Freelander question

[german tony]

Wife's K-series engined Freelander has the apparently typical problem with it's gearbox, ie it's a sod to use, rather like the K-series engined Elises' are.

The question is, do those strenghtened gear change cables that the Elise people can buy also fit Freelanders?

Oh & the improved gear stick thingies too.

Appreciate the advice if anybody has any, her gear changing grates on my nerves at the best of times.

[GKP]

The Freelander doesn't use cables for the gear change like the Elise/MGF. It has a solid bar bolted to the bottom of the gear lever conected to the gearbox. It should be a fairly positve action. If it's difficult to move you may have another problem, such as the clutch dragging or simply wear in the gear lever pivot points.

[p100]

If you are having gear selection problems it is generally due to the clutch release mechanism either failing on the hydraulics, or , the bracket that the slave mounts on has cracked. or both.
Not a lot of monet to fix either.
Cheers
Roy

[german tony]

Thanks people. Looks like I'll have to teach her another way to find reverse.