340 gearbox

Post by **ajdubas** » 28 May 2007 09:30 pm

Hello,

have recently acquired a beautiful mark 2 340 hatch, pics will be up soon, when my laptop returns from the butchers.

just a slight technical question, that somebody here might know the answer to:

Did the Mk 2 340 DL come in a 5 speed option?

Post by **Nick C** » 28 May 2007 10:09 pm

and does anyone have any spare shocks for it....

Post by **petefarrell360** » 29 May 2007 10:53 pm

LOL, the shocks are funny! Welcome Alex, good to meet you and see your car briefly the other day! I'll see if I can get the pics sorted.

Pete

Post by **trabitom99** » 31 May 2007 08:48 am

ajdubas wrote:just a slight technical question, that somebody here might know the answer to:

Did the Mk 2 340 DL come in a 5 speed option?

Not AFAIK. However, it was standard on a Mk2 340 GL (1983 - 1985). May have been different on the UK market though ...

Tom

Post by MJ » 01 Jun 2007 08:08 pm

As far as I know, there were no changes to the 4 or 5 speed boxes over the generations of the 300 series, so any 4 speed gearbox should be easily swappable for a 5 speed one. Correct me if I'm wrong

Post by **Ronnie** » 02 Jun 2007 11:27 pm

I believe you're right Martin - the 5th gear is an extension bolted onto the the original 4 speed - so should swap right over

Post by **Carl** » 03 Jun 2007 12:18 am

Nick C wrote:and does anyone have any spare shocks for it....

I do

Post by **ajdubas** » 05 Jun 2007 02:02 pm

Ok, so, provided I can get away with it and still rally it,
would swapping in a 5 speed including final drive from a 1.4 be a straight swap into my 4 speed 1.4?

How difficult is it to do?

oh... and does anyone have a 5 speed gearbox and/or diff from a 1.4?

Post by **foggyjames** » 06 Jun 2007 12:53 am

Yes, you just swap the complete boxes over. You also need to swap the gearknob over, as there's a highly complex lock-out mechanism which cleverly fools the driver into thinking they can't engage 5th gear...

cheers

James

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