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| Tobey |
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Hey guys,
How hard is it to do in an XB ute and what does it envolve? Would it be worth buying a brand new gearbox to put in or finding a second hand one? cheers |
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| bowsaw |
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Done this years ago, on a VH commonwhore, had to cut a hole in the floor, wasnt really hard, second ahnd manuals arent to hard to find, usually you can tell if they are rooted, wiggle the input/output shafts, was a bit of rooting around, but worth it in the end.
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| LSD |
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lol, I'd kill for a car with column shift. It'd have to be auto though, none of that manual crap
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| joolz |
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as said before, all you need is a shifter, cut hole in floor and connect up linkages.
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| uglybob |
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LSD wrote: lol, I'd kill for a car with column shift. It'd have to be auto though, none of that manual crap
my old EA wagon was a column shift auto - provided for an interesting car! 
my grandads old holden belmont has a 3-on-the-tree manual - its heaps of fun! 
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| Tobey |
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joolz wrote: as said before, all you need is a shifter, cut hole in floor and connect up linkages.
Is that how i would go about it if i wanted it 3 speed? If i kept it 3 speed and took it to the floor what parts would be needed? |
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| Interceptor |
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afaik there werent any 3 speed floor shifts available from the factory, so you'd be looking for one of the speco 3-speed floor shift kits like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 45078&rd=1 2 problems, 1: AFAIK (at least, in holdens anyway) the shifter comes thru the side of the trans tunnel, not the centre and looks pretty wierd 2: the kits are getting very rare..... personally, i'd go for the 4 speed conversion either way, you're gonna have to cut a hole in the trans tunnel, and i'd look at getting a replacement steering column too
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| Tobey |
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Cant you just use the old column and take the shifter off?
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| carnut1100 |
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Yep, that's what we did on my brother's XY ute, looks a bit messy but it works. His selectors were stuffed so it was easier to just bung the Speco on.
Not hard really, and the only difference in moving to 4 speed is that you will be changing the gearbox, and if you have a hydraulic clutch you will have to convert to cable for the 4 speed.
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| Tobey |
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This sounds like a good idea, is there any other place to get one from other than ebay?
EDIT: are there any other yea model falcons whos gearbox would fit in an XB? |
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| Interceptor |
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afaik the speco 3 speed shifters are no longer in production
yea, you *could* cut the old shifter off, but the stub would still be there....
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