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(Message started by: deefer on Jan 11^th, 2006, 9:58am)

Title: gearstick on 2.3 manual
Post by deefer on Jan 11^th, 2006, 9:58am

Hi,

My 2.3 manual's gearstick is a bit on the sloppy side, any sensible ways to tighten it up a bit ?

Title: Re: gearstick on 2.3 manual
Post by Snoopy on Jan 11^th, 2006, 2:29pm

ALL the information you may require is located here http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/autotrans.htm

Title: Re: gearstick on 2.3 manual
Post by Geoff_W on Jan 11^th, 2006, 2:52pm

Dave

He's got a manual.

I must admit gear selection is not as slick on Scorp manual as some other Fords that I have driven, anybody got any ideas why that might be? (Apart from old age on my part ;D )

Geoff

Title: Re: gearstick on 2.3 manual
Post by Octavian_P on Jan 11^th, 2006, 3:46pm

on 01/11/06 at 09:58:24, deefer wrote:

Hi,

My 2.3 manual's gearstick is a bit on the sloppy side, any sensible ways to tighten it up a bit ?

Mine seems to be also like that, It has a long travel from right to left. Don't mind it so much, the thing is that it should change nice, mine sometimes when it's verry cold outside kind of refuses to enter in 1-st and/ second for a few miles. I think it defenetly needs and oil change

Title: Re: gearstick on 2.3 manual
Post by Snoopy on Jan 11^th, 2006, 3:49pm

Sorry wrong link , here is the maunual gearbox data
http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/mantrans.htm
I have put my specs on now ;D }{

It definitely is an AGE thing so I am informed!

Title: Re: gearstick on 2.3 manual
Post by Geoff_W on Jan 11^th, 2006, 4:14pm

Cheers Dave Happy New Year ;D

I think we may have an interesting theme here, there is nothing really mentioned about ways of improving the shift at the lever end in terms of throw or general baulking, anybody got any bright ideas other than swapping for an auto or grafting in a new generation sixspeed box? ???

Title: Re: gearstick on 2.3 manual
Post by Octavian_P on Jan 11^th, 2006, 5:34pm

Six speed sounds nice but way too expensive for me :P

On topic:

Maybe all that play in the gear lever is because of worn links. If i take of my wood efect cover and look under it, and under the rubber protections, there's a lot of mess, losen rings, losen bits of ....and a lot of stuff. That's how i'v got the car, don't realy know what should be there. ??? It will worth a look to see what's there in your case.

Title: Re: gearstick on 2.3 manual
Post by Geoff_W on Jan 11^th, 2006, 5:46pm

The following link takes you to a site dedicated to the RS and Cosworth Escorts which apparently also use the MT75 box, as you will see they have a view on the box and why it is clunky

http://www.wrc-cosworth.org/tech/drivetrain/drivetrain.html

Geoff

Title: Re: gearstick on 2.3 manual
Post by Octavian_P on Jan 11^th, 2006, 9:41pm

Now you did it Geoff ! With that link, browsing the site i had steped over the water injection ;D i want one for my non turbo 2.3 }{ i think that will defenetly increase mpg ;D

Title: Re: gearstick on 2.3 manual
Post by Geoff_W on Jan 11^th, 2006, 10:29pm

Yes but if your box is strange now think what it will be like if the car has more power, that and you will have to keep stopping to top up the water ;D