return spring for 5-speed

[Ed Levin]

About a week ago, the lever in my 5-speed gearbox decided it no longer wants to spring back to the 2-3 plane when the lever is released in neutral. Instead it drifts to a position between the 2-3 plane and the 4-5 plane. What should I be looking at to correct this? Thanks.

[ncundy]

Ed,
Touch wood it's just the return spring on the end of the remote (see photos). You sould be able to see from underneath the car.

[Peter]

As Neil says, it sounds like the return spring. This was missing on my car when I got it, making gear selection a bit of a trial and error process!

You can get at the spring from under the hood, see attachment.

Peter

[lancialulu]

Surprisingly (because I had done the same thing a couple of years ago!!!) I have just added one to my sport too!

Tim

[Ed Levin]

Thanks all, especially for the great photos. As you can tell from the title of the thread, I had suspected it was a spring, as that would explain all the symptoms.