What did you do with whatever else you've got?

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The linkages seem fine to me, I'll take a more thorough look in a few days when I take another crack at it.

The system is completely sealed - no bleed nipples anywhere. As far as I am aware, there is something you can do which involves rebuilding the master cylinder with some modified components to allow the system to be bled.

On both boxes I have tried selecting gears with the box off the car and they work ok From what I've read recently, the 5th gear synchro may be interfering with the casing going back on... or something like that :\ I found a complete rebuild guide to the PG1 box on the Rover Tech forums so that will come in handy later on

Run the box with a drill at slow speed and try selecting gears  Make sure the box is bolted or strapped to a bench or something. :eek Speaking from experience here  :'(