Skoda Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Removing gearbox - four-wheel drive (Octavia II and Superb II) Special tools and workshop equipment required t  Adapter -MP3-419/40 (VW 771/40)- t  Gearbox attachment device -MP3-478 (3336)- t  Hose clamps -MP7-602 (3094)- t  Supporting device -T30099- t  Gearbox mount -3282- t  Bolt -3282/29- t  Adjusting plate -3282/62- t  Engine/gearbox jack, e.g. -V.A.G 1383A- t  Supporting device -MP9-200 (10-222A)- t  Adapter -MP9 200/18 (10 - 222 A /18)- t  Tensioning strap -T10038- t  Grease for plug serration of clutch disc -G 000 100- –  Remove engine cover → engine; Rep. gr.10.   Note t  All cable straps which are detached or cut open when removing, should be fitted on again in the same place when installing. t  After the battery earth strap is disconnected and connected, carry out additional operations → Electrical System; Rep. gr.27. –  Disconnect the battery-earth strap with the ignition off → Electrical System; Rep. gr.27. –  Remove air filter → Engine; Rep. gr.23. –  Remove battery and battery tray → Electrical System; Rep. gr.27. For vehicles Octavia II –  Remove the cooling water tank cover → Body Work; Rep. gr.66. For all vehicles

–  Remove lock washer -3- for shift cable from gearbox shift lever -1- and pull off the shift cable from the stud -arrow-. Metal relay lever –  Remove lock washer -4- for selector cable from relay lever -2- and pull off the selector cable from the stud -arrow-.

Plastic relay lever l  In order to avoid damage to the selector cable, the cable lock must be separated from the selector cable before removal. –  Pull forward the locking mechanism as far as the stop in -direction of arrow 1-, then lock by turning to the left in -direction of arrow 2-. For all vehicles

–  Disconnect cable support from gearbox -arrows-, lay aside and tie up.

–  If present, remove the ventilation pipe from the angle gearbox -arrow-. A tube-hose line or a plastic line is fitted between the master cylinder and the bleeder.   Note When performing the following work, make sure that no brake fluid comes into contact with the frame side rail or the gearbox. If this is the case, these points must be cleaned thoroughly.

If a plastic line is fitted, then the plastic return hose -3- must be removed at the master cylinder and closed with a suitable tool e.g. -T10249/1- (do not use hose clamp -MP7–602 -, otherwise the return hose -3- can get damaged).

If a tube-hose line is fitted, pinch off the hose for the tube-hose line -A- to the master cylinder with the hose clamp -MP7-602 (3094)- (do not use the hose clamp -MP7–602- for the plastic line -A-). –  Pull out retaining clip -arrow- for tube-hose line and/or plastic line up to the stop. –  Pull out the tube-hose line and/or plastic line from the bleeder/slave cylinder and close in a suitable manner.   Caution After removing the tube-hose line, do not operate the clutch pedal.

–  Remove earth strap -1- from top starter. –  Disconnect plug -2- of the reversing light switch -F4-. –  Disconnect connector and cables from the starter. –  Remove engine/gearbox connecting screws at the top. –  Remove fixing screw for starter at the top. For vehicles Octavia II If hose and cable connections are located in the area of the lifting eye of the engine for the supporting device -T30099-, these must now be removed.

–  Fit supporting device -T30099-. –  Take up the weight of the engine/gearbox unit at the spindle. For vehicles Superb II –  Remove the filling pieces from both upper edges of the wings. If hose and cable connections are located in the area of the lifting eye of the engine for the supporting device -MP9-200 (10-222A)-, these must now be removed.

–  Screw the bracket -T10346- to the rear opening of the three openings in the battery tray. –  To do so, use a collar screw M6 or one of the fixing screws for the battery tray. –  Position the supporting device -MP9-200 (10 - 222 A)- behind the pressurized gas strut -A- for the front flap. –  Place the feet of the supporting device, as shown in the illustration, behind the screw -arrow 1- and sideways up to the screw -arrow 2- on the wheelhouse frame side rail at the top. –  Connect the holder -T10346- with the supporting device. –  Hook the second spindle into the front left engine lifting eye. –  Slightly take up the weight of the engine/gearbox unit via the spindle, do not raise. For all vehicles –  Loosen the wheel bolts on front left and front right. –  Raise vehicle → Booklet Octavia II. –  Remove wheels at the front. –  Remove noise insulation → Body Work; Rep. gr.50 and lower part of the front left wheelhouse liner → Body Work; Rep. gr.66. –  Unscrew bracket from starter. –  Removing starter → Electrical System; Rep. gr.27.

–  Disconnect plug connection -2- at the charge pressure sender -G31-. –  Release screw -4-. –  Remove the air guide pipe between the charge air cooler and the intake manifold, to do so slightly raise the retaining clips -1- and -3- → Engine; Rep. gr.21.

–  Disconnect plug connection -1-. –  Screw out screws -arrows- and take out fan shroud downwards. –  Remove all supports for exhaust gas system from gearbox and from exhaust pipe → Engine; Rep. gr.26. –  Separate exhaust system at the clamping sleeve and remove bracket for the exhaust system from the assembly carrier → Engine; Rep. gr.26. –  Tie up pre-exhaust pipe.   Note The decoupling elements in the exhaust pipe should not be bent by more than 10° - risk of damage.

–  If applicable remove cap for drive shaft -arrows-.

–  Mark the position of the propshaft with flexible disk to the flange of the angle gearbox. –  Unscrew propshaft with flexible disk from flange of angle gearbox -arrows-.

–  Remove pendulum support from gearbox, to do so release the bolts -arrow B- and -arrow C-.   Note

After removing the pendulum support from the gearbox, the engine/gearbox unit swivels slightly towards the front (direction front). When removing and installing make sure that the gasket ring -arrow- in the flange of the propshaft is not damaged. –  Push engine/gearbox unit forwards and take propshaft out of angle gearbox. –  Raise propshaft and tie up.

–  Disconnect plug -1- for oil level and oil temperature sender -G266-. For vehicles with start-stop system

–  Separate the plug from the transmission neutral sender -G701--arrow-. Continued for all vehicles:

–  Disconnect the plug connection on the front left vehicle level sensor -G78- (if present). –  Unscrew nut -2-. –  Release screw -1- and remove the sender. –  Fix the assembly carrier before removing → Chassis; Rep. gr.40. –  Remove the assembly carrier with console without steering gear, left track control arm and coupling rod → Chassis; Rep. gr.40. –  Remove the left and right drive shaft from the flange shafts → Chassis; Rep. gr.40 .

–  Secure the drive shaft e.g. with the tensioning strap -T10038- (while doing so do not damage the surface protection).

For vehicles without particle filter –  Remove oil line for exhaust turbocharger -A- at engine. –  Remove support between engine and angle gearbox -arrows-.

For vehicles with particle filter –  Remove particle filter with bracket for particle filter → Engine; Rep. gr.26. –  Release screws for support between engine and angle gearbox -arrows 1, 2- and -3-.   Note The support between engine and angle gearbox can only be removed if the gearbox is removed from the engine.

For vehicles with auxiliary heating For these vehicles the angle gearbox -1- must be removed → Chapter.   Note t  Otherwise the pipe -2- of the auxiliary heating is damaged. t  The engine/gearbox connecting screw -arrow- can be removed from the cylinder block only after removing the pipe -2- → Anchor. For all vehicles

–  Unscrew the screws -arrows- of the left unit mounting -2- from the console -1-.

–  Lower the gearbox to the dimension -a- approx. 60 mm by adjusting the spindle.

–  Unscrew the fixing screws -arrows- for the console -1-. –  Remove console -1- from gearbox.

Metal relay lever –  Detach circlip -arrow- from the relay lever -1- and remove relay lever. Plastic relay lever l  Gearbox shift lever is located in the neutral position.

The relay lever is secured with a clip -arrow 1- in the cover –  Remove the clip -arrow 1- and the relay lever together with the cable lock -arrow 2-.

The relay lever is secured with a catch -arrow 1- in the cover –  Carefully press down the catch -arrow 1- up to the stop. –  Move back and forward reversing lever -A- in its position -arrow 2-. To do so carefully pull out in -direction of arrow 3- with the cable lock -B-.   Note To install, grease bearing points and friction surfaces with grease -G 000 450 02-. For all vehicles –  Remove the gearshift lever from the gearshift shaft. –  Remove engine/gearbox connecting screws below. –  Align gearbox mount -3282 - for removal of gearbox „02Q“ with adjusting plate -3282/62-. –  Insert gearbox mount -3282 - into engine/gearbox jack, e.g. -V.A.G 1383A-. –  Align arms of the gearbox mount to match the holes in the adjusting plate.

–  Screw in mounting elements-A-, as shown on the adjusting plate. –  Instead of the mounting element-C- screw in the bolt -3282/29-. –  Position the engine and gearbox jack e.g. -V.A.G 1383A- below the vehicle; the arrow -B- on the adjusting plate points in the direction of travel/vehicle. –  Align the adjusting plate parallel to the gearbox.

–  Secure adapter -MP3-419/40 (VW 771/40)- in the threaded bore of the gearbox housing as shown. –  Subsequently screw in the bolt -3282/29- into the hole for the fixing screw of the pendulum support on the gearbox. –  Secure the gearbox on the gearbox mount -3282- using screw (M10 x 20) -A-. While doing so the drift -B- should close at the bottom flush with the guide of the gearbox mount -3282--arrow-. –  Remove engine/gearbox -C- connecting screw. For vehicles with auxiliary heating

–  Unscrew screw -1- and carefully press off the pipe -2- of the auxiliary heating from the engine -in direction of arrow-. For all vehicles

–  Remove small cover plate -A- for flywheel.   Note To provide a clearer illustration, the figure of the front drive is used. –  Unscrew engine/gearbox connecting screw -arrow-. –  Press gearbox from engine (dowel sleeves).

For vehicles with particle filter –  Remove support -A- between engine and angle gearbox. For all vehicles

–  Turn the gearbox in the area of the differential gear via the spindle -1- of the gearbox mount -3282- upwards. –  Position the gearbox via the spindle -2- of the gearbox mount -3282- inclined to the left. –  Then guide the gearbox and angle gearbox past the flywheel, while doing so observe the frame side rail -arrow-. –  Carefully lower the gearbox.   Note Observe all lines when lowering the gearbox.