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Following oga stpat1’s experience, https://www.nairaland.com/3909822/need-fix-gear-box/3

I decided to arm myself with all the information I can before I embark on this journey. Ashely has been with me for about a year. She is a 2002 Ford Focus 1.6 Zetec SW. She has been amazing but in March I traveled to Jos and on my way back I lost a tire that damaged the rim at the rear. The guys who did wheel balancing for me tightened that tire with a vengeance and so I couldn’t get it off to change. Ended up having to tow the vehicle. Couldn’t leave it in the middle of nowhere and couldn’t stay with it cuz the herdsmen where....

Anyway, for those of you who don’t know just like me, never tow a FWD on its front tires. That was the beginning of Ashely’s problems. We got the tire off and put in the spare but when I got to Abuja I discovered my car could no longer engage the reverse gear.

The first repair was the valve body. Changing that did nothing. The mechanic even did that for free. Next came the fixing of the reverse. I paid 40k for that. The reverse worked but it always engaged violently. A jerk that meant I couldn’t use it in tight places. I managed that for a few weeks until it started losing power. Now it engages reverse but there is no power. On a flat surface, revving to almost 6000rpm it crawls back.

The rest of the gearbox is fine. I’ve been driving it everyday since March. Just that I don’t get into places I can’t turn or I use hilly places to initiate a rollback.

Now I need to know, can I attempt another repair or should I change it? Where can I do either with guaranteed service? What do I need to know before doing this?

I live in Abuja by the way. Th car was scanned and no issues were found but I’m open to scanning again. I need my baby fixed.
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In other news, shey me and Ashely can do Uber ba? Dem go gree?

Cc Gazzuzz
mayor2013

Save your self the stress and finance loss and get another transmission

Never tow a FWD on its front wheels.
Never tow a RWD on its rear wheels.
Never tow an AWD at all (the demise of the Range Rover in Naija).

mayor2013:
Save your self the stress and finance loss and get another transmission

Yes I get that this is the best move. My fear now is getting another that is defective or a mechanic that isn’t competent. Abuja is a tough place

DaimlerBen:
Never tow a FWD on its front wheels.
Never tow a RWD on its rear wheels.
Never tow an AWD at all (the demise of the Range Rover in Naija).

You can’t stress this enough. We learn everyday. This is something people need to be alerted to.