Thread: can i use a 1.6 gearbox in my 1.8 mk1
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Old May 27, 2010 | 08:38 AM
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No you can't.

The starter motor is in different positions on the 1.6 and 1.8 so, unless you want to transplant ALL of the gearbox internals from the 1.6 'box into the 1.8 casing, you wil have to find an IB5 gearbox which has come off of a 1.8.

Pain in the arse I know.
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