Knob snapped off in my hand!!!
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Parked the car down the station this morning, and when I moved gear shift out of reverse the lever came away in my hand.
Needless to say I thanked the car endlessly and exchanged pleasantaries, but having a train to catch, I did not have time to look closely at the problem. It did not appear, however, that the gaitor comes off easily, so any hints or ideas welcome (petrol and matches excluded - already thought of that!)
Needless to say I thanked the car endlessly and exchanged pleasantaries, but having a train to catch, I did not have time to look closely at the problem. It did not appear, however, that the gaitor comes off easily, so any hints or ideas welcome (petrol and matches excluded - already thought of that!)
Edited by Buffoon on Tuesday 26th June 09:36
Gaitor is glued to the underside of the centre console.
There is a small screw on the right hand side (roughly where your left knee is when you sit in it). Undo this and you'll be able to lift the console slightly.
Under that there is a rubber gaitor that is riveted via a plate to the tub of the car. This is a complete arse to get out and I ended up cutting mine.
There is a small screw on the right hand side (roughly where your left knee is when you sit in it). Undo this and you'll be able to lift the console slightly.
Under that there is a rubber gaitor that is riveted via a plate to the tub of the car. This is a complete arse to get out and I ended up cutting mine.
ridds said:
This is a complete arse to get out.
Oh Yippy Yippy!I look forward to this, armed with just a laptop and Dean Koontz novel. I do have a few tools in the boot though, having broken down 3 times in the last 10 days.
Assuming I end up slicing the rubber boot, are they readily available?
Well, got back to the station last night, and ripped the gaitors off to be hit by a bit of a surprise.
The lever fits into a metalastic bush, and it seems with constant gear changing the rubber slowly worked its way up and popped out. With a bit of rubber tubing, some black tape and turning the lever upside down I got it home.
Being a pre-formed bush, to put it back together would be like trying to recork a bottle of champagne - it don't fit. Plus the retaining nut was one of those annoying reverse threaded jobbies (name escapes me) which had to be split off. Anyway, after untold hours of cursing and mallet whomping I now have a totally unique lever complete with 1/2" pneumatic hose, 2 x copper sleeves, washers and split pins. Plus it now sits much lower in super race mode!
2 good points came out of this. The problem identified itself while parked and not on the entrance to a motorway, and I can also smell coolant when engine heats up (been trying to find where the water has beeen disappearing for ages, so this gives some peace of mind that the block is OK).
Bad point is that the re-con box had only done about 800 miles, and I only had it changed as the old box was getting difficult to change gear and it was convenient to do so.
The lever fits into a metalastic bush, and it seems with constant gear changing the rubber slowly worked its way up and popped out. With a bit of rubber tubing, some black tape and turning the lever upside down I got it home.
Being a pre-formed bush, to put it back together would be like trying to recork a bottle of champagne - it don't fit. Plus the retaining nut was one of those annoying reverse threaded jobbies (name escapes me) which had to be split off. Anyway, after untold hours of cursing and mallet whomping I now have a totally unique lever complete with 1/2" pneumatic hose, 2 x copper sleeves, washers and split pins. Plus it now sits much lower in super race mode!
2 good points came out of this. The problem identified itself while parked and not on the entrance to a motorway, and I can also smell coolant when engine heats up (been trying to find where the water has beeen disappearing for ages, so this gives some peace of mind that the block is OK).
Bad point is that the re-con box had only done about 800 miles, and I only had it changed as the old box was getting difficult to change gear and it was convenient to do so.
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