Finally managed to get the top off the gear selector to enable the source of the slack to be found and eliminated. One source seems to have been the pin which prevents the centre shaft of the selector from twisting. Pin was loose in the bottom of the well under the selector quadrant. I'll be b*******d if I can get the pin back into the hole in the shaft, so goodness only knows how it came out. Is it a serious centre punch-type fit or what? If so can I remove the selector just by removing the D ring securing the shaft and two bolts fixing the quadrant to the side of the well?
Also there is slack in the selector cable itself. Is it safe to remove some (all?) of the slack at the gearbox end of the cable (if possible) and can this be done without upsetting the autobox gear selection?
TIA
Richard
PS I can't see a separate part number for the pin in my CD manual but it is item 5 in the fiche page 276 (Sep 04) showing assembly RTC5008
R