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Offline gazpowells

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Re: Changing gear when cold
« Reply #10 on: 16 January 2013, 22:35 »
Anymore ideas anyone ?
this cold weather really making car hard to drive in mornings   :sad:

Offline thai-wronghorse

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Re: Changing gear when cold
« Reply #11 on: 16 January 2013, 23:03 »
My valver was the same shortly after i got it.  I changed the gearbox oil,  stuck a B&M short shift gearstick on it and replaced a couple of the shift tower components. Massive improvement but still not amazing,  the 02A gearshift set up is crap as standard. The 02J shift set up from the mk4 is supposed to be very good upgrade.
This said your gearbox could simply nearing the end of its working life...

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Re: Changing gear when cold
« Reply #12 on: 20 January 2013, 20:43 »
Could be frozen? Water in the mechs?

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Offline gazpowells

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Re: Changing gear when cold
« Reply #13 on: 20 January 2013, 21:19 »
i was thinking about maybe the cables could be sticking coz of cold might change them before i go for a new box

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Re: Changing gear when cold
« Reply #14 on: 20 January 2013, 22:11 »
It's worth a try

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