Checking The Gearshift Lever Adjustment

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-- Start the engine.

-- Press the clutch.

-- Shift through all the gears several times.

-- Operate reverse gear lock (push shift lever down) and move shift lever all the way left in reverse gear gate.

-- Then push shift lever forward to engage reverse gear.

NOTE:

You must not exert any left or right force on selector lever when doing this.

-- Make sure reverse gear was selected and not 1st gear.

If 1st gear was selected instead of reverse, shift lever is too far left. Correct adjustment SHIFT MECHANISM, ADJUSTING .

-- Take it back out of reverse gear.

-- Now, with greater side force toward left on shift lever, shift into 2nd gear.

If shift lever catches when engaging 2nd gear, shift lever is too far right. Correct adjustment SHIFT MECHANISM, ADJUSTING .

NOTE:

Engage reverse gear only after operating the reverse gear lock.

The shift lever must move from the reverse gear gate into the 3rd/4th gear selector lever gate on its own.

Should a gear fail to engage smoothly after repeated selection, then repeat the selector adjustment SHIFT MECHANISM, ADJUSTING .

-- Install the noise insulation cover. Refer to NOISE INSULATION .

-- Install the front ashtray. Refer to FRONT ASHTRAY, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Install the shift knob with cover SHIFT KNOB WITH SHIFT LEVER BOOT .