Is it hard to......

[Jaffa182]

Swap a 182 gearbox over with another box? Mine has blown and i've got the new 1 and it looks pretty straight forward to swap. Is there anything special you have to do???

Cheers, Jaff

 

[Fred@BTM]

SWEAR ALOT!

 

[mini-valver]

You have to take lots off and if the captive bolts spin, its just a pain in the arse. Not a massive job, just annoying.

 

[Mark One]

no special tools required. Subframe has to be dropped. It can be done in a day. Do the clutch while your there.

There is a guide in the guides section. it's quite old (so page 3 or something)

 

[stan*]

drop the subframe on the passenger side, bring it out that way. you'll need to undo the steering column pinch bolt aswell as all the other obvious s**t in the way.

as above the captive bolts are prone to becoming un-captive! spray them with duck oil the day before. otherwise its grinder time!

 

[Jaffa182]

lol i think i'll leave it for my mate that owns a garage to do it, he's done about 4 clio boxs now. He's just charging me £120 for labour to do the swap, does this sound about right?

 

[Mark One]

lol i think i'll leave it for my mate that owns a garage to do it, he's done about 4 clio boxs now. He's just charging me £120 for labour to do the swap, does this sound about right?

yeah, that's a bit of a bargain IMO

 

[Jaffa182]

Okies cheers lads! thanx for all the advice