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I dropped my gearbox on Sat night to replace clutch and flywheel.

Dropped the gearbox in a couple of hours and replaced clutch and flywheel ok. The car is on stands just at the front of the car, im using a hydrolic jack to push the box back into place but the firewall gets in the way of aligning the shaft into the clutch.

Have any of you experienced simular problems ????

Should i jack the car on 4 stands instead of it being on 2 to get the balance right? Or is there a speacial angle that the gearbox must sit on for it to go back in?

If any of you guys have any suggestions or tips on how to put the gearbox back in it would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Alex.

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It would be easier if the car was on 4 stands. You have to twist the box a little to get it in the tunnel ( the part where the starter fits has to go up ) then twist it back again. I hope you lined up the clutch though .

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It would be easier if the car was on 4 stands. You have to twist the box a little to get it in the tunnel ( the part where the starter fits has to go up ) then twist it back again. I hope you lined up the clutch though .
as has already been said you need to twist the box about 45 degress clockwise (when looking from the back of the car) to get it back in.

Thanks heaps for that great info guys, I'm gana give it another try some times this week and hope to get it in. Its such a bastard of a job! I'm going to drop the exhuast this time and get it up on 4 stands so ive got some more room to work. I've also rang a gearbox place and they also said that you need to twist the box so that the starter motor part face's down.

Thanks again for the great input, and thanks to grigor for the PM :D

Cheers,

Alex.

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