Hi all. My gearbox is getting very tired and is making all sorts of noises. The previous owner ran the gearbox dry of oil so it’a probably not worth rebuilding. I’ve been trying to find a gearbox for a month or two now and can’t find one anywhere for a Felicia and I was wondering if the same gearbox was used in any other cars? Or if it’s possible to make a 1.3 box the same as a 1.9?

thanks 

Forgot to add my car is a 1999 1.9d pick up 

2 minutes ago, Tjday1976 said:

Forgot to add my car is a 1999 1.9d pick up 

Clue is in the addendum to the question; a similar age Golf/Jetta SDi will have the same engine and gearbox.

Have you tried any of the engine recon organisations?

 

I have had a quote for an exchange box in France, the only caveat being that they might not be able to guarantee the earlier type - I think the difference is a couple of points in the final drive ratio.

17 hours ago, KenONeill said:

Clue is in the addendum to the question; a similar age Golf/Jetta SDi will have the same engine and gearbox.

I’ll have a look at the golf gearboxes. They looked a little different but I’ll have a closer look. 

 

42 minutes ago, Haladams said:

Have you tried any of the engine recon organisations?

 

I have had a quote for an exchange box in France, the only caveat being that they might not be able to guarantee the earlier type - I think the difference is a couple of points in the final drive ratio.

I’ll have a look into that. I think it’s be cheaper to rebuild it myself though 

The only gearbox that might work is from VW Caddy Mk2.

The vw/Skoda Felicia/caddy pickup uses a Skoda gearbox on an adapter plate for the trucks with a vag engine.

 

The VW/Seat Inca/caddy van uses a VW box which is totally different and quite a lot bigger.