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Hi Guys, i was coming out of town today and whilst changing up from 2nd to third my gearstick went all floppy and the van was stuck in 2nd couldn't really stop as i was on the main ringroad so i limped her back to our workshop where we found the culprit to be a broken plastic u/j that fits between the front and rear parts of the gear linkage almost right in the middle of the underside of the van, i went to the motorfactors next door who didn't even have the part listed, then i rang GSF at peterborough who didn't have one either, what we've managed to do is rob a similar one off of a scrap ford escort its a little shorter than the origional but we've packed it out with a couple of washers as a tempary repair until i can locate the correct part, do any of you nice people know the correct name, number and where i can obtain one from ?


Thanx


P.S its worth carrying a couple of long zip ties in ya van cos if this part ever fails on your van then a temp repair can be made at the roadside by pushing the broken bits together and ziptieing then in place

Obsolete, not available on aftermarket.
Second hand I'm affraid.

I have one in the parts bath at work, I'll take it to the engineering shop soon and see about getting them made in ally.

Thanks for the swift reply fella pm me as soon as you have one available.


Thanx again

If anyone else suffers a failure of this part a ford escort mk6 part will fit packed out with a couple of washers either side of the unit but i'd advise getting the bits from a salvage yard as you'll have to buy the whole linkage from ford as the pins are pressed in but can very easily be drilled out