159 automatic

[Stoneman]

My 2.4 159 sportwagon has 1 small problem.the rubber'gait'?? On the auto gear leaver stuck & rather than be late for work I had to force it into 'drive'.this action ruined it!i ordered the part(£161)& had a friend who is a mechanic of 35 yrs experience try to fit it.WE CAN NOT REMOVE THE GEAR KNOB!HELP!!

[Alfa.Romeo]

Took some searching, but here you go
http://www.alfaowner.com/Forum/alfa-...al-how-to.html (Q-tronic auto gear knob removal how to..)

[cloverleaf159]

so you had to buy the whole trim panel then. is your a ti?

was wondering as my rubber piece is broken and was getting quote for the whole trim panel at over £200

[Stoneman]

It's not ti.2.4jtdm.yeh,bought part at main agent as I say.£98 to fi it though.said would take an hour but would have to book it in.stupid me said to myself'i can do it'!i have to admit no I can't.the aluminium panel it sits on is attached by pop on/off studs,easy.no removing century consul or anything complicated.2 multi plugs underneath to unplug then it's off.if you've managed to remove gear knob!there is a circular chromed piece that slides down and the plastic trim pulls out of the main body of gear knob but can't find pin ther obviously goes through it holding it to shaft.once we've found out how to remove it I can say the job is easy!then the trim is removed from centre panel by undoing 4 wall screws.anyway,glad to hear mines of the only one,& looking forward to finding what caused it!