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Curtoise
14-03-12, 12:05 PM
does anybody know the correct way to do it, im sure on my old one i placed a drill bit in a slot on the gbox? mines being a bitch to drop to second ever since i messed about with it when i replaced my engine. cheers :thumb:
mowgli
14-03-12, 12:15 PM
get a 3/16" (4.5mm?) drill bit
get the drill into the little hole & lock the linkage.
undo the clamp
set the stick in neutral between 1st & 2nd, and jam it there, tighten the clamp.
remove the drill
job jobbed
Curtoise
14-03-12, 12:55 PM
cheers guru of novas, where is the hole? and do you mean over to the left?
Iain
14-03-12, 01:35 PM
Hole is in selector turret of the gearbox, usually filled with a little rubber plug.

Yes you hold the stick over to the passenger side of the car.
Curtoise
14-03-12, 01:39 PM
wait passenger?! thought mowgli said between 1st and 2nd? which is on the left?
swedge
14-03-12, 01:47 PM
Yes passenger side is to the left when your sitting in the car holding the stick
Curtoise
14-03-12, 01:56 PM
okay for some reason i was thinking when you looking at the front........ dumbass moment thanks for your help!
mowgli
14-03-12, 02:08 PM
looking from the front won't alter where 1st & 2nd is......
Stuart
14-03-12, 02:38 PM
don't forget to refit the plastic bung!!!!! you can/will lose all gearbox oil from it
GRUNT 16V
14-03-12, 03:04 PM
if you pull up your gear gaitor there is a arrow where you line up your gear lever
Curtoise
14-03-12, 03:05 PM
Does the drill bit need to slot right into the selector?
GRUNT 16V
14-03-12, 03:06 PM
as far as you can push it in then it should lock the linkage in place !!!
GRUNT 16V
14-03-12, 03:07 PM
if you push it in and the linkage springs back then yes you need to push it deeper inside !( no pun intended) lol
Curtoise
14-03-12, 03:12 PM
Does the gear stick have to be in s particular place to slot in?
Iain
14-03-12, 04:00 PM
looking from the front won't alter where 1st & 2nd is......

Or which side the passenger sits on. lol
Iain
14-03-12, 04:01 PM
Disconnect the linkage and twist the selector in the gearbox until the drillbit slides in quite far. This "locks" the gearbox selector into neutral between 1st and 2nd, then you place the shifter stick in neutral between 1st and 2nd, then tighten everything up.
TeddyThom
14-03-12, 04:17 PM
Had this trouble myself a few months back, got the same advice you got, failing that, there are step by step idiot proof directions in the haynes manual for a nova upto a 1600. Worth buying yourself one :thumb:
Curtoise
14-03-12, 06:05 PM
done and sorted and working perfectly thanks for all the help!