Gear Problem

[SOUPS]

just got bk from loughborough and had problem wih the gear getting into 1st and 2nd and sometims 3rd was a struggle.... felt like fighting with the car to get it into gears any ideas why?

no i didnt feed it steriods

[Mark H]

Do you have the red clutch hose fitted?

[SOUPS]

Do you have the red clutch hose fitted?

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whats the red clutch?

[pizzaboy]

Pop the front "bonnet" look to the drivers side in this area near the locking nut, If you see a cursed red hose its a good chance its the source of your gear selection woes. Heat makes it expand meaning on hot days your dip the clutch but the hose will simply stretch meaning the clutch mechanism isnt operating fully hence the difficulty in gears.

Its a pretty big job to fix this unfortunatley. Your option is to buy a braided hose from the likes of eliseparts this of course wont stretch.

[gerags]

Red clutch hose is described on the Elise FAQ site.

 

The article is here with pics...

 

http://www.elise-faq.info/content/gearbox/...tchHoseSyndrome

[SOUPS]

Red clutch hose is described on the Elise FAQ site.

 

The article is here with pics...

 

http://www.elise-faq.info/content/gearbox/...tchHoseSyndrome

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yup its teh red syndrome...

bough the replacemnet from eliseparts