SEAT Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Installation –  Clean the input shaft and clutch plate splines. –  Apply a very thin layer of -G 000 100- grease to the input shaft splines. –  Move the clutch plate backwards and forwards on the input shaft until it slides freely. Remove excess grease. –  Check that the gearbox/engine dowel pegs are fitted to the engine, if not, fit them → Chapter. –  Make sure the intermediate plate is correctly seated on the engine. –  Secure the gearbox to tool -T20138-. –  Fit the gearbox to the engine taking care to cause no damage.   Note! On fitting the gearbox make sure that the input shaft and the adjustment bushes are correctly located. –  Fit the gearbox to engine bolts, at the lower part of the clutch housing. –  Lower the vehicle. –  Raise the engine, using the spindles of -U-30025E- support tool, until it is level.

–  Fit the two hexagon bolts -arrows- to the left gearbox console and tighten them to. –  Remove support tool -U-30025E-.   Caution Do not remove support tool -U-30025E- until the left-hand gearbox console bolts have been tightened. –  Fit the upper bolts that secure the engine to the gearbox.

–  Fitting the starter motor -1-: → Electrical system; Rep. Gr.27.   Note! In diesel-powered vehicles, the starter motor is located at the front of the gearbox casing. –  Removing the cable guide bracket -arrow-.

–  Fit the pendulum support, fitting bolts -3-, nut -2- and bolt -1-. –  Fit the flywheel cover plate.

–  Bolt the selector rod bracket to the gearbox -arrows-. A -  long socket spanner, e/c 13 mm –  Clean the threaded hole in the connecting finger with an M8 tap.

–  Always renew the bolt securing the control finger -arrow 1-, because is is coated with sealer. –  Move the control finger until the securing bolt is located in the cut-out of the selector shaft -arrow 2-.

–  Tighten bolt -arrow 4- to its correct torque. –  Fit the selector rod with ball joint to the control finger -arrow 3-. –  Remove the control cable -arrow 1- and the selector cable -arrow 2-.

–  Fit the counter-hold for actioning the control cable and fit the bolt -arrow-.

–  Fit counter-hold bracket to the sub-frame -arrows-. –  Fit the drive shafts to the gearbox flanges using the correct spanner from tool Kit XZN -U-40020-. –  Fit front exhaust pipe: → Rep. Gr.26. –  Fit sump insulation tray, if fitted: → Bodywork Repairs, installation work, exterior; Rep. Gr.50. –  Fit the connector with its bracket, to the front of the cluch housing.

–  Fit the reversing light connector -arrow 1-. –  Fit the connector bracket to its housing on the gearbox -arrow 2-. –  Bolt up the earth cable. –  Fit the speedometer sender connector.   Note!

t  If ther is a spring -arrow- between the clutch release lever and the gearbox, remove it, otherwise the functioning of the adjustment mechanism cannot be guaranteed. t  The spring is only needed to secure the clutch release lever during transport. –  Fit the clutch cable to the gearbox: Clutch cables with automatic adjustment → Chapter. Clutch cables without automatic adjustment (steering wheel on the right) → Chapter. –  Connect the earth battery strap. –  Check gearbox oil level → Chapter. –  Adjust the gearbox drive mechanism → Chapter.