Not looking foward to selling my car as i'll have to find a way to work til I find a new one as well!

Some pain in the arse jobs there, but it'll be good when there sorted!

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i had the same issue. took the gearbox off, on its side, one mate levering it with a bar and me hitting it with a mallet. pretty sure you hit it in different places whilst trying to lever it off and it will pop off. try it!

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fifi

Cheers guys!

Interesting thought... I look through the diff hole in the gearbox and I see a bar...

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Of Galaxy? Or Dairy Milk?

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I hope its galaxy!

Bar means it doesn't have and LSD, just a normal open diff.

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Yeah that's how bad my google fu is.

First three results took me to threads where there was on reply saying the wrong thing.

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Well, here's todays work...

Needed to get this:



To this:



Got a little worried getting it that high!

After lots of little disconnects and finding bolts to undo I got ready.



So dropped down.



On the blocks.

And then the gearbox did not want to budge. Did you know the EGR stuff hides one little bolt? Yup, had to remove that stuff as best as I could!

So yeah, decided to use the gearbox cradle to help me:



And down and out, could have sworn I drained three litres of oil into a bucket:



It's bloody dirty! Never knew I could actually lift a whole gearbox without hurting myself lol.





Quick attack with a wire brush attachment on my cordless drill:



And the old clutch plate:




Clearly, I have a LOT of cleaning to do. There is a very slow oil leak from the engine that I suspect might be the rocker cover gasket as it caked the coil pack and thermostat housing.

Next weeks worth of work is all that cleaning, fit the new clutch then start putting things back together.

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The inside of that bell housing is fucking disgusting, sooner you sort out the oil leak the better!

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looks nastyyyyy. good luck! you painting the box or just giving it a little clean?

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fifi

Yeah, that oil leak is what's been mentioned on two MOT advisories. It's just getting a damn good clean along with the rest of the engine and the bay. Just trying to decide on how to clean it!

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the bell housing?

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fifi

Engine de-greaser, then an hour or so of wiping it and washing it out should have it looking sparkling.

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can you pressure wash this sort of stuff? not the bell housing, but the outside? especially where the cv boots go in because its such a pain in the arse to get to!

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fifi

You can, but its best not too. Just take time and elbow grease and it'll be fine.

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ill get a couple of tooth brushes then!

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fifi

That's what I've done to clean my engine before - not even joking, I have them in the garage lol.

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haha cute

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fifi

Bit of an update coming soon. Got all of the necessary parts now including a couple of unexpected extras!

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ooo im excited for this!

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fifi

You get excited too easily!

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