Anyone know the best way to remove the Reverse Stop out from the gear lever hole on a 4 speed gearbox out of a 1.3 Crossflow engined escort Mk2.

Take out the gear change from the housing , by undoing the nylon nut. Also tap out the the circular blank , at the end by knocking it out from the inside.

This will now allow you to tap out the reverse catch , through the open end . It is a little bit of a fiddle but it is is pretty straight forward. Then just tap back the end cap

Hope trhis works , Phil

Yep.
Worked for me.

Can I ask why you are doing this..... i have a 4 speed box and wonder if i shall need to remove it also?

Cheers

Hornet ,

You only need to do this if you want to move your gear change back using an extension. If you're happy leaving the stick in the origional position then ignore this.

However, moving the change back may make gear change more comfy. If so, the reverse peg needs to come out -----in the origional state, to engage reverse you need to depress the gear lever -----this isn't possible via an extension, hence removal of the peg and introduction of some other sort of reverse protection. ie--gate , or something ingenious.

Phil ----ps--doing the same kind of thing at present !!!!!!!!!!!!!hence the understanding --------found this out in a Haynes --Car Builders Manual --isbn--859606466(much of it from rons book )

Phil

This is a pic --hopefully

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/photos.php?action=showphoto&photo=q-s_3.jpg

Phew, gald i seen this and asked that daft question, yes I'll need to move mine aalso... anyone got any detailed info on what i need?
Cheers