nolan
A2OC Donor
I've had my 75bhp diesel (AMF) A2 for a few months and I'd like to diagnose the gear change being so still moving the stick forwards or backward from the middle position.
Side to side is fine and it centres well, I lifted the gearstick surround and the rubber was very perished plus the plastic? panel under the gear gaitor was also alll broken apart. I removed the gator and C clip, lifted the gearstick and cleaned as well as I could and put some new grease on the ball. This doesn't seem to have made a great deal of difference.
At the gearbox end I can move the big counterweighted arm (that the fore-aft cable connects to) without much effort which makes me think the issue must be cable related.
Am I barking up the front tree here? How hard are the cables to change? I'm generally ok mechanically but it does look like a PITA to get to as I looked from above and below and they seemed equally awkward from both directions
Side to side is fine and it centres well, I lifted the gearstick surround and the rubber was very perished plus the plastic? panel under the gear gaitor was also alll broken apart. I removed the gator and C clip, lifted the gearstick and cleaned as well as I could and put some new grease on the ball. This doesn't seem to have made a great deal of difference.
At the gearbox end I can move the big counterweighted arm (that the fore-aft cable connects to) without much effort which makes me think the issue must be cable related.
Am I barking up the front tree here? How hard are the cables to change? I'm generally ok mechanically but it does look like a PITA to get to as I looked from above and below and they seemed equally awkward from both directions