blue beasty
Leaks an prone to bits dropping off
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Gearbox swap day.......ish
Started at 8am, got the seats/box/floor stripped out, gearbox disconnected ready to come out by 11am.....brilliant I think......
Pull off the overdrive while waiting for a mate to come give me a hand lift the box out and while fitting it to the new box notice the clutch slave is on the other side.....now I've been here before......6cyl boxes have the slave on the left and I know the bell housing doesn't fit a 200tdi so I have a fit of my very own
Up shot is I make about a hundred phone calls trying to source another box, pull the old one out and take it to bits to find 3rd is missing 2 teeth.....more calls trying to source a 3rd gear only to find transfer box has less teeth than I do.....More calls......much head butting of walls :frusty: only to find out just as its getting dark that late series 3 boxes ALSO have the slave on the same side as a 6cyl and frantic measuring confirms the bell-housing WILL fit.
Spent the last couple of hours, by torchlight, swapping mounts, fitting overdrive (again), taking off a mount and putting it back on the right way up :doh: until is finally ready to go in.
Discovered a new form of hitching that doesn't involve any vehicles
Hope tomorrow is less 'interesting'.....
Gearbox swap day.......ish
Started at 8am, got the seats/box/floor stripped out, gearbox disconnected ready to come out by 11am.....brilliant I think......
Pull off the overdrive while waiting for a mate to come give me a hand lift the box out and while fitting it to the new box notice the clutch slave is on the other side.....now I've been here before......6cyl boxes have the slave on the left and I know the bell housing doesn't fit a 200tdi so I have a fit of my very own
Up shot is I make about a hundred phone calls trying to source another box, pull the old one out and take it to bits to find 3rd is missing 2 teeth.....more calls trying to source a 3rd gear only to find transfer box has less teeth than I do
.....More calls......much head butting of walls :frusty: only to find out just as its getting dark that late series 3 boxes ALSO have the slave on the same side as a 6cyl and frantic measuring confirms the bell-housing WILL fit.Spent the last couple of hours, by torchlight, swapping mounts, fitting overdrive (again), taking off a mount and putting it back on the right way up :doh:
until is finally ready to go in.Discovered a new form of hitching that doesn't involve any vehicles
Hope tomorrow is less 'interesting'.....
