Hello all,
Have looked for earlier posting regarding this problem, but problem has allready become quite specific.
My 1999 Space Star won't shift into reverse any more. Selecting reverse here is pulling a knob and going to the left and upwards next to 1st gear. Even when pulling this knob on the gear shift stick and going beyond the lateral movement for 1st gear, the gearbox always selects 1st gear instead of reverse.
Dealer said it is a common problem with this type of mitsubishi. Said it is the wear on bushings and rings which guide the gear shift stick motion on two axes and which also make up the link with the horizontal rod going to the front to the gearbox.
But i see/feel no excessive play on these bushings. Seems to me possibly rather something in the gearbox itself, the connection piece between the gear selector pin in the gearbox and the reverse gear toothed wheel itself.
But when checking with two people, the link between gear shift stick and horizontal rod going to the gearbox touches the exhaust and is hindered for going further to the right ( this link is of course going in the other direction compared to the gear shift stick upper part).
I'm puzzled because i can't find any play on these bushings. Not that i distrust the dealer, but somehow the given explanation goes against my own logic ;-)...
Any ideas anyone ?
Much obliged,
Edwin