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OAT wrote:

There has been a recent thread on replacing gear cables.  I think there were complications.

As vaz mentioned, there is an inherent loose feel with the cable linkage.  I was convinced there was something wrong when I first got mine but found that after a few hundred miles they seemed fine.  Might be just a case of getting used to it?

Back in  My Truck driving days Only Foden had cable linkage to gearbox and although I class it as I'd never driven one I have brought one back to base about  a 5mile jont.......

It was about 3 or 4 yrs old with about 250,000 on it  But it's change was vey poor IMHO...........
IIRC mk 3 Golf Gti's or was it 4's had a cable gear change and although not 100% much better feel........

I think what's happening is You tend to get a rubbery  disconecting feel with cable change that only gets worse with a little wear ..........

And in commercial use with several drivers even more so abuse wise over all.............

There is also some folk who will ram the gearlever home  and put a little more wear on everything (They'll tend also to stretch out hand brake cables quicker) it's just how they are and of course maintenence .......
Gearbox linkages are not in the most pleasent enviroment and access is not the most accomodating to squirt some lube about.........

Cables break get worn out (So do linkages) and as I Said there's factors in Spain we don't even concider in the UK..........
We might have Grot and wet here...When Spain is very Hot and Dusty It might end up the same in gear linkage terms one maybe quicker than the other for similar reasons
(I'd put money on from what I've seen down the garage at her father's .... Many engines or the likes fail before body work rot kills them off)

A friend of mine had a 1999 all be it badged as a Fiat Scudo he now has a 2006 HDI Expert that I've never driven.............
A good couple years ago I only noticed a difference one day driving his old van (obviously) through town how much tighter it was (gearchange wise) or had become compared to previous or mine........
To discover  he'd put new or newer cables in as he'd broken one.........
I never saw the broken cable ... But I did see the gear lever and attached cables he'd tried to fit out a C5 from memorey.... hence unsure now whither New or younger replacement ...........

I definitely IMHO have a loose or sloppy change  and as mentioned at G-box end the white plastic clip on fitment thingy's I can induce some movement with I'm convinced on my own outside or feeling it with someone inside wiggling change as I hold linkage ...... Similar idea to doing a ball joint on steering

From what I gather it's an access routing issue that makes job a PITA
Cables obviously have to go through floor and needs sealing off........
The ends I'm led to believe are those pop on off ball coupling type.......
All this with ltd access especially at lever end and to make sure routing's OK and cable's are not twisted and on right knob Etc.............
i.e. selector and gate cable are not mixed and or both ends match rquired job...........

It's probably a piece of pi** to do......  

My gear change on a 1.9d was akin to a stick in a bucket with slop in all gears when engaged.
It was greatly improved by putting the gearbox in neutral and getting an assistant to firmly hold the gear stick in the neutral position.
I then disconnected the cables from the gearbox bracket and reconnected them.The gear selection was greatly improved with most of the play removed.I repeated all again,it was easier to get the correct neutral position at the gear stick after the first try.
I know yours is a different model,but it may also help your gear selection problem.It,s free to try anyway.

There has been a recent thread on replacing gear cables.  I think there were complications.

As vaz mentioned, there is an inherent loose feel with the cable linkage.  I was convinced there was something wrong when I first got mine but found that after a few hundred miles they seemed fine.  Might be just a case of getting used to it?