Stanky Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Bugger, had dinner and some* wine now - had I known you were in Farnham I'd have come up to see you, thats even closer. Are you by Sainsburys in the one way system? Can you lift the pedal with your foot enough to get into 1st gear and get into sainsburys carpark? If you're still waiting for the RAC walk towards the railway crossing/A31, cross over and go to the GBC for some food. its pretty decent for a burger joint. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Vito woes- Gear linkage/ selector issue I recon. it always felt a bit clunky in operation to me; I felt the synchos were tired and felt like former drivers had been very heavy handed (maybe as cause or effect?) The cables/linkage had had a rough time at least that’s how it felt to me; so I recon either the gearbox is borked and/ or its half stuck in gear with the selector mechanism having let go. If it was the driveshaft It wouldn’t only do it in 1/3/5 which is the forward plane on the box in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat_Pirate Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 5 minutes ago, Stanky said: Bugger, had dinner and some* wine now - had I known you were in Farnham I'd have come up to see you, thats even closer. Are you by Sainsburys in the one way system? Can you lift the pedal with your foot enough to get into 1st gear and get into sainsburys carpark? If you're still waiting for the RAC walk towards the railway crossing/A31, cross over and go to the GBC for some food. its pretty decent for a burger joint. I’m on the industrial estate behind Sainsbury’s (Didn’t crash land there in case they have a time limit). Hopefully RAC will be here soon. Still feeling quite chipper but thoughts have strayed to a PCP’d Dacia Duster. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 1 hour ago, clayts450 said: And less helpfully https://www.renaultforums.co.uk/threads/the-vel-satis-club-for-all-things-vel.18766/ Recall was in 2006: 18 minutes ago, Fat_Pirate said: I’m on the industrial estate behind Sainsbury’s (Didn’t crash land there in case they have a time limit). Hopefully RAC will be here soon. Still feeling quite chipper but thoughts have strayed to a PCP’d Dacia Duster. Please, please, please record your phone call to the local Renault dealership asking if the recall on Vel Satis master cylinders is still open, and use a stopwatch to record the pause (you may need additional batteries) when you tell them its done 290 million miles or whatever is on the odometer now! stonedagain, loserone, Jerzy Woking and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat_Pirate Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Home! No thanks to the RAC though - they were saying it would be 11pm at the earliest, so I took Nigel's advice and drove the bastard 20 miles home without a clutch. It was only possible because the roads were now quiet and I stuck to dual carriageway and motorway. Thanks to everyone who replied to this thread, it kept me occupied. Enjoy this photo of a cracking pair of baps as a reward. stonedagain, Six-cylinder, Scruffy Bodger and 28 others 30 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Any news @Bucketeer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Last message from him "I've pushed it to somewhere that isn't blocking a drive and left it for now. I'm going to return to it tomorrow after a night on a friend's sofa." Split_Pin, HarmonicCheeseburger, Jerzy Woking and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacus Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Bad luck Alex, I hope it's an easy and cheap fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainagain Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Does this have a dmf? It sounds like the same breakdown I had in my pug when the dmf broke up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauldoubleyou Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Love a Vito Few things, the driveshafts are bolted in place and as above they can come loose. Easy to see though through the arch Gear selectors are right on top of the box and are cable / wire fed. Don’t ever adjust them if you don’t need to they adjust on the box and behind the dash. Clutch is hydro and bleeds under the steering wheel from what I remember and runs off the brake reservoir You could manually select a gear from the fork on the box and it should drive. Selectors are on with ball and cap efforts so take some para cord and if they’re popping off just cord them in place as a temp bodge Can only be the driveshafts, selectors (doubtful, it would select 1,3,5 OR 2,4 as it’s very much an up down selector) or the clutch. If you have to take the box off it’s a piece of piss. I had major surgery and did mine on the drive two weeks later but it is heavy as fook Here’s mine Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk dome and djim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warch Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 I do wish more manufacturers fitted bolt on driveshafts, they're so much easier to remove. stonedagain and pauldoubleyou 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauldoubleyou Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 I do wish more manufacturers fitted bolt on driveshafts, they're so much easier to remove.They are, however stupid 21 spline bolts just so your life isn’t that easy Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 I know that it's of no use, but we never had any problems with the clutch. Good luck getting it sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cade Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 3 hours ago, pauldoubleyou said: They are, however stupid 21 spline bolts just so your life isn’t that easy Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Not all are. Mine were normal Allen bolts. Was a late 2003, one of the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauldoubleyou Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 33 minutes ago, Barry Cade said: Not all are. Mine were normal Allen bolts. Was a late 2003, one of the last. You know what, i think i stand corrected and youre right, Mine were too. The splines was the lupo / audi gearbox Barry Cade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 What news Alex? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel bickle Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 I am meeting him there @ 2 pm. We will look at options then. So, if you see a green Espero gently towing/a framing a Vito -give us a wave! The Moog, RobT, eddyramrod and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cade Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 8 minutes ago, nigel bickle said: I am meeting him there @ 2 pm. We will look at options then. So, if you see a green Espero gently towing/a framing a Vito -give us a wave! Check the shaft hasn't come loose first, otherwise it'll be walloping around when you tow it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel bickle Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 All done; ,all safe- leastways parked quietly in a residential street! A cursory inspection at the side of a busy road in torrential rain showed both shafts in situ, gear linkage as loose as a tarts draws- but working ,so my guess was clutch. Further confirmed by the van- towed (on a rope) normally with no extraneous noises. I've made Alex a few suggestions/ offers- which he can mull over. Essentially, he & his van ,are safe vulgalour, eddyramrod, LightBulbFun and 30 others 32 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cade Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Is it a 108,110 or 112? I had a receipt with mine for a clutch and dmf for 1200 quid ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 6 hours ago, nigel bickle said: I've made Alex a few offers Lacquer Peel, SiC, Saabnut and 6 others 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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