Haynes manual is daft, you dont need to use the drill bit in the gearbox. You just wiggle the selector lever and push the retaining plug until it pops in to hold it still

na just play about you gota make sure the box is in neutral,if you use the hole to hold it to the side and the box is in neutral it doesnt allow it to move across enough to go into R,get someone to hold the gear lever in N and make sure the box is,nip the bolt up and try it,is jsut a case of messing about(if its the linkage that isnt set properly)

Get under the car and look how it works, then have a play about adjusting it. Its not difficult to make small adjustments, go out for a drive, make some more adjustments etc.

I had the same problem. Tried resetting it myself but I couldn't get 5th gear! The new linkgage costs 100 and then you've got fitting costs on top of that!

yes, put a 4mm allen key through both holes, one by the gear knob and one on the yellow thing at the side to lock it in place in the 1st/2nd gear plane.

did you wedge the gear lever in 1/2nd neutral plane ?

right then, was driving down the road normally one sunny afternoon, n a rover 220 tomcat gets up my arse, i pulled over n he flew off, as they do, so i put my foot down, kept up with him for a while n then he turned off. neways :o go back to being mr sensible driver i realise my gears are all messed up, n when i got to work i realised i had no reverse either. 1st gear was where reverse should be, to get second i had to lift up the lil reverse lever n go into second position, third n forth were ok, n had no fifth either. so i reset the gear linkage today, using the drill bit in the gearbox n undo the pinch bolt etc etc. all gears went back ok, reverse, 1st, 2nd, 3rd n 4th are all where they should be but ive still got no fifth. :mad: so its going into vauxhall tomorrow, ne1 got ne ideas what it might be before it goes in tomorrow.

also my actual gear lever. when its in neutral and you move it to the left (between 1st n 2nd gear, not in any gear, jus left in the middle) it like springs back to the middle, however, when you do this to the right hand side it jus stays at the right hand side. dunno if its got anything to do with not getting fifth gear.

any help is good help people ;) cheerz