19marc73

looking at all different sites at the mo looking to see what boxes will fit and weather o not to put a turbo in or not as my better half will be using it for work and she dose house calls as a district nurse lol will be the quickest nurse in swindon lol but fuel comp my be an issue , she dose get a fuel allowance but we want to benefit from it her car now dose 23p a mile and she get 67p a mile so the extra gose towards upkeep of car .

i would do a non turbo version as i think there would be to much power otherwise and blow the box . the other way is to see if a porche boxer gearbox would fit

thats what i was thinkin i think the hardest part will be the coolin and the main water system as reguards the heater system and finging a gearbox that will handle it .

thing is i like a challenge my missus wants a vw beettle old style and my and my stupid ideas thought well a beetle is a flat four engine lol so is a scoobie and i am now got pen and paper out trying to work out if i can put a scoobie engine in a beetle lmao

thnx must admit i wont be making a habbit but all said and done it saved me a shed load of money by not having to send it away but gained alot of expirience and wont go into panic mode if i have to do another lol

hey up again sorry not been on much but been doin gearbox , finally got it done and alls good went ahead and replaced all bearings and seals been a ball ache but now back on the road and so far so good so got a bit more spare time now lol . well till the next job needs doin which i think is tusday lol

deffo lots of pics and i can guarantee lots of swearin when it comes to jobs like this i have a diploma in swearin lmao just wish i had a diploma in 4wd gearboxes lol

well after two days full of man flu lol finally started to strip gear box omg how much fun is it goin to be never done one before and didnt know you could cram so much in there lots of pics bein taken lol has anyone done a gear box if so is there anything i should be aware of this is more complex than i thought i will do it as i like a challenge but any advice on horrors or scaries i need to know about would be greatly apreciated

if bein crazy is the best way then im ok lol thankyou all for your help with i will get into the mode and get it on the bench and have a look been a rough week this week but will let you know how i get on cheers marc

cheers for that i will ive had another look at it today and there is movement on the input shaft so im guessing there is a bearing in the casing thats warn too so looks like i got to try and find some sort of manual that covers it need to at least av a look at what im heading into

hi ive got a 97 impreza clasic i had it two years now and never given me trouble regulary serviced but its now using gearbox oil excesively two litres on a 400 mile motorway run i have pulled the engine out as the clutch needs replacing but all the bell housing is soaking wet with oil and the only place i can see where it maybe coming from is where the input shaft is is there an internal seal in there that would of gone if so how hard is it to replace thanks marc .

hi all new to this forum lark so bare with me how you all doin ?