jonisonvespa

i reciently changed mine, i used the best oil money could buy, castrol Syntrans Transaxle Gearbox 75W90 certainly wouldnt put anything cheep in it, you need, 3 litres, fill till it overflows,

i did my input shaft seal the other day, a fecker of a job, gearbox out split the box and new seal, seal was a tenner, 150 for this job is a bargin for sure. or it could be the box failing ie a hole in the bell housing, is the clutch slipping?

i used to visit the casrtol Rnd research centre a couple of times a month, the most impressive pace ive ever brrn to, they had every type of engine on a test bed doing long term tests, strip down checking for wear ect i only buy castrol oil now

right, its quite simple car on jackstands first check the two 13mm bolts that hold the linkage mechnisum to the box are nice and tight. then loosen the two nuts and bolts on the gear linkages. position the gear knob inbetween 1st and 2nd then go and tighten up the two nuts and bolts so they are in the middle position of their slots check gears, they should be neary there, the afjuster that goes up/down vertically the one you can only see from the underneath adjust that one if your reverse is way out just a case of tweeking it at least check the gear oil level, or at best change it.

ok ive mastered this now if steve needs help

i dont think mot testers are goint to start removing every dash and check ever bulb and led's are fully functioning.

a warning light with the bulb removed will pass for sure.

james dont put veg oil in it wil kill your fuel pump, you need to do a few mods like fitting a heat exchanger and switchover valve first, so when engine is hot you run on veg oil, i ran a few cars on veg oil, to be honest making biodiedel is the way to go

yer what makes it worse was the tossers smashed both windows c's, at least they didnt smash the windscreen as its brand new

hi, just wondering is (im sure it is), the lupo and arosa passenger and drivers windows are the same from 99> as i have to replace both after a breakin thanks

no the oil wil be dark, check it you have a dipstick look at it

thats gear oil for sure, engine oil would be darker, easy to check look at the colour of the engine oil. my guess its 1 of two seals, gearbox selector shaft seal, easy fix with box in, you will have to drain the oil first or the input shaft seal (just done mine) box out, then you have to split the box to change the seal. or the box has failed and theres a hole in the bellhousing, gears would be chrunching/grinding/not selecting or driveshaft seals.

im after drivers and passengers windows if you still have them? total cost thanks

ive got my gearbox out after an oil leak, they leak from either when they fail, badly a hole occurs inside the bell housing - new box or gear selector shaft seal, 4 quid ebay can be done with gearbox in. or input shaft seal box out there is a half moon cutout on the bottom of bellhousing oil leaks from there, box out.

you have to lock off the gear knob, then there is another lock off point at the box you could try to ease up the linkage at the box with silicon sealant first