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Here`s my proposed mod. As you can see from this photo, reducing the remote by 6 1/2 " puts the lever at 'X', which is still 2 or 3" short of the location of an original Cobra`s gearlever, but is a significant improvement in useability! http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q113/nikbj68/Hawk%...

Let`s just hope I don`t end up with the wooden spoon for gearchanges!!!!

Cheers guys, Once I have shortened the remote to THIS DESIGN which moves the lever forward 6 1/2 " I will make some solid bushes, I also have some nylon bar I can use if not happy with the feel of the solid bushing. I could also fine tune the gear lever for vertical by varying the bush thicknes...

Is there any good reason not to mount the remote mechanism directly to the gearbox, doing away with the rubber(or polybush upgrade) bushes? Obviously I`ll have to make some solid bushes, but that`s not a problem. I can understand that for a refined vehicle like the Rover SD1 it might damp out a litt...