gearbox will it fit?
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gearbox will it fit?
HI
I HAVE RECENTLY BOUGHT A RECON GEARBOX OFF EBAY,I WANT TO KNOW IF IT WILL FIT INTO MY 87 CABRIO GTI.
LINK IS BELOW WITH GEARBOX CODE IS ACD 12098
Item URL: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300121354287&sspagename=ADME:L:RTQ:UK:1
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CHEERS
I HAVE RECENTLY BOUGHT A RECON GEARBOX OFF EBAY,I WANT TO KNOW IF IT WILL FIT INTO MY 87 CABRIO GTI.
LINK IS BELOW WITH GEARBOX CODE IS ACD 12098
Item URL: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300121354287&sspagename=ADME:L:RTQ:UK:1
ALL ADVICE APPRECIATED.
CHEERS
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Local Hero
Should fit, its just possible your car has 100mm driveshaft flanges though, the ACD was used in 1983 GTI so will have 90mm flanges.
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Local Hero
87gti it will have 100mm driveshafts
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what????
Sorry,not mechanically minded what does that mean,will it fit at all?will it fit with mods?
thanks
thanks
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Local Hero
ummmm no
maybe with mods, but i dont know what mods u need tbh
maybe with mods, but i dont know what mods u need tbh
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codes
Is the tranmission code next to the engine code on the sticker inside the boot.If it is,the engine code is dx and transmission code is acd,according to this sticker!
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Local Hero
the 87 gti came with an early pre digifant mk2 engine, essentially the same but with 100mm diff and some other little changes like hydraulic tappets.
if that gearbox is off an earlier mk1 then it wont fit, if its off a mk2 then it should
if that gearbox is off an earlier mk1 then it wont fit, if its off a mk2 then it should
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what does it mean?
Sorry to sound stupid,but mechanically im two scales down on the evolutionary ladder to a cabbage!
All i know is in the boot what this sticker says dx engine,acd transmission.
Can i check this on the existing gearbox in the car and were do i look?
are you just saying the gearbox could be a acd,but early ones have 90mm flanges and later ones 100mm(whatever flanges are??)
thanks pool of knowledge.
All i know is in the boot what this sticker says dx engine,acd transmission.
Can i check this on the existing gearbox in the car and were do i look?
are you just saying the gearbox could be a acd,but early ones have 90mm flanges and later ones 100mm(whatever flanges are??)
thanks pool of knowledge.
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Local Hero
im no pool of knowledge m8 others on here have that claim
if your sticker in the boot says acd then acd it should be, tis easy enough to check measure the diameter of the the flange on the diff,where the inner cv meets the gbox
if your sticker in the boot says acd then acd it should be, tis easy enough to check measure the diameter of the the flange on the diff,where the inner cv meets the gbox
rebuild in progress....
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Local Hero
paul_c said
Should fit, its just possible your car has 100mm driveshaft flanges though, the ACD was used in 1983 GTI so will have 90mm flanges.
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Local Hero
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cabriaulait said
That's what I was lookin at! 8O
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Local Hero
you never were 8O
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Old Timer
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Local Hero
Get a tape measure out and measure the diameter of the two flanges that stick out of the box - compare existing with theone you have bout - if they are the same then it will fit.
ACD should be 100mm, but flanges are interchangeable.
ACD should be 100mm, but flanges are interchangeable.
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Local Hero
I'm now scratching my head because one of my GTIs has an ACD box, and its a 1983 model. Maybe someone's done a conversion and swapped my flanges; or swapped to cabby driveshafts as part of the job.
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