possibly related also, the gear arm , in the engine bay where the gear cables connect , ie one of them if a right hand drive the cable nearest to the transmission housing, it fits on to a bracket that has a brass internal bushing, and all ldv maxus manual geared vans have these, and they have sideways movement, because the bushing gets worn , so , a 14mm hex socket and a ratchet , put it on to the nut that holds that bracket arm in the engine bay transmission area, and hold the bracket with one hand so it is in the dead centre of the sideways movement , and tighten the bolt head , i did 1 turn, eliminating quite a bit of sloppy movement from such an ill designed mechanism , also , the detent springs, good luck putting new ones in, you need a thin 14mm open ended hex spanner with a faitly long handle, because even 6 point sockets slip or ring off the bolt heads, three of them, and yes they are all 14mm bolt heads, oh and if you manage to remove them, and replace the springs, then the torque tightening spec for those is between 9 nm and 12 nm, so 11 is good by the way , oh and no i havent managed to get the old bolts undone yet , because the awkward angle of the transmission housing end, makes it a pain in the nobby stokes to get any downward pressure on to the socket once on the bolt head, hence the open ended spanner notion,
pumfrey lugbarf
April 2026
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