Will this gearbox fit?

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Will this gearbox fit?

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Will an early type DH code 1.6 petrol Aircooled gearbox go onto a 86 water cooled 1.6 petrol?
Theres one on ebay near me which ends in 20 mins :shock:
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bernard1973 wrote: a 86 water cooled 1.6 petrol?

Never heard of an '86 1.6 petrol ??
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sorry, I meant 1986 1.6 diesel
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bernard1973 wrote:sorry, I meant 1986 1.6 diesel

Rightio, that's my interest torpedoed then :run

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I found a great site that shows how much of a change you would get with any gearbox substitution I have put in both the gearbox ratios and you can see the result here

[url=http://www.teammfactory.com/gearcalcula ... 6+2Gearbox comparisons[/url]

Did you check it out on the Brickwerks site I linked to for you in your other thread.
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nevill3 wrote:I found a great site that shows how much of a change you would get with any gearbox substitution I have put in both the gearbox ratios and you can see the result here

[url=http://www.teammfactory.com/gearcalcula ... 6+2Gearbox comparisons[/url]

Did you check it out on the Brickwerks site I linked to for you in your other thread.

I did yes, cheers. So all the gearboxes are inter-changeble as long as the ratio's are ok?
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Aircooled gearbox is different to watercooled apart from the first year 1.6 N/a diesels built upto Dec1982 which had the Aircooled box in them, linkages are different, mounts are different, driveshafts are different
so no it isn't a straight swap

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Aidan wrote:Aircooled gearbox is different to watercooled apart from the first year 1.6 N/a diesels built upto Dec1982 which had the Aircooled box in them, linkages are different, mounts are different, driveshafts are different
so no it isn't a straight swap

Thanks, that's what I needed to know. I'll have to keep looking...
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