A couple of little jobs on the 2.2TiD
The steering wheel was a bit off centre, so I wanted to adjust that. First job of the day was to measure the tracking..... 40 minutes in. After a bit of mental gymnastics I figured out that if I adjusted the toe on the right had side the steering wheel would come back towards the centre position.
I was faced with a non rusty trackrod and end. So, it has been replaced recently and the tracking wasn't checked afterwards.
Never mind, back to the correct setting and the wheel is straight too
After that I wanted to loo0k at the gear linkage as 5th was difficult. I had a replacement component to fit, but that's when I discovered that there are two designs and the 2.2 has the later design. I took it off, concluded that the plastic bushes on the selector shaft were the problem, so instead of a plastic interference fit they now have a chemical metal interference fit.
The selector is like a new car again
No choice then but to give the car a wash as well
(on the 9000 question, sorry I don't know the answer, you may be better putting the question in its own thread to see how good the collective 9000 memory is, not many left on here)