I was coming back from the cinema earlier tonight, and stopped at a
roundabout, I pushed in the clutch fully to put it into 1st and it wouldnt
go!, so I tried 2nd, wouldnt go, 3rd and 4th wouldnt too, it only went into
5th gear!!!,,,so I managed to get it around the roundabout in 5th! and drove
for a while till traffic lights. At this point it would also go in 3rd and
4th but not 1st or 2nd. Anyway after sometime it would go into 1st and 2nd
aswell and seemed ok till I just got home now.

Does anyone know what on earth was going on, or is something on its way
out??

Thanks for any advice.

Car is a 96 Mazda 323f

Being that it is 2006 and the car is 1996, the ten year difference is
probably a sign that something is on the way out or actually is out.
What...I have no idea. Cars are for driving. When they don't work, your
friendly Mazda man is the one to see. I wish I knew more about the darned
things, but I don't. Good luck.

"werd" <nononoooonono@nono.nono> wrote in message
news:qJDXf.46336$wl.3392@text.news.blueyonder.co.u k...

In news:qJDXf.46336$wl.3392@text.news.blueyonder.co.u k,
werd spewed forth:
I don't know if that car has a hydraulic clutch or a manual clutch but it
could be as simple as an adjustment, or it may need a new clutch. If it were
the transmission you probably would have known about the trouble long before
it quit. If you're not a mechanic, take it to the shop.

--
My wife and I divorced over religious differences. She thought she was
God and I didn't.

"werd" <nononoooonono@nono.nono> wrote:

|>I was coming back from the cinema earlier tonight, and stopped at a
|>roundabout, I pushed in the clutch fully to put it into 1st and it wouldnt
|>go!, so I tried 2nd, wouldnt go, 3rd and 4th wouldnt too, it only went into
|>5th gear!!!,,,so I managed to get it around the roundabout in 5th! and drove
|>for a while till traffic lights. At this point it would also go in 3rd and
|>4th but not 1st or 2nd. Anyway after sometime it would go into 1st and 2nd
|>aswell and seemed ok till I just got home now.
|>
|>Does anyone know what on earth was going on, or is something on its way
|>out??
|>
|>Thanks for any advice.
|>
|>Car is a 96 Mazda 323f
|>

What MrB said and:

Next time this happens double clutch; Your synchronizer gears might be
worn and this would help.

Push in the clutch, put in neutral and let off the clutch, push in the
clutch and put in the next gear, release the clutch.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-double-clutching.htm


--
Web cam in an eagle's nest
http://www.infotecbusinesssystems.co...der/index.html
HINT: leave in the background until you hear screaching - that usually
indicates nest duty trade off of the parents.

On Sat, 01 Apr 2006 15:08:06 -0800, werd <nononoooonono@nono.nono> wrote:

Better yet, just drag to the nearest Nissan, Toyota or Honda dealer and
pick-up nice shinny new ride.
_____
Slack

This is not the proper news group for this topic.

To make things short, if the clutch is working properly, it is possible that
the synchronizers may be getting worn, or the main shaft bearing is worn to
the point where the main transfer shaft is not allowing proper meshing. If
the teeth on any of the gears are too warn, this can also causes problems
with engagement.

--

JANA
_____


"werd" <nononoooonono@nono.nono> wrote in message
news:qJDXf.46336$wl.3392@text.news.blueyonder.co.u k...
I was coming back from the cinema earlier tonight, and stopped at a
roundabout, I pushed in the clutch fully to put it into 1st and it wouldnt
go!, so I tried 2nd, wouldnt go, 3rd and 4th wouldnt too, it only went into
5th gear!!!,,,so I managed to get it around the roundabout in 5th! and drove
for a while till traffic lights. At this point it would also go in 3rd and
4th but not 1st or 2nd. Anyway after sometime it would go into 1st and 2nd
aswell and seemed ok till I just got home now.

Does anyone know what on earth was going on, or is something on its way
out??

Thanks for any advice.

Car is a 96 Mazda 323f

"JANA" <jana@ca.inter.net> wrote in message
news:498v4oFnl866U1@uni-berlin.de...


Sorry JANA 'Nothing' is off topic in 24HSH


PeeCee

"werd" <nononoooonono@nono.nono> wrote in message
news:qJDXf.46336$wl.3392@text.news.blueyonder.co.u k...

You have received all sorts of 'advice' from other posters about worn
synchro's/gears/shafts/clutches and other pseudo claptrap 'causes'

The only one who gave you good advice was the one that said to take it to
your dealer/mechanic.

However having 'nitpicked':

"Does anyone know what on earth was going on"
No no one 'knows' what is going on, they likeyly weren't there and haven't
examined your vehicle.
But the 'possibility' is your gear selection mechanism became disarranged
and travelling in 5th followed by you subsequent movement of the gear lever
caused the linkages to joggle back into place.
(must have been difficult getting it going though)

"is something on its way out"
No not 'on' its way out, but 'has' broken.
If the 'cause' was the suggested gear shift linkage failure, then the parts
'have' either worn, broken or come unscrewed.

Having offered my pick of 'causes' it would be nice if you would post back
to the group what did go wrong when you've had it fixed.

Whatever the cause I wish you the best of luck getting it repaired.

Cheers
Paul.

"werd" <nononoooonono@nono.nono> wrote in message
news:qJDXf.46336$wl.3392@text.news.blueyonder.co.u k...
allowed to drop too low as the clutch wears or the clutch cylinder is
leaking. Check clutch fluid level and top up if required. If level keep
dropping, check for leaks.
If the hydraulic fluid is OK then a second hand gearbox is cheap, especially
if you can get a friend to fit it for you.

On Sun, 2 Apr 2006 17:01:54 +1200, "PC" <abuse@local.host> wrote:

Got it in one.

--
Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity.
We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand -
and melting like a snowflake. --Sir Francis Bacon

"werd" <nononoooonono@nono.nono> wrote in message
news:qJDXf.46336$wl.3392@text.news.blueyonder.co.u k...
I was coming back from the cinema earlier tonight, and stopped at a
roundabout, I pushed in the clutch fully to put it into 1st and it
wouldnt
go!, so I tried 2nd, wouldnt go, 3rd and 4th wouldnt too, it only went
into
5th gear!!!,,,so I managed to get it around the roundabout in 5th! and
drove
for a while till traffic lights. At this point it would also go in 3rd
and
4th but not 1st or 2nd. Anyway after sometime it would go into 1st and
2nd
aswell and seemed ok till I just got home now.

Does anyone know what on earth was going on, or is something on its way
out??

Thanks for any advice.

Car is a 96 Mazda 323f



On Sat, 1 Apr 2006 22:11:54 -0500, JANA wrote:

Nothing, except posting spam and trolling, is offtopic here meatball.


And with that tranny the shift fork bushings are probably crappo.
Replacement parts have bearings. It's probably the same tranny as in the
Ford Contour.

And, your sig goes on the end of the message.
--
The aim of an argument or discussion
should not be victory, but progress.
Joseph Joubert

On Sat, 1 Apr 2006 15:45:53 -0800, Toolman Tim wrote:

Hydraulic. If the bearing has given up that could cause the malady too.
Or if the tranny's empty. <beg>
--
The aim of an argument or discussion
should not be victory, but progress.
Joseph Joubert

On 2006-04-02, Mara <go@awaynow.becauseIsaidso.com> wrote:
So telling people they're OT isn't OT? <WEG>

(I'm in the 'see a mechanic' and 'worn gear-box' schools on the OP's
question).

--
-- ^^^^^^^^^^
-- Whiskers
-- ~~~~~~~~~~

JANA rambled on in 24hoursupport.helpdesk:


Says who?


--
The Old Sourdough
To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is
half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 16:39:13 -0500, The Old Sourdough <senile@all.times> wrote:

Janatard.

"Who, I see, is still off on her own little planet, in a galaxy far, far away."

--
<rw-rw-rw-> I don't care if it can reproduce sound well enough for
dolphins to talk to each other through it, if you can't grep it it's
evil.

Mara rambled on in 24hoursupport.helpdesk:

Somewhere out past Horsehead Nebula, no doubt.

--
The Old Sourdough
To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is
half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

Just a note: Horsehead Nebula is in this galaxy, not one far, far away.

In news:FKqdnXCnAZpiP6vZnZ2dnUVZ_tCdnZ2d@comcast.com,
Gary Labowitz spewed forth:

Right. Which means she'd have to be 'Somewhere out past Horsehead Nebula, no
doubt' if she were 'still off on her own little planet, in a galaxy far, far
away'. So your comment is superfluous. Now go away until you have something
intelligent to add to the conversation.

--
My wife and I divorced over religious differences. She thought she was
God and I didn't.

Gary Labowitz rambled on in 24hoursupport.helpdesk:

A galaxy far, far away isn't *somewhere out past* the Horsehead Nebula?

--
The Old Sourdough
To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is
half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 07:35:05 -0500, The Old Sourdough <senile@all.times> wrote:

Of course it is.

Just for the beauty of it:

http://heritage.stsci.edu/2001/12/hh...ctorfullow.jpg
http://hubblesite.org/gallery/wallpa...1024_wallpaper

Personally I think she's somewhere around here:

http://www.universetoday.com/am/publ...xy_broken.html

"Seems about right."

--
Personally, I've removed Kadaitcha from my systems with a very simple rule:
gits aren't allowed to peer with us. --MD, nanae