Gear Linkage V tight (nova with c20xe) any thoughts??

[hoggath-motorsport]

I have a nova Mk2 GSI J Reg.

It has c20XE (2l 16V) fitted and the gear linkage is very tight and jumps out of reverse.

Is there a cure for this?? Is it bad fitting??

What do i do to sort??

I have also asked on a different thread which gearbox i have as i am also unsure of this and how to tell.

Can you tell by top speeds in each gear or is there any clues on the box.

[Dod]

Have you checked it for fluid? I would say that with it being a little stiff due to fluid shortage that you could have been forcing it into gear and so possibly slipped the linkage a bit.

Have you a Haynes Manual? If not, get one. Theres a bolt on the side of the gear box to check the fluid level and it'll also show you how to reset the linkages on the box. I could try and explain but its well documented with Pictures as well in the Haynes Manual.

[heds]

what linkage are you using?
have you modified it?

[hoggath-motorsport]

what linkage are you using?
have you modified it?
No its the standard gsi linkage, does it need to be altered and how.??

[Jack]

Yep, have a look here (http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=86668)


you can keep the nova gear linkage but flip the plastic universal joint around to give the nova linkage a longer reach.

I think I have a pic of the bit you need to flip, give me a mo and I'll dig it out...

[Jack]

Here we go. Not a brilliant pic, but you can just about make out the plastic joint in the middle - its been flipped round to make the reach that little bit longer:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/razorjack/Cars/Project%20Ghey/15092007008.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/razorjack/Cars/Project%20Ghey/15092007006.jpg

We had to file a little bit off the end to get it to flip round correctly