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I bought a 5-speed Borg-Warner manual transmission for rear-wheel drive (it's pretty old, not sure the exact year, though - maybe early 80s?) the other day from a scrapyard. The shift stick is really loose (I'm actually not even sure it works still - but never mind that). Now I want to take it take off the top of the gearbox to look inside it, but I haven't a clue how. The bell housing is still bolted on.
Here's a diagram illustrating my problem:
![[Image: mixye]](http://tinypic.com/mixye)
As you can see, the shift shaft tube is cast right on top of the gearbox cover, and extends to the gear selector box - so I can't just pull the cover away from the shift shaft, as it extends into the gearbox and attaches to the gear selector forks.
So what should I do to remove the gearbox cover?
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Whatever you do, be careful. I opened the gerabox of our old
broken electric screwdriver (only two gears) and I couldn't
for my life put it back together again...
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umm....
[syntax="QBASIC"]'@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
'Type Declaration
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TYPE FiveSpeedBorgWarnerManualTransmissionForRearWheelDrive
ShiftShaftTube AS INTEGER
StickShift AS INTEGER
GearSelectorBox AS INTEGER
GearBoxCover AS INTEGER
InputShaft AS INTEGER
OutputShaft AS INTEGER
BellHousing AS INTEGER
GearBox AS INTEGER
Picture AS STRING * 40
END TYPE
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'Variable Declaration
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DIM ZacksTranny AS FiveSpeedBorgWarnerManualTransmissionForRearWheelDrive
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'Set up initial values
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ZacksTranny.ShiftShaftTube = 1
ZacksTranny.StickShift = 1
ZacksTranny.GearSelectorBox = 1
ZacksTranny.GearBoxCover = 1
ZacksTranny.InputShaft = 1
ZacksTranny.OutputShaft = 1
ZacksTranny.BellHousing = 1
ZacksTranny.GearBox = 1
ZacksTranny.Picture = "http://tinypic.com/mixye"
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'Remove Gear Box Cover
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ZacksTranny.GearBoxCover = 0
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Quote:Whatever you do, be careful. I opened the gerabox of our old
broken electric screwdriver (only two gears) and I couldn't
for my life put it back together again...
I don't care if it get's put back together or not, I just wann look inside.
Meg: I prefer to seperate the programming and mechanics. :wink:
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Quote:I don't care if it get's put back together or not, I just wann look inside.
Ok. You know how to operate those pneumatic drills?
Seriously though, I suggest that you look for screws etc.
I don't really think a gearbox has a snap-off mounting
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Huh? When did I say anything about snap-off? Nothing's snap-off in cars.
It's got a bunch of bolts holding it down, but that isn't the trouble. It's the darned shift shaft that's blocked access.
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Not true! The lever under the seat that opens the trunk snapped off in my car! Oh wait.... that wasn't SUPPOSED to happen.... DAMN MY BIG FEET! :oops:
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OK, I got the cover off and now I'm looking straight into the gearbox. I want to try shifting it into different gears by hand, but the problem is that it seems to be locked in 5th. I've even tried hammering on the 5th-reverse shift relay lever, but it won't budge. Any ideas? Anything special I have to do to shift it into neutral from 5th?
Here's the layout of the transmission gearbox:
![[Image: nxcu8]](http://tinypic.com/nxcu8)
I've trying very forceful knocking on the fifth-reverse shift rail relay lever, to no avail: it won't budge.
Suggestions?
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