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There is a thread that covers this in great detail if you have a search.

Replacing rubber bushes is mechanicaly easy but seats / propshaft tunnel and gearbox cover have to come out. If you can lift the gear lever and wobble it about. the bushes are the problem.

i renewed the bushes with cutting the top of the gearbox cover. Afterwords i repaired it with flat strips aluminium bolted in the 2 sides along the cutted line. Put some tape over it for fumes and the carpet… all perfect again ! it isn't a structural piece ... just tin plate .

I was indeed pushing the hole gear shift support against the rotating axle flange.... with the noise of a near exploding gear box ... rubbers were complete worn.


If needed , i can easely acces them again.... just some screws

Rob,
there is a dome shaped piece (ball cover) that sits over the gear lever & is held down by a tab.
On mine the tab broke & caused a rattle plus difficulty shifting.
I got a replacement from Rimmers but short term pop riveted on a made up tab.
John

http://www.gomog.com/allmorgan/remoteissues.html

I have in my garage the one I repaired if you want it as a short term fix. It worked well enough

How do you know if a 1992 Rover engine is a T16 or M16? The engine number is 20HE23100618. Having a problem identifying needed oil seals.

If it has a distrubutor it is is an M16

Thanks John. It does have a distributor. I'm looking for seals and gaskets for this engine. Any thoughts for a parts source? I'm at a loss.

Maybe
https://rimmerbros.com/Category--Rover-Car-Parts--m-12749
If not they may be a starting point for more info?
Regards
Simon

If its a 92 reg its an M16, early T16' s also had an electronic Distributor, bit confusing, but the M16 as standard had a tubular manifold and the T16 'as standard' had a cast manifold and a catalyst.