75 1.8ie gearbox

[Jonathan Coates <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Original message from Luca:-
From: Luca <nodoubt@domain.elided>
Subject: Stuck gearbox

Hi all,

I'm experiencing a trouble on my 75 1.8IE.
From neutral, I got troubled putting 1st or reverse gear.
The 1st gear is just hard to shift in: I feel the shift knob
stuck, and gotta play with clutch and revs to get it in. OFten
pushing the knob hard.
The reverse is even worst: I don't feel any resistance, but I cannot
put it smoothly. The gears just scaps making a pretty bad gear
(they typical 2nd gear noise you know).
What could be wrong? Forks? Syncros? Or could it just be something
stuck on the shift knob thing ? I once experienced a shifting troubles
on a Lancia Prisma 1600 and it turned out to be some strange plastic
gasket somewhere in under the knob mechanism.
I got a meeting with the 75 Turbo this weekend, so I will eventually
call my mechanic on monday. Meanwhile... if somebody got any idea....

Thanx in advance
Luca

Your problem is that the clutch is not releasing all the way and still spinning the gearbox input shaft.
Could be it needs bleeding to get more travel at the clutch end, or the driven plate may have warped.
It's not the gearbox, "just" the clutch.
Looking at the parts CD it appears that the master cylinder has travel adjustment, maybe that has come loose and needs adjustment?
Jonathan Coates
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