JoergMoeller
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Good Morning,
since I bought my '97 Ford Maverick 2,4i, 5 door, 175tkm ist has some problem withe the gearbox:
- it drips a bit with oil at the frontside, probably the shaft seal
- when I changed the oil, there was some metal abrasion on the drain plug. No big pieces, but more I would like to see. I refilled with the original Nissan oil.
- with the original Nissan oil it got better but it's still sometimes hard to get into reverse. Usually it needs another release/push clutch cycle und I need to pull real slowly into reverse and it still makes some noise.
- shifting forward gears is working without problem (up and down) and the gearbox is running without noise (as far as I can tell)
Couple of days I managed to buy a 170tkm 2,4i gearbox (including transfer gearbox) on ebay: 25,50€ ;-) So that's a real bargain, usually the pros here are requesting 500-700€ the shift gearbox and 300€ for the transfer gearbox. The owner claims that the gearbox is working smoothly ;-) He exchanged it because of some oil dripping but after changing he figured out that the oil came through the vent.
Even if it works fine 170tkm is still much ... I was wondering if it makes sense to bring it to a professional shop for a revision. We have a shop around here that is capable of producing spare parts if needed. The owner focuses on performance gearboxes for motor sport and oldtimers. I know that this will cost some bucks, but I guess it's not so much fun to change the gearbox and realize that the old one was better than the "new" one ;-)
I know that not all spare parts fo the gearbox are still available. Does someone know which ones? Are this real genuine Nissan parts, like special shafts, gear-wheels, etc. or more general parts, like standard bearings or so, for which probably replacements are available.
I'm sorry for my English ... I hope it's understandable ;-)
Regards
Joerg
since I bought my '97 Ford Maverick 2,4i, 5 door, 175tkm ist has some problem withe the gearbox:
- it drips a bit with oil at the frontside, probably the shaft seal
- when I changed the oil, there was some metal abrasion on the drain plug. No big pieces, but more I would like to see. I refilled with the original Nissan oil.
- with the original Nissan oil it got better but it's still sometimes hard to get into reverse. Usually it needs another release/push clutch cycle und I need to pull real slowly into reverse and it still makes some noise.
- shifting forward gears is working without problem (up and down) and the gearbox is running without noise (as far as I can tell)
Couple of days I managed to buy a 170tkm 2,4i gearbox (including transfer gearbox) on ebay: 25,50€ ;-) So that's a real bargain, usually the pros here are requesting 500-700€ the shift gearbox and 300€ for the transfer gearbox. The owner claims that the gearbox is working smoothly ;-) He exchanged it because of some oil dripping but after changing he figured out that the oil came through the vent.
Even if it works fine 170tkm is still much ... I was wondering if it makes sense to bring it to a professional shop for a revision. We have a shop around here that is capable of producing spare parts if needed. The owner focuses on performance gearboxes for motor sport and oldtimers. I know that this will cost some bucks, but I guess it's not so much fun to change the gearbox and realize that the old one was better than the "new" one ;-)
I know that not all spare parts fo the gearbox are still available. Does someone know which ones? Are this real genuine Nissan parts, like special shafts, gear-wheels, etc. or more general parts, like standard bearings or so, for which probably replacements are available.
I'm sorry for my English ... I hope it's understandable ;-)
Regards
Joerg