So I got the engine and gearbox back in, changed the little plastic roller in the nose cone that was non existent, fitted a csp coupler at the rear end and adjusted the clutch cable with about 1” free pressure before it has pressure. I can get all 4 gears with the clutch down on the drive with the engine running but when I take it out for a drive struggle to get 3rd and 4th, do I need to keep tightening the wing nut on the cable?
With the CSP coupler its less tolerant of not lining up things properly. Fixing the donut removes even more slop. So the front shifter and lockout plate may need tweaking sideways, or the plate may be worn out so that the gear lever moves too far laterally. I had to weld the built in EMPI shifter plate because it had worn about 0.5 mm : I could either get smooth 1-2 or smooth 3-4 as the correct path for the gear lever was slightly away from the edge so the gearstick had to be moved slightly to the left or right of where it was being guided by the plate when changing gear. When I fitted the CSP it needed more tweaking, drove around with a 13mm socket spanner and kept stopping and adjusting the gear lever.
And just have a peep underneath to make sure that when it's in all of the gears that you can select with the engine off, that the new coupler doesn't hang up on the cross member. That's caught a few folk out before. Note, that clearance will alter when the bus is driving under load so just take a view. Hopefully it'll all be ok and it's just a bit of cable/plate finessing as above..
