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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: P6UL K on 28 May 2015, 19:45:44
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Has anyone done this swap recently? Is the guide (http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=96629.0) up-to-date and easy to follow?
Going to be doing the swap in my mates garage and I can do without any niggles! So i need to make sure i have all the necessery parts required otherwise he'll have a non-mobile Omega in the way and i won't be very popular!!
Any hints or tips? Jpat dont sell the brass thrust washer any more as mentioned in the guide.
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Do you need the washer for the AR35?
Tips. The boxes are heavy and have potential to injure if you aren't careful. Two strong blokes shouldn't be a problem.
Make sure you have disconnected the wiring loom from the box. There are several connectors mounted unhelpfully above from memory.
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Do you need the washer for the AR35?
Tips. The boxes are heavy and have potential to injure if you aren't careful. Two strong blokes shouldn't be a problem.
Make sure you have disconnected the wiring loom from the box. There are several connectors mounted unhelpfully above from memory.
I have no idea if i need the washer or not, just thought i should have one 'just in case'
Myself and another burley mate will be using a gearbox cradle so shouldn't be too bad....
My only issue is that the 'Guide' doesn't seem to indepth and more of an overview?
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Is the gearbox you are putting in a known working good entity?
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Need to swap the bell housing if your fitting one from a petrol vehicle to a diesel
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Is the gearbox you are putting in a known working good entity?
Apparently so, I bought it off of SJC on here
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Need to swap the bell housing if your fitting one from a petrol vehicle to a diesel
I believe the gearbox I have just bought came from a V6, so is it just the Bell housing I need to swap? What talk converter should I use? The one from the V6, the AR25 or the 35?
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The TC is very dependant on the engine, so it must match the engine you are fitting to.
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The TC is very dependant on the engine, so it must match the engine you are fitting to.
F/L 2.5TD
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The TC is very dependant on the engine, so it must match the engine you are fitting to.
F/L 2.5TD
You need to keep the TD torque converter then. :y
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The TC is very dependant on the engine, so it must match the engine you are fitting to.
F/L 2.5TD
You need to keep the TD torque converter then. :y
So TD torque converter and bell housing swap and that's it...? Sounds to simple lol
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Yes that's it, keep the torque converter and bell housing then fit the AR35.
You MUST make sure you unbolt the torque converter from the flex pate BEFORE removing the gearbox and when refitting ensure the torque converter is fitted to the new box and fully seated before offering the box back up to the engine.
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Yes that's it, keep the torque converter and bell housing then fit the AR35.
You MUST make sure you unbolt the torque converter from the flex pate BEFORE removing the gearbox and when refitting ensure the torque converter is fitted to the new box and fully seated before offering the box back up to the engine.
Brilliant info Mark, thank you! Is there anything I should be concerned about with the torque converter? Anything serviceable on it?
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Sealed unit and to be honest, they just don't go wrong unless they are crushed due to not following the above advice :y
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Fantastic! I can't wait to crack on now!
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Just done the gearbox swap and all went swimmingly apart the selector rod that goes from the bottom of the selector to the gearbox switch is to long!! It's almost like its 2" too long! The holes won't line up and we've tried lining it up in all gears and the elongated hole just won't line up! Very annoying!
Are the bars different between automatic Omegas?