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MG MGF Technical - MGF Gear selector cable

Help me please I'm desperate!

My MGF has been off the road for two months waiting for a gear selector cable.PN ULS10070

I need to know if anyone anywhere can get hold of one of these, no main dealers can help.

Please Please Please
Toni

Have you tried Brown and Gamonds(sp?) links from the advertizers section in the top drop down at the top right of this page

Will
Will Munns

Toni

Mine was done at the weekend so SMC Slough Rover
got the cables ok from Rover (SMC didn't have them in stock)

-matt

350gbp I was charged for fitting + parts
matt


Hi Toni,
if Your cable has snapped in the usual place it can be repaired by hard soldering (is it called brazing in UK ?) This will at least get You back on the road for the summer. Probably You need to get away from the ordinary dealer network and contact a good reputable garage that is more prone to do such a fix...
This of cours if Will´s suggestion doesn´t work. Unfortunatly (at least over here) most francised dealers won´t touch parts brought in from elswhere :(

Regards , Carl.
Carl

Good idea, Carl, may work !!

You mean the common location like at Dirkies and at my old MGF, do you ?
http://www.mgfcar.de/gear_select/gearDCP_2708.jpg
Lathe work for a new thread bolt (shaft) with hole for the cable required in the above drawn case.

Dieter
Whole collection @ http://www.mgfcar.de/gear_select/index.htm
Dieter Koennecke

If you are sufficiently desperate you could always try to aquire second hand from a breakers such as Midland MGF (http://www.midlandmgf.co.uk/). I guess you only need the lower cable (as that's the only one that went on mine). Note that the two cables are different lengths.
Mark Turner

Of course. Had this one damaged and Dirk also. I think the upper never fails, cause it doesn't get moved so much as the lower. (upper is the cross cable which gets moved sidewards from the gearstick)
Used a second hand lower cable without any problem.
Dieter Koennecke

This thread was discussed between 22/05/2002 and 24/05/2002

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