changed the cv boots on a friends ts v6 manual
it lost some gear oil
told him to get some new oil
showed him where to top up the oil
in his wisdom he decided that the bolt on top off the gear box was an easier way to fill the gearbox
he now only has first and second gear
i,ve checked my manual and done a search cant find an answer
any help gratefully accepted

There is a row of about 3 bolts on top of the gearbox, IIRC. They hold the springs and detent balls for the different gear positions. Possibly stuffed it up, possibly. Ask him if any bits flew out. Ball goes in first, then spring. If he lost the ball but put the spring back in, that will be the reason.

Just looked at the manual, no clear picture of the bolts in question unfortunately.

thanks max he is sending me a photo of the bolt tomorrow hope that helps me.
same guy woke me at 2am when his other car would,nt start he didn't have it in park lol

Nice getting woken up at 2 am just for that! (Is the average intelligence of Magna owners getting lower and lower?)
If you can eyeball the car yourself, remove the bolt (It's a plug really) and see if the spring/ball are still there.

the car is 200k,s away its not looking good hope fully when he sends the picture of the bolt i can work out what his done.
if not must likely a mal job

Oh well, he will just have to drive around in second gear and rev the BEEP out of it, at least he is still mobile. Serves him right for taking that "shortcut".

hope this link works its the bolt in the middle off the cable,s

all inks to the pics have failed. right click on the pic and say 'copy URL' or download it, upload it into photobucket / private album on fb :-)

http://imageupload.org/en/file/224500/photo.jpg.html

the middle bolt

it looks like the restrict ball on the reveres lever bolt
anybody got an idea how to fix is without taking out the gearbox

Take the bolt out, fish out the spring and ball (magnet possibly), check that the car can now select all gears, put in neutral, put ball and spring and plug back in.

If he has put oil down there, you may be looking at some sort of hydraulic lock situation, which the above steps should fix.

thanks max i was thinking along the same line,s. plus drop the oil see if the ball and spring get flushed out. he will have to wait till next weekend before i can get down there

what a simple fix de tent bolt was to tight
loosened off the bolt all fixed