Evening all
(Dixon of Dock Green fans, stand at ease).
Just to say HI to all you Fiat folk and ask whether someone can shed any light on a little problem with my daughter's Fiat 500L, acquired a few months ago.
The gears went west last week and my mobile mechanic (now alas on holiday, fishing) diagnosed a burnt out clutch. It's a 2015 car, and has just done 50,000 odd miles. We don't know about previous owners...
Anyhow, a new clutch has been fitted by a local garage who also replaced the slave cylinder and the two gear linkage cables. (One of these had worn and had parted company a while back: a U clamp was keeping the end in place as a temporary fix). So - new clutch and cables but when they dropped it off tonight, it was very hard to engage first gear.
Can someone please tell me: do the cables need adjusting before fitting? Also, is there anything else that might conceivably lead to the gear engagement baulking? Before, the box was like the proverbial knife through butter.
Any wisdom gratefully received!
(Dixon of Dock Green fans, stand at ease).
Just to say HI to all you Fiat folk and ask whether someone can shed any light on a little problem with my daughter's Fiat 500L, acquired a few months ago.
The gears went west last week and my mobile mechanic (now alas on holiday, fishing) diagnosed a burnt out clutch. It's a 2015 car, and has just done 50,000 odd miles. We don't know about previous owners...
Anyhow, a new clutch has been fitted by a local garage who also replaced the slave cylinder and the two gear linkage cables. (One of these had worn and had parted company a while back: a U clamp was keeping the end in place as a temporary fix). So - new clutch and cables but when they dropped it off tonight, it was very hard to engage first gear.
Can someone please tell me: do the cables need adjusting before fitting? Also, is there anything else that might conceivably lead to the gear engagement baulking? Before, the box was like the proverbial knife through butter.
Any wisdom gratefully received!