2 nuts to go ive cracked the the bottom two bolts left them in for now but how on earth do you get to the top two bolts on the gearbox i can just about touch them let alone put a 14 m socket on them the other 4 are of it the two top bolts that hold the gearbox to the engine 1990 lwb man tt .any tricks

Its fairly straight forward. You maystruggle with the 2 or 3 of the top bellhousing bolts , one solution to that is to lower the subframe a little and undo the rear gearbox bracket bolts first which gives you enough room to get a row of extensions to reach from the back of the gearbox to the front to undo them.

 

Legrath posted this in another thread, do a search using the search at the top, there's tons of resources

2 nuts to go ive cracked

 

You've been looking at the Pepper fom neighbours thread too much!!!! :tongue:

oh yer i wonderd for ten secounds what the hell your on about very good :rofl:

Legrath posted this in another thread, do a search using the search at the top, there's tons of resources

 

how do you lower the subframe a little when its unbolted it will just come down wont it ,the car is on ramps

Slightly undo the engine mounts, just so the nuts are still on.

Drop the rear of the gearbox mount. After undoing the the prop near the axle

Then with 3 x 30cm extension bars, a rachet and a 14mm socket go above the the box from the back and get em off. Bit fiddley but possible.

Trust me it works, ive done mine twice and Uno's.

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Stu

I just kneel on top of the engine and reach down?? Taken two engines and put them back in like that.

Put a jack under the back of the gear box mate, and slowly lower it, but keep your eye on the wiring loom between the engine and body, so nothing gets crushed, then you can get your 3 x 30cm extensions at the bolts whilst lying at the back of the box. A torch is a big help :-)