Scottish Elises

Why did I start fitting my gearlinkage upgrade at 730 pm without ramps or even a jack?

a. I'm a fool
b. I couldn't wait
c. I'm a masochistic contortionist
d. All of the above....

Not that bad, even with pants tools. Took an hour and a half (Yes it was dark when I finished...!) Now it's much tighter (the gearbox!) and smoother. Worth doing but would have been easier with more room!

Rich

Pretty straight forward job then? Am going to fit one myself when I get round to it. Any tips? Other than jacking the car up...

Not really, pretty straight forward. The gear cable clips are a PITA cos their tight and I had to destroy the cable end bushes to get them (The bushes) out. Other than that just follow the instructions either on elise parts or http://titaniumstorm.com/te/linkage/linkage.htm either is fine. The new bushes are both a very good fit and fiddly to get in and the R clips are quite stiff too, just ended up tapping them in with a hammer. Make sure your spanners are thin enought to fit the half nuts between the new linkage and the bell crank, the first time I ended up with spanner attached....!

Any other q's just post them!

Good luck and I hope it all goes well.

PS a helper would greatly assist in the remove and fit of the undertrays and either replace or upgrade those mild steel bolts!

TTFN

Rich