Re: [doc] something silly..manual to auto

[Martin Gutkowski <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tracey, you really must get this looked at. From what you're saying, it 
just needs a linkage adjustment, but if you continue to give it "a good 
shove", then you risk damaging gearbox internals which will mean a much 
bigger repair bill down the line.

Do something for me: With the stick in neutral, just gently wiggle the 
stick forward and backward. If it has more than 1/2" of play in it, and 
you can hear a definite rattling under your elbow, the pivot bolt is 
loose or bent and will cause no end of problems. This is a £10 part and 
takes less than an hour to replace. A gearbox rebuild on the other hand 
comes in at well over £150 and the labour on that is several hours. The 
roll pin on the second gear selector fork is notorious for snapping - 
not because it's a design flaw but because this gear gets the most "slam 
shifts" - accellerating away from a standstill - and once it breaks, 
second is difficult to find, especially when downshifting from 3rd to 
2nd. To replace ths part worth pence means stripping the gearbox down. 
If Steve Strelczak is reading this, I'll let him tell you the difference 
a new pivot bolt made to his gearshift. His car gained the most 
noticable improvement of the ones we've done.

Best Wishes

Martin

tracey steele wrote:

> hi nick had a good think about it,I`m gonna stick with manual. I do 
> have a problem with the gears some days i find it hard to get in to 
> 1st have to really give it a good shove, and when i go from 1st to 2nd 
> i always seem to hit reverse which won`t do it any good it is very 
> tough trying to get it in 5th as well,2nd to 3rd to 4th is fine. 
> unless i`m doing something wrong.
> love tracey vin 6484




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