hey guys.

so as most of you know. my gear box when bang recently so it was replaced with a second hand unit from the breakers yard. not long after that i lost the gears due to the selector on top of the gear box partly seizing up so it was removed. greased up and refitted which has been fine till now..........
![Bash [bash]](https://www.fordmpv.com/smf2/Smileys/akyhne/bash.gif)
now while out and about in rush hour traffic. i lost my gears again and could only get second gear so had to limp the car home doing under 30 mph on a motorway with my hazards on

.me thinking that the gear linkage cables had broke so i started pulling the car apart only to find that the pinch bolt on the gear selector has sheared off again falling into the gearbox.

on the plus side of things ive removed the selector today . removed the threads off the pinch bolt that had sheared off so that only leaves me with fishing out the head of the bolt from the gear box.

the question is......... i have 2 ideas but which will work? first one if i drop the gear box oil will the pinch bolt head come out with the oil? other idea was to fish about with a magnet to see if i can retrieve it that way. do you think any of these ideas will work guys? also there is a d shaped plate on the end of the gear box. could this be removed to fish about with a magnet?

guys. rant over lol..