I can't shift to third gear

[ChrisRLewis]

sorry to hijack but does anyone have a picture or diagram showing the gear selector bush that can perish?

[adeyspec]

thanks, had that bush thing turn up today in preparation for the weekends tinkering

[ChrisRLewis]

Taken from the Fiat 500 club website:
https://tinyurl.com/zcqf7ej

[Rusty's Uncle]

thanks, had that bush thing turn up today in preparation for the weekends tinkering

You can see the bush in the transmission section on the Axel Gerstl site, cheap as chips 

[Amateb8]

The first, second, fourth and reverse work, so they said it is likely to be a rebuild (third gear ring broken?), and not the gear linkage.

[adeyspec]

on mine 3rd and 4th engage fine but only if i push down past the lockout, they are too far to the right..... Is this just an alignment issue? really hoping to get the whole thing up and running well on sat so i cam start putting some miles on her

[Amateb8]

Good news! They called me to say, it is the gear linkage that is defective - now replaced. What a relief!

[Amateb8]

The issue with my third gear has resurfaced. I can't now shift to third. It will not go into third at all. I dare not force it. Even on stand still, it is reluctant to shift to third.

Proeitti replaced the gear linkage and adjusted the transmission mounts. Since the replacement and adjustment to the transmission, gear change action became tight on all gears (no play). The third was tighter, but it would shift into third no problem. In the last week or two, the third gear became tighter, now it will not go into third at all. Something is stopping it from slotting it into third.

What could be wrong? Perhaps the gear linkage and transmission mounts needs to be adjusted. Stef stated that the position of the transmission was ever so slightly tilted. I am not sure what he did to this. Not sure also whether this was the default position, and he changed it. Which explains the tight gear change feel on all gears.

[Gadge]

Perhaps a fault with the selector rods inside the box itself? If you are mechanically minded you can remove that linkage in the above picture that sits between the box and the gearbox easy enough. With this out the way you can then try moving the stick to see if the gear lever is ok. If it moves freely without any resistance at all then the problem may well be inside the box. The gear-lever can be adjusted too by undoing the two 13mm bolts found on the side of the transmission tunnel but it doesn't sound like that to me?

[Amateb8]

Proeitti fixed it. It is like what it used to be now. The shift action is now smooth. It used to be quite tight/rigid on all gears after he changed the linkage and adjusted the transmission mounts.

Many thanks for  everyone's help. I felt confident discussing the gear shift issue with all the advice you all have provided.