D1 300 tdi g/box out

Well I can confirm it's easily do-able - serious
My recipe was

obviously props off
hand brake drum off
first exhaust hanger off
both mountings off
exhaust undone
top centre console etc and cut the rubber so the gear lever can slide back enough
put the cross member back with just 2 bolts per side
with just 4 bolts still in the bottom of the b/housing lift trf box and gbox high enough to slide a piece of 4 inch wide and half inch thick plank under the centre of the box and cross member
another plank under the trf box side to stop it turning over cause of the weight
undo reaming bolts and using a long screwdriver thingy ease it backwards till you have enough space to get hands in etc

I probably have an inch between the end of the input shaft and the pressure plate

then a scissor jack is all you need for the whole job except for the one under the front of the motor to keep it from flopping forward

Now only one of the silver flappy things came out and an appropriately sized and shaped cable tie - mmmmmm

Still need to re assemble buts that's in the future

And g/box is back in - tedious and fiddly but doable - for 1 man at 60 years old
I have a long and short bolts and have mixed 1 of them up - but that's tomorrow's problem
Put the slave cylinder in and I have clutch pedal pressure again so that's a big yipeeeeee for me

Now had I known that the clutch lever to slave cylinder pin must stick out by about 3 inches and not the half inch it was I wouldn't have messed with my master and slave - but that's experience now

D1Nut said:

And g/box is back in - tedious and fiddly but doable - for 1 man at 60 years old
I have a long and short bolts and have mixed 1 of them up - but that's tomorrow's problem
Put the slave cylinder in and I have clutch pedal pressure again so that's a big yipeeeeee for me

Now had I known that the clutch lever to slave cylinder pin must stick out by about 3 inches and not the half inch it was I wouldn't have messed with my master and slave - but that's experience now

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How many weetabix did you have

Firebobby1 said:

How many weetabix did you have

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When i reverse it out of the parking the RUM may flow a lot more than usual