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[knuckles]

looking good mate

i have the same box in my fiesta with a puma linkage

so nice to use

yellow

no yellow, please

how bout covering it in pointless stickers instead then ?

[Michael!]

CHEEKY baxtered!

they're gone now i'll have you know!

[Smo]

Very nice, that box will be pretty nice on the 2.0. I seem to remember the 1st gear being short on the diesel boxes but don't quote me!

Like Jon says, a Puma or ZS linkage will go nice with that, the feel is so nice and it won't be double-sprung like it will be with your current linkage! I drove mine for the first time with the iB5 today and having the centre return spring in the linkage too makes it a bit heavy to use.

[knuckles]

not sure whether the puma linkage will fit the mk2.

i may need to remove the stabilizer bar and replace it with the mk2 stabilizer bar and give it a go.
that is what i did with the mk3 linkage to convert from 4 speed to 5 speed

[Smo]

I sometimes forget we're talking about a MK2

[jayrs]

i know you like yellow clark, but lets not tear the arse out of it

[knuckles]

i know you like yellow clark, but lets not tear the arse out of it

so a orange gearbox is acceptable but a yellow one is not

discuss

[curly]

i was guna do my gearbox white then remembered what s**t gets covered overthem so decided black would be best

[Smo]

Yeah, go orange

Or fluorescent green... Ah, I so should have done that!

[jayrs]

i know you like yellow clark, but lets not tear the arse out of it

so a orange gearbox is acceptable but a yellow one is not

discuss

where the fcuk did orange spring from, have i missed something

i would say don it black or silver, why have it "in ya face"

[Michael!]

i know you like yellow clark, but lets not tear the arse out of it

so a orange gearbox is acceptable but a yellow one is not

discuss

where the fcuk did orange spring from, have i missed something

i would say don it black or silver, why have it "in ya face"

black or silver is a fantastic idea

no yellows! or oranges...

[knuckles]

i got a gearbox spacer plate today from ford
i ordered a late escort zetec item with rear starter. but it dont seem to fit the bottom of the gearbox at all.
Every thing lines up at the top and starter

anybody else seen this before when they have used a ib5 gearbox ?










This is the stamp on the top of gearbox casing

[jayrs]

isnt it a diesel box? so you would need a spacer from a diesel?

[knuckles]

isnt it a diesel box? so you would need a spacer from a diesel?

it came from a escort diesel yes

but that spacer plate is for a 1.6 zetec engine ?
all ib5 gearbox's have same casings

[jayrs]

isnt it a diesel box? so you would need a spacer from a diesel?

it came from a escort diesel yes

but that spacer plate is for a 1.6 zetec engine ?
all ib5 gearbox's have same casings

as i said on text mate, it might be a mondeo one, as the mondeo sump has hols to bolt through to gearbox, so hence why i said it might be a mondeo one

[Excursion]

Are you sure that's the right gearbox shim? The angle at the bottom looks like it's from a black top/Zetec-E...

Not all iB5's have the same casing, although your Diesel housing should mate up to 95% of the Zetec sump holes.

[Excursion]

Just read your post and the 1.6 reference - did you get a plate for a 1.6 Zetec-SE rather than Zetec-E?

[jayrs]

looking at it again, it could be a mtx75 box plate going by the shape of it mate

[knuckles]

Just read your post and the 1.6 reference - did you get a plate for a 1.6 Zetec-SE rather than Zetec-E?

i put the reg number in ecat from my work colleagues S reg 1.6 zetec escort - which is a silvertop zetec with ib5 gearbox.

so i gathered that would fit my silvertop engine with ib5 gearbox

[Rhinopower]

What you need is a two piece shim, which is discontinued apparantly

[knuckles]

looking at it again, it could be a mtx75 box plate going by the shape of it mate

just looked at a mtx75 box casing

spot on !

[jayrs]

any prizes

[knuckles]

any prizes

a big wet kiss

[jayrs]

any prizes

a big wet kiss

hmmm, who from

[knuckles]

i raised a technical enquiry with ford in germany over this incorrect spacer plate. They are saying that this mtx75 plate replaces all previous versions.
Clearly wrong
The Ford technical department have asked me to raise a check to print with DCL. They got back to me today and said the stock is wrong. The correct spacer plate is being located and sent to my branch next week.

fingers crossed someone knows they have made a boo boo

[jayrs]

, some pr1ck that sits behind a deck and has never worked on a car in his life strikes again

[Smo]

So this "correct" one that is being source, will this be a different part number to what we were talking about earlier in the year and were unable to obtain because it was no longer available?

[knuckles]

So this "correct" one that is being source, will this be a different part number to what we were talking about earlier in the year and were unable to obtain because it was no longer available?

the so called correct item turned up this morning and is exactly the same as the 1st one i ordered. Between dcl and ford technical they both think a mtx75 plate will fit a ib5.

back to the drawing board

[jayrs]

scrap yard job then mate

[DanFraser]

Ah s**t. I was thinking about iB5 stuff to a 2L too...

[Smo]

Ah s**t. I was thinking about iB5 stuff to a 2L too...

It's not a problem, there are always people breaking late Escorts which has the correct plate

[knuckles]

scrap yard job then mate

get cracking then

[DanFraser]

Ah s**t. I was thinking about iB5 stuff to a 2L too...

It's not a problem, there are always people breaking late Escorts which has the correct plate

I'll note that down, thanks.

[jayrs]

scrap yard job then mate

get cracking then

b0llocks, i aint stripping out a gearbox just for a fcuking plate

[knuckles]

scrap yard job then mate

get cracking then

b0llocks, i aint stripping out a gearbox just for a fcuking plate

i do it for you

in other news i painted the ib5 gearbox in high temp black after recieving lot and lots of hate mail via pm after my views on yellow. hopefully now i wont get beaten up at ford fair. Pics later on