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Car Forum / MINI / November 2003New mini diesel - very stiff reverse gear
Hi everyone, I am posting this for a friend who has just picked up a new mini diesel. He has found that getting reverse gear is very very hard indeed and being an engineer he has measured the force needed to engage reverse at 27 pounds. The problem is his wife finds it impossible to get the car in reverse. They are currently talking to the dealer who has not found an answer as yet so I am writing this to see if anyone else has had the same experience? Any comments would be appreciated best wishes Gary hi, i guess you will find more help from alt.autos.new-mini newsgroup as this one is purely for the mini. Hope this helps > Hi everyone, I am posting this for a friend who has just picked up a new > mini diesel. He has found that getting reverse gear is very very hard [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Gary >Hi everyone, I am posting this for a friend who has just picked up a new >mini diesel. He has found that getting reverse gear is very very hard >indeed and being an engineer he has measured the force needed to engage >reverse at 27 pounds. You're in the wrong newsgroup, but I'm just trying to imagine how much force that is. Sits down lifts 28 pound dumbbell, tries to relate the effort required to pulling on a gear stick...  SignatureRoger Thanks all, found the right group in the end and was directed to a site where the new car is in a forum. A common problem with the 6 speed box it would appear. My engineer friend has made a counter weight to fasten permanently to the gear stick to reduce force needed by 4 pounds! G >>Hi everyone, I am posting this for a friend who has just picked up a new >>mini diesel. He has found that getting reverse gear is very very hard [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Sits down lifts 28 pound dumbbell, tries to relate the effort required > to pulling on a gear stick... > My engineer friend has made a counter weight to fasten > permanently to the gear stick to reduce force needed by 4 pounds! Tell your engineer friend that he's a "bloody engineer"! (from another bloody engineer) 8-) Engineers are great, they can add a weight to something and make it easier to lift ;) The Muffin Man Not a "bloody engineer" > > My engineer friend has made a counter weight to fasten > > permanently to the gear stick to reduce force needed by 4 pounds! [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > 8-) And Graham was sitting next to Elvis in the spaceship, which I thought was kinda strange, but then they turned to me and said: > > My engineer friend has made a counter weight to fasten > > permanently to the gear stick to reduce force needed by 4 pounds! > > Tell your engineer friend that he's a "bloody engineer"! > (from another bloody engineer) "Slide rule in one hand, and a bloody big hammer in the other..." Signature(-AD-) <uniqueid 'at' lineone.net> http://website.lineone.net/~uniqueid/ You're gonna reap just what you sow.. > > > My engineer friend has made a counter weight to fasten > > > permanently to the gear stick to reduce force needed by 4 pounds! > And Graham was sitting next to Elvis in the spaceship, which I thought was > kinda strange, but then they turned to me and said: > > Tell your engineer friend that he's a "bloody engineer"! > > (from another bloody engineer) > "Slide rule in one hand, and a bloody big hammer in the other..." Curiously, I'm about 10 years too young to have ever had to learn to use a slide rule. Now the really sobering thought is that that puts the youngest of the slide rule generation just 10 to 15 years from retirement. They'll be extinct in the not too distant future. > > > > My engineer friend has made a counter weight to fasten > > > > permanently to the gear stick to reduce force needed by 4 pounds! [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > youngest of the slide rule generation just 10 to 15 years from > retirement. They'll be extinct in the not too distant future. .................................. Getting back to the problem of STIFF gear, reduce the amount of Viagra in the gearbox and put it in to the shock's instead :-) Fitzy >>>>>My engineer friend has made a counter weight to fasten >>>>>permanently to the gear stick to reduce force needed by 4 pounds! [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > instead :-) > Fitzy I use low fat Viagra :) r speak for yourself here in the colonies we still use a slide ruler, because we are so behind you civilised countries like the UK that we havn't invented the calculator yet > > > > My engineer friend has made a counter weight to fasten > > > > permanently to the gear stick to reduce force needed by 4 pounds! [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > youngest of the slide rule generation just 10 to 15 years from > retirement. They'll be extinct in the not too distant future. Hi Tim, Your back ? Thought you where moveing house and would be off line for a while, Fitzy > speak for yourself here in the colonies we still use a slide ruler, because > we are so behind you civilised countries like the UK that we havn't invented > the calculator yet Yeah.... bought any sheep yet Tim? Now if that doesn't start off a series of comments about New Zealand and it's occupants, I don't know what will! If you've got 15 acres, you'll need something to save you cutting the grass. SignatureRgds Steve steve@dsnclassics.co.uk www.dsnclassics.co.uk > Hi Tim, > Your back ? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > invented > > the calculator yet i think the correct reply would be BAAAAAAAA baby do it to me....anyway I hate sheep I have 12 Herefords, 2 pigs and 12 chickens at the moment. > Yeah.... bought any sheep yet Tim? Now if that doesn't start off a series of > comments about New Zealand and it's occupants, I don't know what will! [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > invented > > > the calculator yet been quiet latley, did my self some major damage to my shoulder and upper arm and using the comp has been a strugle. Looks like they'll need to open me up and re-attach the tendons in my radial cuff (what ever that is) to my colar bone. I streched them beyond there normal reach and they have snapped bak into place...unfortunatly the wrong place and they have become lodged in my ball and socket joint of the shoulder....so in much pain > Hi Tim, > Your back ? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > invented > > the calculator yet tim i feel for you i went through that for two years ..... actully re injurd myself :(( and no there wont be any kiwi sheep jokes from me :)) although makka > been quiet latley, did my self some major damage to my shoulder and upper > arm and using the comp has been a strugle. Looks like they'll need to open [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > invented > > > the calculator yet Hi Tim, Hi Tim, What was the email address of the wrecker over there? (remember me asking about Montego parts in NZ) I lost it before I could use it! Michael (in aus) > speak for yourself here in the colonies we still use a slide ruler, because > we are so behind you civilised countries like the UK that we havn't invented [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > youngest of the slide rule generation just 10 to 15 years from > > retirement. They'll be extinct in the not too distant future. that would be Lauire at Axcell Automotive minispecialist@xtra.co.nz > Hi Tim, > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > > youngest of the slide rule generation just 10 to 15 years from > > > retirement. They'll be extinct in the not too distant future. That's the one! Thanks! Michael. > that would be Lauire at Axcell Automotive > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > > > youngest of the slide rule generation just 10 to 15 years from > > > > retirement. They'll be extinct in the not too distant future. pssst tim.... .au is just to the west of Auckland and I'm a New Zealand citizen. Oh, and over here we have computers so small they fit on your desk! > speak for yourself here in the colonies we still use a slide ruler, because > we are so behind you civilised countries like the UK that we havn't invented > the calculator yet > > "Graham" <zebedee@alphalink.com.au> wrote... |
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