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Old 29th September 2020, 09:03   #1
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Default Manual CDTi - slack in neutral ?

As per the title really, in neutral there's about half an inch of sideways 'play' at the top of the gear lever.

All gears select fine and the car drives really well, but would like to make it perfect

Any thoughts on what I should look for ? Never had any problems in this area before

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Old 1st October 2020, 09:08   #2
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I'm guessing the linkage doesn't give many problems then....??
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Old 1st October 2020, 10:44   #3
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Had this problem on Redfive. Turned out to be the gear cables were very worn. Ended up having new ones fitted when the clutch and DMF were replaced.
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Thanks Bob, I will have to strip it all apart & see what's moving. Not sure if cables are still available - anyone know if they are the same for all manual models ?

I'm guessing they will be ?
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Thanks Bob, I will have to strip it all apart & see what's moving. Not sure if cables are still available - anyone know if they are the same for all manual models ?

I'm guessing they will be ?
Moorlands Auto Solutions here in Saltash done the work, so they might be able to point you in the right direction of obtaining the cables, if needed.
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Thanks Bob, I will have to strip it all apart & see what's moving. Not sure if cables are still available - anyone know if they are the same for all manual models ?

I'm guessing they will be ?
Always worth checking the forum traders
https://www.dmgrs.co.uk/collections/...0021-uls000031
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Old 1st October 2020, 19:15   #7
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Thank you both, will have a look underneath the car when I next get chance, glad to see the cables are still available
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Old 2nd October 2020, 06:52   #8
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Pretty rare for them to fail, so if new ones are expensive you could always get a good used assembly from Mickyboy here on the forum.
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