I had the R380 on my Plus8. I had a failure of the " dust cover" part UKX3159. Basically a dome shaped part that had a tab for bolting to the frame of the gear link . It was a known weakness where the tab cracked due to fatigue/ repeated flex stress. A fix was to weld a small lug on the tab to beef it up. Mine broke but I managed to make a temporary lug/mount until I got it sorted.
New UKC3159.....unobtainable. Tried evrywhere until I found one by chance. Ashcroft, Rimmer etc but no luck. Had lugs welded before fitting . Replaced my " temp" fix after about 3 years. The R380 was used for several makes, inc Transits if I remember correctly. A potential market if someone could get a manufacture.
The other sloppiness cause could be perished rubber mounts on the gear linkage, mine were ok, As for the grub screw/spring.....mine was missing anyway. Didn't seem to be a problem.
Getting the UKC3159 good did make the gearchange much better.
That part number is embedded after so many searches.
