Theres a lesson to be learned here, when you see somthing that needs fixed, fix it
While out for a drive at the weekend, something in the gear lever went click and the lever went all floppy
gear selection was still possible but scary has you were never quite sure what gear you were going into.
I suspected the shifter block (i think thats it name ) had broken fully, i was kicking myself as i knew i should have fixed it when i first noticed it....
On removing the gear lever my suspicions were correct:
I found the broken bit and the shims (well just washers really ) in the bottom of the tunnel. This part is apparently no longer available so i'll have to repair this one or make a new one.
Looks like fatigue possibly caused the failure, maybe not shimmed correctly and too much vibration? I'd like to hear if anybody else has had the same problem.
To be continued.....