Withdrawal
Disconnect ground wire from battery.
Raise the car.
Remove the protective tray of the unit.
Remove the exhaust system.
Remove the heat shield from the exhaust system.
Unscrew the propeller shaft from the gearbox. For the design with built-in vibration damper, loosen the nuts on the propeller shaft disk.
Use a pipe wrench to loosen the threaded ring -arrow- in the center of the propshaft a few turns.
Unbolt center bearing A of propshaft.
Tilt the cardan shaft down and pull it out of the centering pin.
Attention: Tie up the cardan shaft, do not allow the hinges to fall.
With the cardan shaft removed, disconnect the retaining clip 1 from the shift rod, remove the washers on both sides of the shift rod and pull out the rod.
Disconnect the reversing light switch wire from the rear of the transmission.
Remove clutch slave cylinder.
Attention: The hydraulic lines remain connected.
Support the gearbox with a jack.
Remove cross bar.
Lower the gearbox to the front axle beam.
Move spring 1 out of lug 2 on housing with a screwdriver and tilt upwards.
Pull out the support pin.
Loosen gearbox bolts with socket wrenches.
Separate the gearbox from the engine and pull it down with an assistant.
Installation
Check clutch before installation.
Check the ease of movement of the clutch release bearing. Lubricate the bearing, for example Liqui Moly M-320. If noises were previously observed during the operation of the bearing when releasing the clutch, replace the release bearing.
Clean input shaft spline and spigot and lightly coat with Moly plain bearing paste or spray with Moiy spray.
Turn on any transmission.
Raise the box and in a horizontal position enter the clutch. If the input shaft does not fit into the clutch disc, turn the flange under the driveshaft accordingly by hand,
Tighten the gearbox mounting bolts on the engine.
Tightening torques, Nm
Raise the gearbox and secure it to the cross member with a tightening torque of 25 Nm.
Install the clutch slave cylinder.
Insert the support pin by coating it with Molykore Longtherm 2.
Put the spring 1 on the spout 2 with a screwdriver.
Insert shift rod. Put a washer on the pin and fix the shift rod with a lock washer.
Connect the reversing light switch wire.
Install driveshaft.
Install heat shield.
Install the exhaust system.
Check the oil level in the gearbox.
Install the protective tray of the unit.
Connect ground wire to battery.