Right, few things to do on the ol' V8 Capri this winter, bit of work needs doing to the engine, and the engine bay needs a bit of a tidy.
For now though i will start with the biggest job, which is rebuilding a spare gearbox for it as the current one is a bit worn out.
Lots of pics in this first post so may take a while to load!
Here we go then, one Type 5 4speed V6 gearbox, bought for £40 B)
So to start with, removed the top cover, along with the 3 springs and 3 selector balls (one of which dropped into the box lol)
Then the Rear top cover, which houses the selector rod linkages
Next i removed the gear selector housing, the selector rod, its support, and the selector finger
Then removed the reverse gear linkage arm and its roll pin
Next drove out the roll pins and removed the c-clip from the selector forks/shafts and removed them
Removed the reversing light components, and then detached the rear box housing from the front.
Then removed the layshaft (allowing the layshaft gears to drop into the box), which enabled me to removed the main shaft cluster.
Next took off the input shaft bearing retainer, and removed the input shaft cluster from the box
Finally removed the reverse gear shaft and gear, all of the loose needle rollers from the bottom of the casing and various other bits that had dropped in lol
It all looks in good condition, no noticeable wear on the gears. Need to replace the brass bushing for the selector rod as they are worn out though.
Next installment will be the disassembly of the main and input shafts, watch this space
I will add any other work i do over the winter as I go
cheers
Stuball :punk:
