First Line continues to expand its comprehensive range of accelerator, brake, clutch, and speedometer and gear control cables. The aftermarket component supplier offer one of the most comprehensive offering available in this important sector and back this up with specialist knowledge and expertise.

This specialist knowledge allows First Line to provide important and time saving information about replacements on specific applications. A good example of this is latest information on how to avoid problems when replacing gear control cables on the 1.6i R50 engine in the BMW MINI, manufactured between 2001 and July 2004.

On these early examples, MINI simply refer to the two possible variants for this particular application as ‘Condition A’ and ‘Condition B’, but there is no further information as to which cable is the correct replacement when a change is required. First Line has however, brought clarity to the situation by clearly highlighting the cable differences.

Although the length of the cables varies for each, the distinctive features are found in the gear shift housing, which is in fact, very different. The Condition A housing is white/light beige and incorporates obvious reinforcement ribs, whereas a Condition B housing is black with a smooth sloping front.

Due to the limited demand for Condition A cables, First Line has initially introduced the Condition B replacement, which incorporates an insert cable used for the forward gears (First Line part number FKG1126) and selector cable (FKG1125) for reverse gear.

The cable is one of more than 200 references in the First Line gear control cables range.