Opel 1900 1973 Service Manual page 382

Figure 78-l 2
Figure 78.13
2. Knock off gearshift lever button and loosen
threaded pin for Bowden control wire attachment.
See Figure 7B-12.
3. Drive spiral pin and clamping sleeve out of shift
finger tube and stop sleeve. See Figure 7B-14.
4. Remove shift finger and pull Bowden control wire,
together with thrust spring, out of gearshift lever.
5. Oil sliding surface of stop sleeve on shift finger
tube with clutch oil.
6. After installation of thrust spring, attach new
When doing this, the cutout of stop sleeve in installa-
tion position shows to the left. The spiral pins must
not protrude on either side.
7. Clamp tight Bowden control wire with threaded
pin. Prior to tightening, pull ring must rest on gear-
shift lever tube and clamping block on pull ring.
MANUAL TRANSMISSION
Figure 71-14
8. Heat up new gearshift lever knob in boiling water
to 176 degrees F. and push it onto lever tube. Ob-
serve distance A - .3", see Figure 7B-15. The gear-
shift lever tube end is provided with transverse
grooves for which reason the old button can no
longer be used.
Figure 78-l 5
9. Attach shift finger with spiral pin and install gear-
shift lever.
REPLACING GEARSHIFT LEVER BELLOWS
2. Knock off gearshift lever button and pull off bel-
lows over pull ring.
SPIRAL PINS