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clutch problems in france
Hello everyone well the bit arrived from greg, many thanks and we are back on the road south- hurrah. got a leak on the master cyclinder but am topping up regularly and think the source of the leak is a missing circlip. i will look when i next park up for a couple of days. anyway i just wanted to share a technique for removing the gearbox without a trolley jack - sometimes necessary! in the workshop manual it says 'remove the bolts either side of gearbox mount (accessable from inside the cab) and remove gearbox mount' instead of removing these, on the mk2 the gearbox mount is mounted to the chassis by two smaller chassis sections bolted to the main chassis to form a box section - hope that expains it. this smaller chasis section is secured with three bolts on the top of the chasis and three below. remove all six from each side and carry on as per the workshop manual. when it comes to removing the gearbox it can now be slid back using the chasis as rails... much easier than even a trolley jack where you have to pull, drop it down a bit, pull etc, etc. it also makes it a lot easier when its time to put the gearbox back in. hope no one ever has to try it but there ya goes all the best Rubbish Boy |
