corsa kev
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6 speed linkage on corsa???whos done it
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as it says i need help with this,
the linkage(LMF proper 2 litre corsa one) is touching the rack???
is there anything that needs to be shortend?
need help asap with this
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Joff
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The 2-litre Corsa linkage is designed for the F20, not F28.
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corsa kev
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well what linkae do you use on the f28 then??? as LMF have told me this one will work,
no one seems to know, will the 6 speed one fit? i didnt think it did
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scott b
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i know a mate of mine who as just had fitted a valver turbo now he did have a F28 box in his veccie now im not sure if there fitting it into the corsa, the engine is in along with A box (not sure which one) he only lives in deeside so not to faraway from you if you want his number to speek to him let us know either by U2U or MSN
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Joff
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Speak to Patrick at Mathijssentechnics. LMF will only be going by what Patrick's saying, so maybe Patrick can explain it a bit more.
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corsa kev
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thanks all, any more details will eb greatful,
whats that lads msn scott b???
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scott b
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U2U just sent
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lee mitchell
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u use a corsa linkage
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corsa kev
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have to modify the linakage at all lee?
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lee mitchell
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yea. the arm which goes to the fork on the gearbox has to be cut so there is no metal left. hard to explain il try and find a pic
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lee mitchell
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the bit that is coloured orange is removed and the 2 existing bits welded together so they touch and is alot smaller
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corsa kev
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so cut all of that out and weld the one piece to the other?
i thought this was the way but wasnt sure as i though if i remove that it mite not select gears rite???
have u done one b4?
was it hard to set up?
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corsa kev
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its about the distance of that rod that is required, i can only try i guess, i give it a bash and let u know how i get on
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Nic Barnes
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if its the bit of the linkage, right side of picture where it goes onto the actual gear selectror rod for inside the car that you mean, ie its straight then angled back towards the bulk head, just striaghten it all out to match the lower end. then it wont catch the rack. had to do that on mine. gets gears no worries.
you have to shorten a nova linkage for f28 like lee mitchell describes above as well though
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lee mitchell
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quote: Originally posted by corsa kev
so cut all of that out and weld the one piece to the other?
i thought this was the way but wasnt sure as i though if i remove that it mite not select gears rite???
have u done one b4?
was it hard to set up?
will select gears fine ive done a few. just reset the linkage like it says in the haynes. easy to do. and as muppet said straighten the bar he said otherwise it fouls the rack
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corsa kev
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yeah its cool that side is a proper LMF linkage and is catching on the other side, so will shorten that bit u put in the picture and see how i get on
thanks il let u know how i get on
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Nic Barnes
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cool. my method is for a std vaux nova/cosa linkage when the rear spacer isnt fitted
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corsa kev
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spent a few hours on it today and got a result,
First of all i choped and rewelded the linkage like in the picture, - we had movement in gears,
then tried to set up, was hitting the engine mount,
so then removed teh spacer,
was no good,
refitted spacer and modified the rear mount, RESULT,
got a decnet feel to them also works well with the short shift LMF linkage,
thanks all have all the gears now, reverse is a little tight but its all there,
il let know how it goes on road test
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