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i was speaking with another polo owner and he thought that its not possible to remove the gearbox with the engine still in??

can i leave the engine in or no?

any tips/advice ...its a 4speed to 5 speed swap on a 88 1300

no one

i have searched

will i need to totaly remove the drive shafts or just disconect

yes you can take the box off with out takin out the engine... u need to support the engine tho as 2 of the 3 mounts are on the box...

you can do it... its fidly... but can be dun... iv dun it twice! haha!

any help, just holla!!

oh well almost done it now...spent 6hrs today and all ive got left is to bolt up the driveshafts and gearlinkage

things id mention to anyone thinking of doing it....get a helper, i struggled for ages and prob wasted 1.5hrs trying to lift it up on my own....then i got my dad to lift it on a rope while i pushed it up, went in on seconds

and i didnt realise the coolant hose would need to come off to access the top front bolt...so thats a chore

the 160k orig clutch still looks plent good enough but i replaced it anyway

looking forward to 5 speed motoring..

you did it in one day, first time, with no help? f**king legend, mate!

mine was a complete pain in the plums, took like 3 days with plenty of advice and guidance (and trips to get more socket bits from halfords!) - and that was on the mk3 which is supposedly more built for the 5spd (& should therefore be easier to get the 4 out of)

enjoy! just don't try to get too much speed (hi or lo) out of 5th if its an 8P and you're a 1.0, as it will actually hurt the economy (quieter and easier on the engine tho).. 40 to 65 is best... v frugal then

mines a 1300.....ive already noticed it doesnt like under 40mph in 5th

all the ratios seem differant too i imagined it was same as 4 speed with a 5th stuck on

hm, perhaps you had a 3+E or something... or one of the wierd boxes beforehand. then again maybe you've got a diesel or G40 box (really tall ratios)... do you know it's origin/code at all? and how fast will it go in 1st before hitting the limiter (if you have one?)

i could try to ID it for you if you can estimate the mph/1000 figs for each gear

still if it doesnt like it below 40 that's a nice cruising box you have there i was thinking more like 35 but decided to be conservative for the recco

it came from a 88 1300 coupe S that had the same MH engine as mine , its good enough for me i only paid £10 for the box and linkage , and i got a cheap clutch from ebay so im happy enough

still need to tniker with the linkage some more...its not quiet right

yeah, it's a pain that

£10? you lucky bugger. I think i ended up paying about £70 in the end, and that's because the guy selling it to me was a diamond. Just hope it's better than the one fitted to my brother's escort (SILLY BOY!) when he bought it; 100 miles later and he's lost third gear. £200 to sort. Ouch.

Fraid i can't offer much more advice, p'raps your original one came with a motorsports type 4 speed but the other was a bogstandard 5-speed (with a different final drive to boot)... or the other way round, even... though i can't see why it'd be very slow under 40 in top if it's a GT-style box (1st is the same, 5th is like 4th-and-a-half, and 2nd-3rd-4th are compressed down to give lower/tighter ratios) unless you were lacking torque at the low end. (still around 2100rpm vs maybe 2300-2400 previously - 8P giving a significantly lower 1900)