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[Sir Tigger KC]

As a temporary fix, if you pop the trim pieces off around the selector you can manually move the linkage (same way as pressing the button) I think.

Its unlikely to be wasted effort as the trim comes off to replace the shifter anyway. 

Thanks Jimmy. Yes I was going to have a look in the manual later to work out how to get at the over ride, because as I can't get it into P, I can't remove the key. 

It seems like a common problem though and there are repair kits for the button. Alternatively, I might go to the scrappy and get another knob, as that looks easy to remove. 

Don't think I'll have to replace the shifter... Hopefully!   

[STEMO]

Get me a knob while you're there, mines well had it. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Get me a knob while you're there, mines well had it. 

Any particular colour or size Uncle STEMO or will anything do?   

[STEMO]

Get me a knob while you're there, mines well had it. 

Any particular colour or size Uncle STEMO or will anything do?   

Not fussed, I'll probably never use it, but just in case like. 

[Doctor Gollum]

Get me a knob while you're there, mines well had it. 

Any particular colour or size Uncle STEMO or will anything do?   

Not fussed, I'll probably never use it, but just in case like. 

As Billy Connolly joked in a conversation about pierced nipples*, "I'll just hang it on the door with me boots... Them ridin' days are over..."

* an interview on Aussie telly box circa '95

[Sir Tigger KC]

Manged to pull my knob off, played with the rod underneath and got it into park, so I could take the key out and lock it and I think that by manipulating the rod I will be able to drive the car OK. 

I now need to decide whether to repair my knob or replace it with a used one. 

[TheBoy]

Broke the V70. 

The button on the gear knob broke and fell out, and I can only use D and N. 

It happened just as I was about to set off for Dorset from South Wales and I was in a cul de sac facing the wrong way!    I managed to turn around by going up on the pavements, which was lucky as the V70 has a crap turning circle.  Once I was pointed in the right direction, I didn't stop until I got home! 

Being a bit of a lad, one of the crappier vans they gave me back in the day - a really shagged 2l petrol transit - I always used to think it was really funny every lunchtime to race into the (tiny, tight) carpark where a few of us used to meet for lunch, slam it in reverse whilst still going forward at a rate of knots, and effectively do a handbrake turn so it was facing the right way to leave.  If the handbrake worked, I would have used that instead.

Needless to say, after a few weeks of this, reverse gear just became another neutral.

Rather than yet another driver misuse form, and as I knew it was due for replacement, I just drove around everywhere not using reverse for about the next month

[Doctor Gollum]

Dropping them into second at speed and dumping the clutch was a pretty spectacular way to slow down as well

[TheBoy]

Dropping them into second at speed and dumping the clutch was a pretty spectacular way to slow down as well

I put a 1.8 Belmont into 1st at about 90mph once. That stopped quite quickly as well.

[Kevin Wood]

Dropping them into second at speed and dumping the clutch was a pretty spectacular way to slow down as well

I put a 1.8 Belmont into 1st at about 90mph once. That stopped quite quickly as well.

A mate of mine did 4th - reverse in a Morris Ital, forgetting that there wasn't a fifth gear.
Apparently that stopped fairly quickly, but not as quickly as the banjo axle and pair of leaf springs it left behind.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Manged to pull my knob off, played with the rod underneath and got it into park, so I could take the key out and lock it and I think that by manipulating the rod I will be able to drive the car OK. 

I now need to decide whether to repair my knob or replace it with a used one. 

Had a play with the gearshift (minus knob) and discovered that it's stuck in Park. 

So it's a trip to the scrappy tomorrow morning. 

[Doctor Gollum]

Manged to pull my knob off, played with the rod underneath and got it into park, so I could take the key out and lock it and I think that by manipulating the rod I will be able to drive the car OK. 

I now need to decide whether to repair my knob or replace it with a used one. 

Had a play with the gearshift (minus knob) and discovered that it's stuck in Park. 

So it's a trip to the scrappy tomorrow morning. 

Surely they will collect

[Keith ABS]

 Went on a organised drive it day event with the Zaf today

[STEMO]

Manged to pull my knob off, played with the rod underneath and got it into park, so I could take the key out and lock it and I think that by manipulating the rod I will be able to drive the car OK. 

I now need to decide whether to repair my knob or replace it with a used one. 

Had a play with the gearshift (minus knob) and discovered that it's stuck in Park. 

So it's a trip to the scrappy tomorrow morning. 

Surely they will collect

Tee hee 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Manged to pull my knob off, played with the rod underneath and got it into park, so I could take the key out and lock it and I think that by manipulating the rod I will be able to drive the car OK. 

I now need to decide whether to repair my knob or replace it with a used one. 

Had a play with the gearshift (minus knob) and discovered that it's stuck in Park. 

So it's a trip to the scrappy tomorrow morning. 

Surely they will collect

Tee hee 

Pair of knobs.    Actually I only need one, but I'll see what they have in the morning.