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Guest Mark Cosh
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chaps' having some issues getting to know the car. the gears seem very close together particularly 1st and reverse. also feels very lose [may be me as other car has T5]. Are they supposed to be like this? read a few posts about the saddle? is this easy to access?

 

any suggestions to check?

 

mark

Guest Mark Cosh
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great will give it a go. have order, am i right inthinking i just need to remove the gator, undo the three bolts to get access?

Guest Ian & Carole
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Yep, 3 bolts holding gear lever in place, if it has the correct bolts they are dome headed allen bolts.

Guest Mark Cosh
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saddle replaced and a little better thanks. read somewhere there is a conversion to shorten the gearstick travel. has anyone tried this?

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Simple way is to space up the lever with 3 loose nuts and push lever down through the bearing, makes a difference but not a great deal as type9 change is pretty good and we cut down the lever anyway

Guest Mark Cosh
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thanks for all your help guys. car up and running today with £500 worth of carb refurbishment and rolling road tuning at interpro thronbury bristol. gearbox im getting used to next job brakes refurb. thanks again

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Did some pics a while back. Took a lever apart to show the parts but don't take yours apart. It's a destructive process. I used a cheap plastic kitchen chopping board for the spacer. Inserting one E clip gives a good action for me. You could insert two or three depending on thickness of mounting spacer and feel of the result. One important point. Measure the change in position of the ball on the lever and make sure the spacer is the same measured thickness. This keeps the end of the gear fork/saddle in the same relative position on the selector shaft.

 

Nigel

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Guest mcramsay
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Spend 50 quid and buy a shortened leaver on eBay, hard work is done for you and it bolts on I'm 5 mins. Transforms from trying to find a gear in a bowl of soup to loading a rifle. Worth the money.

Guest chris brown
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Spend 50 quid and buy a shortened leaver on eBay, hard work is done for you and it bolts on I'm 5 mins. Transforms from trying to find a gear in a bowl of soup to loading a rifle. Worth the money.

most available short shifts make the shift too short and make the shift very notchy. In any case it is more satisfying to make your own.

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