edit 22-07-2007: Started cleaning the other gearbox a bit.
![](https://www.gerrelt.nl/alfa/gearbox/cleaning.jpg)
Man, what a mess it made! All this mud mixed with gearbox oil went everywhere. I discovered I have to transfer the nosecone of the current gearbox to this gearbox. This gearbox has the old-style front gearbox mount.
edit 15-08-2007: This week I started to take the beetle apart to change the gearbox. I started with this:
![](https://www.gerrelt.nl/alfa/gearbox/before_operation.jpg)
Than with a plan-off-attack (in dutch):
![](https://www.gerrelt.nl/alfa/gearbox/plan_off_attack.jpg)
It’s even prioritized!
I took the engine out:
![](https://www.gerrelt.nl/alfa/gearbox/engine_out.jpg)
And after that the gearbox:
![](https://www.gerrelt.nl/alfa/gearbox/gearbox_out.jpg)
I had to transfer the nosecone of the original AT gearbox to the AM gearbox:
![](https://www.gerrelt.nl/alfa/gearbox/nosecones_before.jpg)
The front gearbox mounting is different.
Both nosecones off:
![](https://www.gerrelt.nl/alfa/gearbox/nosecones_off.jpg)
And the AT nosecone on the AM gearbox:
![](https://www.gerrelt.nl/alfa/gearbox/nosecone_transferred.jpg)
Now I have to put it all back in.
edit 19-08-2007: When I was ready to install the AM gearbox, I noticed that the clutch levers where different:
![](https://www.gerrelt.nl/alfa/gearbox/lever_AT.jpg)
![](https://www.gerrelt.nl/alfa/gearbox/lever_AM.jpg)
The one on the left is the AT gearbox, the one on the right the AM. Notice that the AT lever is longer! And the throw-out bearing axle is thicker too. After I put the engine back in I noticed that his shorter clutch lever caused the clutch to operate a little heavier.
Here’s the gearbox back in:
![](https://www.gerrelt.nl/alfa/gearbox/gearbox_back_in.jpg)
And the engine back in:
![](https://www.gerrelt.nl/alfa/gearbox/engine_bak_in.jpg)
Done!
After a test run it turned out it didn’t matter a thing for the cooling. Apperently a 10% in waterpump speed doesn’t matter.
But, this drives a lot better. The engine pulls and revs better. The downside is that the cluth operates a little heavier now.
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