We remove the cables of the control mechanism and the mechanism itself in the event of damage to the cables or the control mechanism.
We prepare the vehicle for the task.
We place the vehicle on a lift or an inspection pit.
In the vehicle interior, we remove the floor tunnel trim.
We open the bonnet. We remove the battery.
We remove the silencer.
We extract the locating bush of the gear engagement cable sheath from the bracket.
We withdraw the bush from the groove in the bracket.
Inserting thin-jawed pliers between the head of the cable terminal and the gear engagement lever and resting the pliers on the lever, we prise the plastic head of the terminal off the lever.
We remove the cable terminal from the ball pin of the gear engagement lever.
Applying force, we withdraw the locating bush of the gear selection cable sheath from the groove in the support bracket of the gearbox.
Inserting thin-jawed pliers between the head of the cable terminal and the gear selection lever and resting the pliers on the lever, we prise the head of the terminal off the lever.
We remove the cable terminal from the ball pin of the gear selection lever.
From underneath the vehicle, we undo the bolts securing the intermediate support bracket of the propeller shaft to the body floor and disconnect the joint yoke of the front propeller shaft from the transfer gearbox and move the propeller shaft aside.
Using a 24 mm socket, we undo seven nuts of the studs securing the heat shield to the body floor.
We remove the shield.
Using a 10 mm socket, we undo four bolts securing the housing of the gearbox control mechanism.
We compress two retainers on each side of the mechanism housing.
We withdraw the mechanism downwards through the opening in the body floor together with the cables.
We install the gearbox control mechanism in the reverse order.
The gearbox control mechanism has a fixed position of the gear lever in position III—IV.
Before connecting the cables of the control mechanism to the gearbox levers, we set the gear lever of the control mechanism to the fixed position III—IV.
In the gearbox, we also set the gear selection lever to position III—IV.
The gear selection cable has length adjustment.
For correct installation, we move the locking bush of the cable terminal away from the toothed retainer, compressing the spring.
We move the toothed retainer, as shown in the photo.
In this position of the retainer, the toothed end of the cable can move inside the terminal, thereby changing the cable length.
We fit the plastic head of the cable terminal onto the ball pin of the gearbox selection lever and press the retainer.
After this, we lock the retainer with the bush.
We connect the gear engagement cable, which has no length adjustment, to the gear engagement lever on the gearbox.
