Originally Posted by
McCloud 85
Not sure if this helps but difficulty or tightness to select gears can be caused but how the cables are run. If they have too many bends or are too tight the gears will be really tough to select. We had an issue on my brothers puma where you would miss gear selection whilst driving and it was all down to the cable route.
Hope that helps.
I have wondered about this. I wondered if they are a bit twisted or something. I have tried to keep the routing as straight as possible.
For reference, this is what my box/cable/selector looks like:
This is the gear lever in mine (I have since made some mounts and bolted it down a bit more solidly!):
A friend of mine had some gear selection troubles when he had put a Focus gearbox in a MK5 Escort. He ended up crushing the rubber mounts where the gear lever bolts into the car. The excess play in them was causing problems.
Sadly I did buy the gearbox, cables and lever separately, so I have no idea if they're the right ones. I wouldn't have thought the other cable design would fit though.