Models with air conditioning fitted.
- Make
- Rover
- Model
- 400 Workshop Manual
- Year
- 1995–2000
- Section
- Repairs › Models with air conditioning fitted.
Manual gearbox - PG1Models with air conditioning fitted.
- Remove 2 nuts and bolts securing gearbox to mounting plate and remove clutch slave cylinder bracket.
- Remove remaining upper bolt securing gearbox to mounting plate.
- Using assistance, release gearbox from locating dowels on mounting plate and lower to floor.
- Disconnect lifting equipment and remove gearbox from under vehicle.
Refit
- Clean mating face of gearbox and mounting plate.
- clean dowel and dowel holes.
- Inspect differential oil seals for signs of damage; renew if necessary.
- Lightly grease gearbox splines.
- Position gearbox under vehicle and connect lifting equipment.
- Using assistance, raise gearbox, manoeuvre into position and locate on dowels.
- Fit upper bolt securing gearbox to mounting plate and tighten to 70 Nm.
- Fit clutch slave cylinder bracket.
- Fit 2 nuts and bolts securing gearbox to mounting plate and tighten to 70 Nm.
- Fit 3 lower bolts securing gearbox to mounting plate and tighten to 70 Nm.
- Disconnect lifting equipment from lifting eye.
- Remove bolt securing lifting eye to gearbox, remove lifting eye and refit bolt.
- Tighten bolt to 25 Nm.
- Fit mounting bracket to gearbox, fit bolts and tighten to 60 Nm.
- Raise engine and gearbox and align LH engine mounting to bracket on body.
- Fit bolts LH engine mounting to bracket on gearbox and tighten to 45 Nm.
- Remove jack supporting engine and gearbox.
- Connect multiplug to vehicle speed sensor.
- Fit fuel filter to bracket.
- Fit LH and RH drive shafts. See DRIVE SHAFTS, Repairs.
- Fit both road wheels and tighten nuts to 110 Nm.
- Clean mating faces of gear change selector and steady rods.
- Connect selector rod to shaft and align holes.
- Fit new roll pin securing selector rod to shaft and fit roll pin retaining clip.
- Fit washers to gear change steady bar and connect bar to gearbox.
- Fit steady bar retaining bolt and tighten to 10 Nm.
- Align coolant rail to bracket on gearbox mounting plate and secure with nut.
Models with air conditioning fitted.
- Align air conditioning pipe bracket to coolant rail bracket and fit bolt.
Parts & tools for this job For 1995 Rover 400
- TOOLA/C manifold gauge setSearch: AC manifold gauge set
- TOOLUV leak detection kitSearch: AC UV leak detection kit
- PARTCabin filterSearch: Rover 400 1995 cabin filter
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