Manual gearbox (page 5 of 5)
- Make
- Rover
- Model
- 400 Workshop Manual
- Year
- 1995–2000
- Section
- Repairs
Manual gearbox - R65Manual gearbox · page 5 of 5
Refit
- Clean mating faces of engine and flywheel housing.
- Lightly grease gearbox splines.
- Position gearbox beneath vehicle and connect lifting equipment.
- Using assistance, raise gearbox and manoeuvre into position and locate on 2 engine dowels.
- Fit 2 lower bolts securing gearbox to engine.
- Clean and degrease threads of 2 upper bolts securing gearbox to engine.
- Apply Loctite 243 to threads of 2 upper bolts.
- Models with air conditioning; Position air conditioning pipe bracket to flywheel housing.
- Fit 2 upper bolts securing gearbox to engine and tighten to 85 Nm.
- Tighten 2 lower bolts securing gearbox to engine to 85 Nm.
- Raise engine and gearbox with lifting equipment and align LH torque mounting to body.
- Fit 2 bolts securing LH torque mounting to body and tighten to 45 Nm.
- Align gearbox to gearbox mounting bracket, fit 2 bolts and tighten to 80 Nm.
- Tighten through bolt securing gearbox mounting to body, to 75 Nm.
- Remove jack and disconnect lifting equipment.
- Secure charcoal canister to mounting bracket.
- Fit flywheel rear cover plate.
- Fit 3 bolts securing rear engine mounting to engine and tighten to 100 Nm.
- Connect multiplug to vehicle speed sensor.
- Fit flywheel front cover plate and tighten 3 bolts to 9 Nm.
- Secure starter motor cable clips to flywheel front cover.
- Fit flywheel lower cover plate and tighten 3 bolts to 9 Nm.
- Fit mounting bracket to flywheel housing and secure with bolts.
- Position harness to mounting bracket and secure with clip.
- Secure harness multiplug to mounting bracket.
- Connect LH drive shaft to gearbox. See MANUAL GEARBOX, Repairs. LH differential oil seal.
- Connect RH drive shaft to gearbox. See MANUAL GEARBOX, Repairs. RH differential oil seal.
- Using tool 18G 1594 connect gear change linkage ball joint to gear change lever.
- Using tool 18G 1594 connect gear selector linkage ball joint to gear selector lever.
- Connect multiplug to reverse lamp switch.
- Fit clutch slave cylinder to clutch release lever.
- Locate clutch slave cylinder on mounting bracket and secure with locking collar.
- Align air conditioning pipe to bracket, fit bolt and tighten to 9 Nm.
- Position battery tray mounting bracket.
- If fitted: Connect multiplug to dim dip resistor.
- Fit 2 bolts securing battery tray to body and tighten to 9 Nm.
- Tighten 2 bolts securing battery tray mounting bracket to 9 Nm.
- Position air intake hose to battery tray mounting bracket and secure with bolt.
- Position harness and secure with clip to body.
- Fit battery tray to mounting bracket and tighten bolts to 9 Nm.
- Fit starter motor. See ELECTRICAL, Repairs.
- Fit underbelly panel. See BODY, Exterior fittings.
- Remove stand(s) and lower vehicle.
Parts & tools for this job For 1995 Rover 400
- PARTClutch kitSearch: Rover 400 1995 clutch kit
- TOOLClutch alignment toolSearch: clutch alignment tool
- FLUIDGear oilSearch: Rover 400 manual gearbox oil
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