Does anyone knoe what kind of grease Fiat recommends for lubricating the gear change cables?
My old beast has been largely unused the last 12 months and consequently the gear lever has seized up a bit. In cold weather especially, it becomes heavy to operate and doesn't centre itself. I managed to persuade next door's 8 year old lad in there to lubricate the cables as much as possible, but without taking the air intake pipes off, or jacking the car up to do it from below, it's a bit tricky to lube up the cables properly.
Usually a bit of grease does the job for a while, so I'm fairly sure it's just a cable greasing issue.. but it seems like the grease must be drying up or not getting into quite the right places to make a permanent difference.
I've currently got the gearbox out, so I have a good chance to sort them out properly.. but is there a special/different type of grease recommended? I'm using just regular brown lithium (?) grease, on the basis that any grease is better than nothing, and I have some... but if there's something better, now is the time to deploy it.
Ralf S.
My old beast has been largely unused the last 12 months and consequently the gear lever has seized up a bit. In cold weather especially, it becomes heavy to operate and doesn't centre itself. I managed to persuade next door's 8 year old lad in there to lubricate the cables as much as possible, but without taking the air intake pipes off, or jacking the car up to do it from below, it's a bit tricky to lube up the cables properly.
Usually a bit of grease does the job for a while, so I'm fairly sure it's just a cable greasing issue.. but it seems like the grease must be drying up or not getting into quite the right places to make a permanent difference.
I've currently got the gearbox out, so I have a good chance to sort them out properly.. but is there a special/different type of grease recommended? I'm using just regular brown lithium (?) grease, on the basis that any grease is better than nothing, and I have some... but if there's something better, now is the time to deploy it.
Ralf S.