gear lincage problem ?

[nonnyt1970 2]

Have got big problems with reverse, rac have been out and checked he says some linkage problem,

weird, some other body has to press down the L shaped metal thing in the engine bay when I select reverse inside the car , for it to go into reverse,

Has amybody heard of anything so bizzare?

JT

[linerdc 0]

Hiya

You just need to adjust your linkage

If you look under the bonnet, you will see two cables for the linkage.

The left one controls the throw from left to right on your gear nob - you can adjust it yourself.

If you pull the L shape lever up and down that resembles left to right on your gear nob, i suspect when you go left on your gear nob that the actual lever under the bonnet isn't going down far enough?

To remedy this you need to adjust the black piece of plastic attached to the left cable, unbolt it and angle it so you know it will push the L shape lever down further when you move your gear nob left.

Have a play around until you understand it - and dont worry you can't break it - the worst you can do is get it out of line which will only need more tinkering. Once you understand it it's a ten minute job

I think there is a guide to perfect shift alignment on here somewhere

Hope this helps

[Matt W 4]

Here's the instructions!

http://www.houseofthud.com/shifting_gti.htm