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MG MGF Technical - Broken gear selector cable

Hi,

My girlfriend has a '97 MGF 5 speed and one of the gear selector cables has snapped. It is the
one for the forward/backward motion of the lever and it has snapped close to the gearbox. Is there and easy way to remove this?

The workshop manual suggests fun things like unbolting the front or the subframe and lowering the motor
(draining the coolant and all that ensues). Is this breakage a common fault/feature of this model?
Luke Purcell

Valter had a similar problem, and his solution was easier than the one in the workshop manual:

see http://www.mgf.ultimatemg.com/gearbox_cable.html
Rob Bell

Hi Luke,

With the recent parts situation gear cables seem to be very hard to come by. However, someone posted here a few days ago that there are some still in stock in Australia. So the first thing to do is to secure the new spare part.

Several people have reported cables snapping at the same place as yours so it is not uncommon. Some people have managed to do it without lowering the subframe have a look in the archives and at Dieter's site:
http://www.mgfcar.de/gear_select/index.htm
and Rob's site:
http://www.mgf.ultimatemg.com/gearbox_cable.html
to see how Valter from Portugal did it himself.


Cheers
Spyros
Spyros Papageorghiou

Rob was faster again!
Spyros Papageorghiou

Rob, get a job,;-)
Mike.
mike

Rob no more research!

Now come to NZ and look after Kiwi patients! :-D

Hanah Kim

BTW, if you cannot get a F gear cable use a TF one and order the bell crank as well, these might be more available than the F cables which are still in short supply, you will need both cables.HTH.
mike.
mike

LOL - cheers guys! Just trying to practice my keyboard skills! ;o)

If you're considering fitting the TF bell crank, might as well go for the whole hog and fit Mike's quickshift kit - far better engineered with rose-jointed linkages :o)
Rob Bell

This thread was discussed between 27/06/2002 and 28/06/2002

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