head scratching time

had my car off road for 3 years til about a month ago. among the jobs i had to do to get her mot'd etc was sort out the problem of engaging gear properly as she had a tendency to grind a little in reverse and 1st. so after putting in a new clutch and new cable its still having trouble and i have adjusted the cable up as far as i could. what else could it be and why do i have to have the adjuster all the way out with a new cable ???

any ideas people  :dontknow:

meant to say its my 87 cab 1.8 gti dx
and the clutch and cable i took off are still fine and very usable ( kept for spares )

could be the pushrod is too short or release arm in gearbox is fractured:
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