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Changing Reverse Switch On R33

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Just changing the reverse switch on my R33 that screws into the gearbox.. however i can't see a way of doing this without dropping the gearbox...

A spanner wont reach, or give the movement required to undo let alone tighten the switch.

A Deep socket is too deep... and a normal socket is to shallow...?

Has anyone done this before? or can give me any tips??

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Ruffels Veteran

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my reverse switch wires are freyed and as a result when i put it in reverse the wires would be touching the box, earthing, short circuiting and blowing a fuse in the fuse box

loosing dash and power windows

so i took it back to the place that had most recently touched my gearbox as i thought it may had been thier fault (as i had the clutch replaced 1 day before this started happening

they put it up on the hoist and i stood thier next to them as they fixed the reverse switch and wires

so to answer... no you dont need to drop the box out

wilch Grand Master

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My mechanic did mine.

He put the car up on a hoist, loosened the nuts holding the gearbox up, and then got an apprentice to put a 2x4 up in between the tunnel and the box, then gently move the box to the side.

He used a spanner to undo it after chopping the wires at the base of the switch.

He had a very hard time though, and he's a big bloke.

jezzerrr Rising Star

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get a tube spanner , ie the type they give you for the spark plug on a lawn mower. turns out mine was the right size and all! you need to dismantle the connector to get the wires thru the tube spanner but that's not that big a deal, they seem to actually be made to be easily disassembled. obviously you can just cut the wires off the old one. You'll still need to drop the box a little to get in there, but it the job is pretty straight forward after that. Oh, and get a shortish tube spanner, so you have clearance. good luck with it :P

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