Agu gear problems

[mk4melv]

Hi all

My agu seam to not like going into 1st and 3rd gear all the others are fine when going into first somtimes I haft to to 2nd then into 1st quickly and 3rd gear when changing fast just seams like its not there almost like a metal bar in front the gear stick sort of thing can anyone shed any light on this please its doing my head in I've tryed adjusting the cables and doesn't seam to make any difference tho 

Thank in advance for any help

Melv

[jamie16v]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sheTKD03hmo

[mk4melv]

My golf don't have the same cable system as in the video mate I don't have the plastic adjusters

[jamie16v]

oh right, ok. could you give us more information. like what gof you have etc?.

[mk4melv]

mk4 gti turbo 5 door engine code agu 1999 mate

[dom]

My golf don't have the same cable system as in the video mate I don't have the plastic adjusters

Are you sure?

[jamie16v]

My golf don't have the same cable system as in the video mate I don't have the plastic adjusters

Are you sure?

after re-reading the topic, my thoughts exactly.

[jamie16v]

can you take a pic and post it?.. of the gear linkage bit of the gearbox that is 

[mk4melv]

pretty sure yeah ill haft to take a pic tomorrow tho and wont be able to upload till tomorrow eve

[Jin_C]

Yup he is correct, the original gearbox I had on my 99 AGU was the old style connectors. It is pretty much a gearbox from the mk3 on the very first mk4s.

You will have to spend lots of time fiddling about with the adjustment, and possibly buy new plastic/rubber parts for the shifter mechanism to remove any slack.

Alternatively you can buy a newer shifter mechanism with newer connectors and the appropriate shift tower to go with it. It is pretty easy to lift out the shift tower from the gearbox however you have to remove the exhaust to replace the shifter mechanism