Are Alfa gearchanges supposed to be this crap?

[britten_mark]

Hi all
Just bought a 147 2.0, and find the 5-speed box gear selection to be ponderous to say the least; the gap across gate is huge (in 1st and 2nd I have my hand on the passengers leg), and even in gear the play on the stick is laughable. This car replaces a JTD 156 Sportwagon which had a 6-speeder and was sweet as a nut. I thought the 6-speeder would be a 5 with a cog tacked on, but its chalk and cheese.

Is there something wrong or is there a quickshift kit available somewhere??

[wildoliver]

Totally different gearbox, and yes the change is somewhat long shall we say!

Send me an email I produce a quickshift among other Alfa products (sorry I don't want to abuse Ted's hospitality advertising on here)

[pwig]

You need to get your linkages checked. They go like that.

[britten_mark]

What mileage would that happen at? this has only done 26K (2003) or does it depend on "use"?

[pwig]

Use really. Had some that I thought were in neutral which were actually in 1st gear...