Gearbox help needed ASAP

[SRi_stu]

Last night i broke down when my Cavalier suddenly wouldn't go into gear, I ended up having to walk home from the workshop i was recovered to, 2 hours and it rained
Anyway.....Thought at first the clutch had gone but now its looking more likely that the gearbox is finished. Will any other box fit the x20xev? I'm trying to decide if it'll be easier to just buy another car. I dont really fancy getting rid of the cavalier but I cant afford to have it off the road to long.
Tonight i had to get a taxi and tomorrow i may end up on a bus

[Deegte]

you would be loooking a f18 box im near sure not a hard box to come by and can be cheap.

about £50.

[Cavalier342]

Is every gear affected? Check your linkages, both under the gear lever and in the engine bay to see if anything has broken or come apart.

[SRi_stu]

It wont go into any gear, it was fine at one point this afternoon then jumped out of reverse and wont do anything now.

[Peanut_119]

Doesn't sound like a gearbox going, id check linkage before a new box

[SRi_stu]

i'm gonna double check tomorrow now its on the ramps at the workshop. Just wanted opinions and advice from people who know the cars as well as you guys

[planetc]

Can you put it in gear without the engine running? If so it could be clutch related. Check the linkage as suggested, also if you can move the shaft that goes into the turret. Very occasionally when you get a jump out of gear situation one of the selector forks skips over partially and stops the whole lot functioning due to a combination of the interlock mechanism and the selector being in the wrong place to pull it back. If this happens the selector will only move a little bit. To fix requires the turret to be removed (4 bolts and a wiggle) so you can see the 3 selector forks inside and line them back up.
Of course it might not be this, but it's worth a look.

[SRi_stu]

I'm pleased to announce the cavalier is home. I took the box out this mornin to find my 6 month old clutch in bits!
Euro car parts replaced it under warranty, took a further hour to find uif correct release bearing but its all back together and running again.
Just gotta sort out the speedo drive in the morning.

[planetc]

I'm pleased to announce the cavalier is home. I took the box out this mornin to find my 6 month old clutch in bits!
Euro car parts replaced it under warranty, took a further hour to find uif correct release bearing but its all back together and running again.
Just gotta sort out the speedo drive in the morning.

Good stuff, glad to hear it's not too disastrous.