Help ! Zf 6 Speed Stuck In Gear

[highland]

Hi guys, rocked up to my mates place to drop something off today.. pushed it into reverse, backed out his driveway and it wouldnt engaged drive or any other gear, tried turning it off and back on now it wont start cause it thinks its still in reverse.

if I turn the ignition on the engine light comes on.

had to push the damn thing into my mates yard and leave it there

what the hells going on does anybody heard of this happening before ? checked for leaks cant see any either

[KWIK F6]

I had a simular thing happen to my 4 speed. It made a strand noise whilst driving so I pulled into a car park to look under the car..couldnt find anything so I went to reverse out of the park but it wouldnt go..Even tried to push it and it wouldnt go backwards..Was locked in 1st...Found out it was my plantery gears..They were all f*ckED up...dont know why they sh*t them selves...Could be something simualr..

[highland]

good god I hope not... the box is all sloppy its not "shifting" into gears with it turned off or anything... its a stock bf turbo

I can push it forward and back no worries with the car off

I just dont get it, I rolled up dropped stuff off got back in hit reverse which felt sloppy then it wouldnt select anything else :( instrument panel lit up like a damn xmas tree

[KWIK F6]

If it rolls back and forward may not be plantery gears....maybe the diff has Gone, or half shaft ..Have a look under the back of the car and see if the boot on the half shafts has exploded..good sign your shaft has let go..

Edited 05/03/11 09:19 AM by wayne2106

[FPV6T]

maybe disconnect the battery for 1/2 hr,to reset the computer,worth a try??other then that I can't help,sorry..

[highland]

ive had a look underneath and all is fine

I think its an electrical problem.. ive just come back in from putting the terminal back on the battery after a good half hour and it still thinks its in reverse ( instrument cluster ) and wont attempt to kick over because of it

also checked both fuse panels ( in cabin and engine bay ) for anything to do with the gearbox and there all fine aswell

is there anywhere in brisbane where I can get a plug in diagnostics done on a sunday ? might help considering my engine lights came on

Edited 05/03/11 09:36 AM by highland

[KWIK F6]

Are you with RAA or RACV or equilivent if so they can do a diognostics check...or if you have a xcal 3 you can use that...

[45T-XR]

Possibly wiring fault and in particular, CAN-BUS. But have you checked to see if the selector cable is connected to the tranny still? or you could disconnect it to manually select park or neutral and see if it will start.

[EvilDaifu]

Sounds like it could be electrical related if you didn't hear any mechanical warning signs like crunching from the gear box or drive shafts. As was mentioned if all fuses okay and battery disconnect doesn't affect issue - then could be the CPU is rattled. You can possibly test by swapping blue box sitting under and attached to ICC with a friends that works (same model). Best bet is to let the pros at it like a forum site tuner or Ford to connect up diagnostics. Good luck with it