Gearbox Help
scootz - 15/1/12 at 06:34 PM
Evenin! 
I've mentioned previously that I can't find an off-the-shelf bellhousing to mount the Rover KV6 longitudinally for RWD.
Then I saw a Getrag 283 gearbox (MG ZT - KV6 box) on eBay for £15 and wondered if I could split it in half and use the (slightly machined!)
bellhousing face with a backplate that suits whatever gearbox I eventually want to use.
I've removed all the bolts and managed to prise the gearbox slightly open, but the bugger won't split completely. 
What am I forgetting about!? Is it the diff bearings that are holding it together? Does it matter if a gear is engaged?
And lastly... what about the general idea of using the front casing as the basis for a RWD bellhousing?
Cheers
stevec - 15/1/12 at 06:49 PM
I used a Getrag front casing on my Conversion. So it can be done.
Steve.
madteg - 15/1/12 at 06:54 PM
Fantastic love it when people take like that by the balls.
scootz - 15/1/12 at 06:58 PM
Good work Steve! 
... how the blooming heck do I get the box apart!
mcerd1 - 15/1/12 at 07:01 PM
isn't that basicaly what owelly did to fit his pug V6 in the plastic car...
stevec - 15/1/12 at 09:30 PM
You will have to strip the whole gearbox I reckon, mine came as just the casings so I did not need to, I am sure its not difficult.
Go for it. .
Steve.
britishtrident - 15/1/12 at 10:05 PM
Selector mechanism will need to come off for a start
rdodger - 15/1/12 at 10:13 PM
If it's like the PG1 gearbox there is a plug (2" diameter roughly, uses a sump plug alan type tool) on the end of the gearbox. Remove this
and there is a large circlip that needs releasing to split the box.
Page 7 of this guide.
http://www.roverklubben.se/uploads/text2907.pdf
Larger bottom plug.
mcerd1 - 16/1/12 at 12:37 PM
...found owelly's old thread (eventually)
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=145416
scootz - 16/1/12 at 01:04 PM
Cheers guys!
scootz - 18/1/12 at 12:35 PM
I suspect it is these two bearings that are holding me up... anyone know how to remove them (before I get the grinder and a sledgehammer ).
coozer - 18/1/12 at 12:38 PM
I found when spitting a PG1 it was the gear selector mechanisim that stopped it coming apart.
scootz - 18/1/12 at 12:42 PM
quote:
Originally posted by coozer
I found when spitting a PG1 it was the gear selector mechanisim that stopped it coming apart.
That's already out Coozer.