putting the gearbox back in?!?!?!?!?!?!?

redgem · tinkerer Joined: 17 Apr 2002 Posts: 368

how can you put the 5 speed gearbox back in to a TG???

the starter motor housing sits up to high an jams against the underbody of the car, aswell as the whole transmission hitting underneath, is there any other way to tilt the engine back/down to be able to fit the gearbox on???

what has everyone else done to make it easier to put back on!?!?!?

thanks

Gene FJ20DET

shoulded, visably there and demesionaly there the exact same thing
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redgem · tinkerer Joined: 17 Apr 2002 Posts: 368

what? i havent swapped it from a 4spd to 5spd,

its already been in there, ive put it back once before but now for some reason its not going in, what can i do to clear underneath the car and be able to lift the gearbox high enough to slide into the clutch/flywheel???

Gene FJ20DET

dunno if this is recommended, but i did it and it worked ok,

get a jacj and jack up the front of the engine (piece of wood under the front pullie and jack away. should tilt the engine (did for me)
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Josh · backyard mechanic Joined: 04 Oct 2001 Posts: 602

same as above =)

Tex · tinkerer Joined: 13 Feb 2003 Posts: 163

I got some rope and tied the front engine hook/lifting thing to the firewall and the box just slipped in....well with a bit of work
good luck

redgem · tinkerer Joined: 17 Apr 2002 Posts: 368

just for everyone else fixing there gearbox, make sure u take the extractors off!!! i thought the only reason that you take em off is so they clear the box when ur liftin it in/out, but it was actually stopping my engine from tilting!!! i unbolted them and when i pulled em off, the engine tilted down straight away, and then we slid the gearbox on easy as....
thanks for your help guys!