Volvo C70 with the first f,t,p

[rusty998]

This morning I was going to have a look at the Allegro with a view to do a little welding seeing as it's actually sunny, first off I needed to move the wife's C70 as the driveway is now full to bursting, i got in put it in reverse and slowly moved backwards off the drive, it was at this point with the C70 halfway across the road that I lost all gear's accept reverse yikes!

So I popped on the hazard lights and pulled the gearstick gator up to find that the ball joint had dropped off, i went indoors to find some tools and then proceeded to take the three screws of the top of the selector to give me a little more wiggle room, I had a few good people stop to offer assistance with a push but as it was stuck in reverse it wasn't going anywhere, I did have one cock womble who said that "I need to move car" I explained to him that the car was stuck in reverse but I think that may have been lost in translation somewhere as he just kept saying "move car", now this situation was not great but other people had squeezed past without any issues but not him, I said that if he turned his van (small) around that he could get out the other end no problems but he wasn't having any of that and just got more angry with me, I told him that I've given him a solution to the problem and walked away at which he started calling me a wanker !

The wife and my 6+ foot Son came out as they heard my voice getting louder at which point he drove past the stricken Volvo and drove off calling my wife and Son wankers too !

All very pleasant on a Sunday morning I think not, back to the C70 I found the required tools and managed to get the ball joint it back together then took it for a little drive to make sure it is working condition as this is the wife's car and I don't need her to be stuck somewhere, little drive confirmed that it was back in working order, the central gear selector was the one that had dropped off which I think is for reverse only, so back on the road now thankfully

 

[omegod]

Sounds fun ! is it worth popping something round the joint to stop it popping off again, cable tie or summat  ? 

[rusty998]

2 hours ago, omegod said:

Sounds fun ! is it worth popping something round the joint to stop it popping off again, cable tie or summat  ? 

I had a good look at it today and everything seemed to be okay, all nicely greased, locking spring in place no cracks, I have been thinking about it today and I wonder if I had pulled up on the stick which had popped it off perhaps ?