying for 2nd, still not there gets half way up my drive and stalls "propbably was in 5th or 3rd" 
so get tools out jacks it up to see if the linkage had slipped off, nope solid
i lift up the gaiter to see if anything is amiss in there, nope all fine
when goin for reverse 1st 2nd and 5th it made a meltal clinky sound and 2nd and 4th were nowhere to be found
after poking around at it some more i thought the transmission tower had gone  due to noises it was making
looked at it a bit longer and thought the "c" shaped bit of the lower linkage had a extra lump in it 
put full lock on and sure enuff there was sommit that shudnt have been there
fished it out
cant belive what it is
the bracket that bolts to the engine using the starter mounting bolt that hold the clutch cable in place had shaered off went accross the top of the linkage and got under the lower part of the linkage
maddness how its sheard as its a non moving unstressed piece of steel but has sheared clean off
anyway fixed now, just need a new clutch cable bracket 
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
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mav
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Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Scotland
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lucky
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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i still dont get how it sheared off
its been on there for 6 years "given its been on the car from new"
and decided to go some time in the last few days? today? no idea till today that it had gone,
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
Location: Atherton, Greater Manchester
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reckon it was a problem with the original cast? either that or something must of caught it or snagged it or something??
lucky tho!
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
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the sheared edge is shiny,ish
i rekon it was a manufacturing fault
im sure i have a spare in the garage of bits
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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still get on to vaux about it, if its a manufacturing fault there may be a recall you didnt know about?!
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