Today we made an early start on a job which was unknown territory to us, removing the broken gearbox and installing the new (it's old but you know what i mean) gearbox that we previously bought on ebay. Despite taking 8 and a half hours, we only had a few major problems, which we managed to sort (eventually). One of the problems was parting the universal joint from the gearbox, which appeared to be completely wedged, and due to our lack of knowledge of removing gearbox's (this was our first time) we struggled, though eventually managed to part the two by jacking up the engine for support and simultaniously jacking the gearbox away from the propshaft (a very bodged but respectable method).
This problem came back with avengance on the refit of the new gearbox, and after finally giving up on attaching the gearbox to the universal joint we decided to tackle the easy jobs like tightening the nuts and bolts on the bell housing. Much to our surprise the earlier problem seemed to resolve itself with little effort after attaching the bell housing. Long day, but hopefully worth it, not looking forward to the test drive in the next few days...
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