Muzza No V6 for me thanks!! Donating Members 583 Member For: 18y 8m 19d Location: Newcastle Posted 24/12/05 06:36 AM Share Posted 24/12/05 06:36 AM What a way to spend Christmas eve at a mates work shop fitting a brand spanker T56. It took longer than we hoped due to a loctited spicket & stripped gear box mount bolts thanks to the wankers using airgun doing them up the last T5 rebuild.Took about 5 hours all up using new M11 Xr6t bits.Well I couldn't be happier other than the $6k I'm out of pocket. Merry Christmas.Muzza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHR BOOST Moderating Team 5,698 Member For: 20y 7m 20d Gender: Male Location: Southern Highlands NSW Posted 24/12/05 06:39 AM Share Posted 24/12/05 06:39 AM NiceThat should make the MKI bit better for ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 21y 5m 11d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 24/12/05 07:09 AM Share Posted 24/12/05 07:09 AM Are you used to stirrin paint yet? Just need's a set of wheels now muzza...... Still havent heard from him.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRT8U Member 503 Member For: 19y 8m 27d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 24/12/05 07:15 AM Share Posted 24/12/05 07:15 AM Congrats muzza I just got my T56 fitted last week so I know how u feel! Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzza No V6 for me thanks!! Donating Members 583 Member For: 18y 8m 19d Location: Newcastle Posted 24/12/05 09:30 AM Author Share Posted 24/12/05 09:30 AM NiceThat should make the MKI bit better for yaI'll talk to him over the next few days so I'll let him know to reply to you, not sure if his pc is working at home. Give him a ring in a couple of days.Thanks guys for the support just got to get through these double demerits days or should I say the running in period.Muzza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240 T Member 335 Member For: 21y 19d Gender: Male Location: Mexico Posted 24/12/05 09:43 AM Share Posted 24/12/05 09:43 AM $6,000 for the gearbox change!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzza No V6 for me thanks!! Donating Members 583 Member For: 18y 8m 19d Location: Newcastle Posted 24/12/05 09:43 PM Author Share Posted 24/12/05 09:43 PM $6,000 for the gearbox change!!Yeh it sounds excessive but other than selling the ute with a noisey box & lossing near $4000 on the lease payout it was the only option. The T5 was only rebuilt less than 1000km before it started singing at me in 1st 2nd & 3rd.Costing goes as followsT56 new; $5500 inc gstCrossmember;$37 inc gstMount;$52 inc gstGearbox flange drive;$137 inc gstExtreme Single plate Clutch;$450 inc gstLabor;$100 +carton extra Dry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G6ET8U Playing with Sports Bikes... Silver Donating Members 1,927 Member For: 18y 5m 27d Gender: Male Location: Whistling, GTX. Posted 24/12/05 10:04 PM Share Posted 24/12/05 10:04 PM I don't reckon $6000 is too expensive for a gearbox change... Considering the other options of trading the vehicle in and losing heaps of money on the change over for one equipped with a 6 speed or selling privately and sitting around wasting your time waiting for people to come to your house to tell you what they don't like about your car and then offer you way under the odds for it... and not to mention if you have modified it then have to remove all your mods so they can go on to your new car... and then have the new car fitted and tuned to suit... there goes another 2k or so...It's probably cheaper to do the gearbox change in the long run... and Muzza as a T5 XRT owner I am curious as to what mod's you have done just so I know when mine is going to start singing at me too...carton extra DryAhh... A very nice drop indeed, I love the slab mentality we Aussies have... the best way to barter!!Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogo Member of team Kittens Member 609 Member For: 20y 2m 2d Location: Melbourne Posted 25/12/05 08:51 PM Share Posted 25/12/05 08:51 PM Good Stuff Muzza!!!!!Go the T56's in Mk1's! cheers,Ben. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzza No V6 for me thanks!! Donating Members 583 Member For: 18y 8m 19d Location: Newcastle Posted 25/12/05 09:36 PM Author Share Posted 25/12/05 09:36 PM I don't reckon $6000 is too expensive for a gearbox change... Considering the other options of trading the vehicle in and losing heaps of money on the change over for one equipped with a 6 speed or selling privately and sitting around wasting your time waiting for people to come to your house to tell you what they don't like about your car and then offer you way under the odds for it... and not to mention if you have modified it then have to remove all your mods so they can go on to your new car... and then have the new car fitted and tuned to suit... there goes another 2k or so...It's probably cheaper to do the gearbox change in the long run... and Muzza as a T5 XRT owner I am curious as to what mod's you have done just so I know when mine is going to start singing at me too...There were no mods to be done other than buying1x BAF 7003B XR6T M11 t56 gearbox1x BAF 4K177A XR8 Gearbox Flange Drive1x BA2 5060A Crossmember1x BA2 6068A Cross member rubber mount1x Clutch you can afford& I would recommend getting your flywheel machined or replaced. With the grunt most of us are pushing through them they get way hot.But if your doing it yourself start working you upper body strengh them T56 are 90kg aprox. going off the amount of blisters on my hands make sure you don't start the job 5 min after you have pulled up och...The diff ratio's from M1 ute to M11 ute must be different as it's a little taller in the lower gears now. Does anyone know if the change over affect the speedo reading or it all that done through the ecu?Muzza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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