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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 8:19 pm 
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hey all,

my clutch just died and i need to order 1 asap to get my car drivable again.

now heres my prob.

i have been told that different boxes have different clutches.
like ea is diff from ed and such.

how do i tell what gear box is in my car?
is there a stamp on the casting some where?

the place that installed it said it was from a xh ute but i dont trust what they say cause they r C***.lol.

can anyone help?!?!?

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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 8:34 pm 
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hi
as far as i know the cluch plates in the 6 cyl are all the same but the ea has a 3 bolt pressure plate and i think ist eb2 and on have 6 bolts in the pressure plate .. but all the gear boxs will fit in each other....
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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:13 pm 
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umm i just been reaading around and it says that the ea clutch is smaller then the rest.

i remember someone asking the same question as i just have but i cant find the thread.

just went through like 300 pages :S

 

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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:16 pm 
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What flywheel do you have?

As said, ea or early eb uses the 3 bolt type clutch/pressure plate setup, after that they switched to the 6 bolt.

 

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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:24 pm 
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mate wouldnt have a clue what fly wheel i have.
lol.

i paid someone to do the convo.

is there any way i can tell?

 

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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:09 pm 
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kizzer wrote:
mate wouldnt have a clue what fly wheel i have.
lol.i paid someone to do the convo.is there any way i can tell?
You won't know for sure until the G/box is out.

 

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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:14 pm 
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is there no cast marking or anything??!?!
i had a bit of a look but theres not much room under there.

 

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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:48 pm 
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Since someone else has done the conversion, it doesn't matter what g/box it is, because you don't know what flywheel's been used (you could assume, but you can't be 100 percent sure) - so it would be best to physically sight it.
The only ways I can think of without pulling the g/box first is to drop the inspection plate, pull the CRT LP fuse, and have someone motor the flywheel over bit by bit, so you can check with a torch how many pressure plate mounting bolts there are. You might be able to do the same by lifting the throwout lever dust cover and looking through the cavity while the flywheel is motored over bit by bit.

 

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