i have recently bought a F reg xr3i , on the way back from the MOT station the gearbox developed a severe oil leak from the diff bearing on the passenger side and this caused difficulty selecting gears as u could imagine, any way to cut a long story short i poped to a local scrap yard who suplied me a second hand box , having half striped the car i have noticed a few differences in the boxes , mine has the belt driven ABS system , but the box i have bought has like output cups comeing from the diff whereas mine had the shaft going actually in the box , having checked google it seems that its from a 1.8 diesel escort, the code on the replacement box is :96T 7F096 EA its difinately a cradle type box but unsure weather its gona fit and work corectly with my existing shafts which seem totally different. any help is much apriciated

it shouldnt be mate unless its of a mark5 1.8d

if id known you was after a gearbox i would of sold you one its only done 51000 miles

how much we talking for it mate ? and where you located ?

im only in powys mate i was in cardiff last week i could of brought it up to you

i will pm you