got my mk on the road today after a complete rebuild. everything is mostly ok but got a couple of things that need sorting i.e tracking and gear selcting. obviously tracking il just go get done.

the selecting of gears is really doing my head in basicaly if i drive it steady i can select all gears fine (1down 5 up) then when i drive it hard i cant get the gears coming down the box 5/4/3/2/ its running the cable type linkage. but iv just realised the outer sleeve on the end of the linkage cable keeps popping off and the cable gathers and pops out. i have adjusted the linkage and still no real joy

sorry if this dont make sense.

Pictures?

And, are you are using the clutch coming down ?
Edited, I presume it was OK before, whet have you changed?

[Edited on 8/5/12 by ReMan]

to be honnest i bought it without driving it, as was bought as a project. the linkage before was coming from the passenger side and was 1 back and 5 up. which my 2 other bec's iv had was opposite so i put the linkage drivers side and made it 1up 5 down. yes i clutch cuming down the box 5/4/3/2 etc can select neutral easy aswell. car drives fine untill you wna drive it hard then just dont want to come down the box and sownds like its destroying the box (sownds like 1 minute its in then not the next) i must admit i do have the linkage cable bent on quite an angle, but like i said its fine when drive steady. could it be clutch? gearbox?

I would firstly check the push/pull cable for galling.

If you suspect its not working properly, inspect that as your first port of call.

as anyone got any pictures how they'v set there linkage up i could look at ( 1 up 5 down)

cheers

Mines still working!
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=35650

thats basicaly how it was set up when i bought it. but did not like it as it was 1 down 5 up . is yours the same or 1 up 5 down??

1st is push forward
2-5 pull back

It is the only natuaral way