GRTV8
Well-Known Member
Hello Ian . Welcome to P6 ownership.
45plus year car and although extremely well engineered , little things tend to give up.
The gear lever being floppy will indead be a broken spherical bush.
I lost my car over a small retaining wall a few months back .
The "bush'' gave up and the hand break was not entirely on. It dropped out of park and went for a self drive down a steep slope. No damage except my ego to the amusement of the neighbours.
The spherical bushes are available from the "guys" on line .
Im 68 now and too have difficulty crawling under the car as the selectors from the gear lever to the g/box are in an awkward place .
To expediate its removal , i would have the new bush to hand and dis assemble the cock pit parts. ie remove the plastic grill in front of the gear lever console. there are two nutss under the ash trays. A screw is under the front of the rubber hand brake cover .Unscrew the gear lever knob and lift the console off.
Removing these parts will save your mechanic breaking stuff when 'finding out' how to remove things on top.
Drive to your mechanic with the new bush and he can do the rest.
Hope this helps
Not a big job but never the less , essential.
I drove around with a floppy gear lever and paid the price for not getting it serviced.
others on here may see Ive overlooked something
Go well
Gerald
45plus year car and although extremely well engineered , little things tend to give up.
The gear lever being floppy will indead be a broken spherical bush.
I lost my car over a small retaining wall a few months back .
The "bush'' gave up and the hand break was not entirely on. It dropped out of park and went for a self drive down a steep slope. No damage except my ego to the amusement of the neighbours.
The spherical bushes are available from the "guys" on line .
Im 68 now and too have difficulty crawling under the car as the selectors from the gear lever to the g/box are in an awkward place .
To expediate its removal , i would have the new bush to hand and dis assemble the cock pit parts. ie remove the plastic grill in front of the gear lever console. there are two nutss under the ash trays. A screw is under the front of the rubber hand brake cover .Unscrew the gear lever knob and lift the console off.
Removing these parts will save your mechanic breaking stuff when 'finding out' how to remove things on top.
Drive to your mechanic with the new bush and he can do the rest.
Hope this helps
Not a big job but never the less , essential.
I drove around with a floppy gear lever and paid the price for not getting it serviced.
others on here may see Ive overlooked something
Go well
Gerald