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Jrod

Tu3s Gearbox Change

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Jrod

Well as the Ma box is crap mine started grinding and crunching when chaging gears.

 

I've got a new box off an ax gt and have swapped it.

 

Just need to fill it with oil... is the little black cap on the top where the oil goes in?

 

2 litres?

 

 

Ta.

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Jrod

Was hoping for a slightly quicker reply...

 

 

I can't test this new box 'til I get some oil in it. :)

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calvinhorse

yes and yes

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Jrod

Done and done!

 

 

Feels weird to drive without having to force gears and lots of crunching.

 

Also feels weird becuase the clutchbite point is in a different place!

 

 

:)

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Jrod

Grrrrrrrr it's deffo not an XS gearbox and is a normal one.

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MartinM

To your original question...strictly speaking...

...no and yes

 

There is a specific filler plug - IIRC above and left of the drain plug

 

You fill it up through that hole with the car level until it starts coming back out at you

 

For a completely empty gearbox that should be 2 litres, but if you just stick 2 litres in through the breather (the black plug you mention) then you could be overfilling.

 

Remember it's the 75/80W oil you need - not that common to get hold of (Halfords do it)

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stu_woac

what have you done with the old box??

 

also martin is right you really should not fill through the breather but its a way of doing it but not the quickest or the right way

 

how can you tell its not a xs/ax gt box you should be at 18mph at 1000 revs in 5th if it is or 21 if not

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Jrod

I have the old box but I let it run dry on oil B)

 

before 70mph was 4000ish revs, now it's 3000, That works out about right to your speeds.

 

The new box was completly empty and I put 2 litres down that hole, don't know where the drain or filler plugs are on the side but i will take a photo and maybe someone can pointthem out to me ready for when I swap the box AGAIN for an XS one

 

 

I used the right oil :blush:

 

 

Took me 4 hours in total and that was my first ever try so I was pleased.

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stu_woac

take the passage wheel of and you should see two plugs with a 8mm square holes in, one on the bottom of the diff (drain) and one is on the front of the box

 

that sounds like a 205 rallye box stupidly long

 

p.s. a box change for me is 45mins B)

 

and a engine and gearbox is 4 hrs

I must stop braking my xs's lol

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Jrod

What do you use to undo those square plugs :)

 

I recon I can do it in 2 hours next time.

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stu_woac

a sump plug tool its called and you want a 8mm which also works for the sump to :)

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Jrod

Nice one, cheers for all the info.

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trogboy

You want one of these fellas.

 

As stu says good for the sump plug and filler/drain holes on the gearbox. Plus they are also good for tensioning up the cambelt as they fit the square hole in the tensioner pully.

 

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Guest sam-black
You want one of these fellas.

 

As stu says good for the sump plug and filler/drain holes on the gearbox. Plus they are also good for tensioning up the cambelt as they fit the square hole in the tensioner pully.

 

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Or one way I have found when I haven't had the right tool is the square bar in the middle of a door handle mechanism :) , is just the right size and works a treat to. Bit of useless information but still thought i might aswell share it with you.

 

Sam.

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