Skoda Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Removing Special tools and workshop equipment required t  Grease -G 000 450 02-   Note After the battery earth strap is disconnected and connected, carry out additional operations → Electrical System; Rep. gr.27. –  Disconnect the battery-earth strap with the ignition off → Electrical System; Rep. gr.27.

–  Lever the collar upwards and out of centre console cover -arrows-.

–  Open clamp -arrow- and pull off gearshift knob together with the collar. –  If present, detach the noise insulation. –  Removing ashtray → Body Work; Rep. gr.68.

–  Unscrew nuts -arrows- attaching the shift housing. –  Remove air filter → Engine; Rep. gr.24. l  In order to avoid damage to the selector cable, the cable lock must be separated from the selector cable before removal.

–  Pull forward the locking mechanism as far as the stop in -direction of arrow 1-, then lock by turning to the left in -direction of arrow 2-.

–  Remove circlip -1- for shift cable from gearbox shift lever -2-. –  Pull off shift cable from the stud of the gearbox shift lever. The relay lever -4- is secured with a clip -3- in the cover –  Unclip -3- out of the hole of the relay lever and pull out relay lever -4- together with the cable lock out of the cover.

The relay lever is secured with a catch -arrow 1- in the cover –  Carefully press down the catch -arrow 1- up to the stop. –  Afterwards move relay lever in its bearing point back and forward (direction of operation). To do so, carefully pull out the relay lever together with the cable lock -arrow 2-. Continued for all gearshift mechanisms

–  Disconnect the Bowden cable support from gearbox -arrows-. –  Remove the sound dampening system → Body Work; Rep. gr.50.

–  Remove underbody cover on right and left -arrows-.

–  Detach the tunnel bridge -1- below the exhaust system → Engine; Rep. gr.26. –  Separate the exhaust system at the double clamp -arrows-. –  Support the front exhaust pipe.   Note The decoupling elements in the exhaust pipe should not be bent by more than 10° - risk of damage. –  Unhook the rear silencer -2- from the retaining straps and remove the rear silencer. –  If necessary, remove pre-exhaust pipe → Engine; Rep. gr.26. –  Remove the heat shield below the shift housing. –  Swivel shift housing down and remove with control cables.