11-12-2018, 06:49 PM
Yours is the fourth instance I've heard of this problem Simon, it happened to me descending a steep hill in Cornwall in bottom gear after which I found the transmission locked and the gear lever stuck in bottom. We wheeled the car into a car park on the front wheels where I removed the gearbox top and put the box into neutral with a borrowed crowbar, with balls and springs flying inside the box. I drained the oil and put it back in the box collecting the balls and springs and continued our honeymoon. It was a few months before I returned the balls and springs to their rightful place.