Wocha bin doin on your MG this week then?

Replied by talkingcars on topic Wocha bin doin on your MG this week then?

Posted 4 years 10 months ago #192315

talkingcars wrote: I have been trying to find neutral.


Found it, the problem is that the short gear change cable is damaged where the inner goes in to the outer at the lever end.

What a faff changing a gear cable is.

And having a TF cable and a F adds to the fun.

Luckily I have a TF135 gearbox in my garage that will be donating the bracket so I can use the shorter cable.


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Replied by sworkscooper on topic Wocha bin doin on your MG this week then?

Posted 4 years 10 months ago #192316
How did it get damaged do you think ? Is it frayed ?
John
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Replied by talkingcars on topic Wocha bin doin on your MG this week then?

Posted 4 years 10 months ago #192317

sworkscooper wrote: How did it get damaged do you think ? Is it frayed ?
John


No, when my clutch arm seized and the clutch slave blew I got the car home by doing clutchless gear changes which was okay until I actually got home. The only way I can get the F in my pathetic drive is to park side ways which requires a couple of shuffles and the only way to do that without control of the clutch is to use the starter motor to move the car. I had to switch off, select the correct gear and operate the starter.

Unfortunately the car became stuck in gear and no shoving or yanking got it back into neutral. I think that during this I managed to kink the end of the outer so that the inner cable would only move between 1st, 3rd, 5th and neutral.


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Replied by Gavin207 on topic Wocha bin doin on your MG this week then?

Posted 4 years 10 months ago #192342
Cleaned out my sill drains today - nearside drain always seems to get blocked. Well worth doing regularly at this time of the year.
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Replied by NigelOBB on topic Re:Wocha bin doin on your MG this week then?

Posted 4 years 10 months ago #192344
Made a set of seat belt tidies out of an old belt, and found out just how sharp my trustee old Swiss Army knife is 😫
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Replied by talkingcars on topic Re:Wocha bin doin on your MG this week then?

Posted 4 years 9 months ago #192378
That's the roll pin out!


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Replied by Cobber on topic Re:Wocha bin doin on your MG this week then?

Posted 4 years 9 months ago #192381

NigelOBB wrote: Made a set of seat belt tidies out of an old belt, and found out just how sharp my trustee old Swiss Army knife is 😫

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All should go well with your MG for a while, since you've made a blood sacrifice to appease the MG gods! :drive: :lol:

"Keep calm, relax, focus on the problem & PULL THE BLOODY TRIGGER"

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Replied by talkingcars on topic Re:Wocha bin doin on your MG this week then?

Posted 4 years 9 months ago #192441
Talk about frustrating - today I started to reassemble the gear lever mechanism but forgot to put the new short cable through the hole at the end of the mechanism before popping it on the ball of the lever.

So I did what I have done in the past, rested a open ended spanner on the cable end, close to the ball socket and tapped with a hammer. Today it took three or four taps but what really surprised me was the sound as they parted ways, the end dropped into the well!

The darn cable end had snapped!


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Replied by David Aiketgate on topic Re:Wocha bin doin on your MG this week then?

Posted 4 years 9 months ago #192443
:omg:

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Replied by talkingcars on topic Re:Wocha bin doin on your MG this week then?

Posted 4 years 9 months ago #192455
I've found a replacement -
NEW SHORT Front to rear Gear change Cable for Rover MGTF MG TF. UK seller
Completed


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Replied by sworkscooper on topic Re:Wocha bin doin on your MG this week then?

Posted 4 years 9 months ago #192456
Oh no ! :-(
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Replied by talkingcars on topic Re:Wocha bin doin on your MG this week then?

Posted 4 years 9 months ago #192473
The new cable arrived, it came with 2 bellows so at £9.99 delivered overnight is an absolute bargain.

I got the new cable into the car and attached to the lever but failing light (my beanie hat with built in LED torch) meant I didn't get it bolted in.


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