cant select 3rd gear

[steve chapman]

just built an engine and took it for its first run and it wont select 3rd gear , have i made the fatal mistake of putting 3rd gear
the wrong way round , or is it something else , Steve

[Livi- Graeme]

Have you put the cables the wrong way round mabey

[steve chapman]

i can select 1st n 2nd so dont think its that??

[byron]

... have i made the fatal mistake of putting 3rd gear the wrong way round

quite likely, you know you need to take a look...

[steve chapman]

if the 3rd gear is the wrong way would i be able to select 3rd but would just spin ,
or would it not select at all ?

[steve chapman]

anyone ?

[mick1]

Ok loads to choose from: Is the selector arm moving without hindrance ? If it's not in the correct position on the splines it won't be able to travel all the way into the top gears. I also had a problem with the wishbone catching on a new set of casings which might have caused a similar problem if i hadn't noticed it. Can you get into 3rd without the engine running and by "rocking" it ? Not trapped a gear cable on the shocker bolt ?

[steve chapman]

thanks mick1 will have a look at the points you have raised , the engine wont go into gear
with it running or not, Steve

[olliewtf]

Also check the clutch arm isnt too far back and stopping gear linkage from moving and that youre not actually selecting 2nd and 3rd and cant get 4th for the aforementioned problem. Hope that makes sense! Weve all done it lol

[dapper]

Have you got the linkages round the right way and the bit overhanging the side casing?