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fall-apart-dave wrote:

T'Onion wrote:Dave is your gearbox cable or hydraulic controlled ?

Cable controlled, chap.

You can bodge the cable to a hydraulic controlled gearbox , but to do it properly your going to need the master cylinder and new pipe work.

Have a look through Grumpy Midgets post , Geoff went from A/C to Diesel

T'Onion wrote: You can bodge the cable to a hydraulic controlled gearbox , but to do it properly your going to need the master cylinder and new pipe work.

Have a look through Grumpy Midgets post , Geoff went from A/C to Diesel

Yes I had in the back of my mind about the hassle of hydraulic clutches.

I think this will be a slow one, engine swap and taller tyres in the first instance, then source the gearbox and associated parts. The thing I don't want to happen is for this to turn into a long term, off the road project. I can do an engine swap in a few hours, no issue there (done enough swaps in enough cars now ). Then I can look for the gearbox and parts, source everything I need and then do the swap. Or I could buy a 2 litre van and break it... But then of course I don't have anywhere to break a van etc. ARGH!

The cable operated gearbox from this van does mean it is desirable for the Baja and budget drag racing lot, lot of people doing scooby conversions looking for T25 gearboxes.

I shall have a look at the thread, thanks for the heads up!

I'd go down the 2.0lt A/C engine and gearbox route .. or the Subaru route

T'Onion wrote:I'd go down the 2.0lt A/C engine and gearbox route .. or the Subaru route

You want to see me divorced before i'm amrried, don't you..??

I've found a 2 litre engine complete and turn key... Now I need to find the money to buy it... I need to sell something... Like my motorbike...