[Mg-t] Gearbox 'remote control'

[Rick Lindsay]

Hello Friends,

I have never rebuilt a gearbox, nor have I ever even opened one. I have flushed them with clean oil and refilled them, but cracking them open is scary.

Today I realize that I should remove, clean, lubricate and reinstall the TD's gearbox 'remote control'. I have read the workshop manual, and have studied the manual's exploded diagrams, and I thought I understood the removal procedure. Hummm.

My TD is a very late '53 model and the manual says to simply remove the four bolts securing the remote control to the gearbox and lift the assembly away, then cover the open wound in the gearbox with a cardboard cover. Simple, eh? And being a late car, there is no risk of pesky ball falling down into the gearbox entrails. B 

So with the gearbox in neutral, I followed the manual's procedure. However, the remote control's business end appears to be attached within the gearbox! What's up with that? Is it that the ball-end of the selector is stuck in a receptor requiring a little 'pull' to free it, or is there a paragraph missing from the manual, or am I just doing something wrong? Expiring minds want to know.B 

All advice would be appreciated. Thank you.

-rick, in Houston
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