16v gearbox

[Dragon6]

VW parts, local garage did the re-build...if your interested you can buy my gearbox  and I`ll chuck in rest of car free 
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=9873&item=4521751610&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

[marcogolfo]

thx for that mate good idea 
I take it there the same?  Also was there a difference between gearboxes in earlier models

[marcogolfo]

VW parts, local garage did the re-build...if your interested you can buy my gearbox? and I`ll chuck in rest of car free?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=9873&item=4521751610&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

yeah i would mate if i had the money

[Dragon6]

all the mk2 16v boxes are the same I was told that a mk3 8v box is as good as the same as a mk2 16v box,but mine just wouldnt select reverse nothing terminal so had it rebuilt instead
and good second hand ones were virtually immpossible to find and this was  a couple of years ago,

[adamrblackmore]

i am having the same problem right now!i have spend a whole day and driving for 150 miles! at the monment i have the same sound as a ball bearing in a tin can going around


Mk2 git 16v dreg

[Veedub1989]

Hi,

I have an 8v (4T) box in my 16v Mk2 and fuel economy is excellent!!!! I can get 450 miles to a tank when cruising on motorway, because at 70mph it does around 3k rpm, at100mph  the car is still only at 4k. Oh, and you can imagine what speed i was doing when i was at 6k!!! BUT, there is a definite compromise in acceleration as my housemate who also has a 16v will p#ss all over me from 0-60. It is worth it for fuel economy purposes but sometimes i wish i had a little quicker acceleration provided by the 2Y box.. Also due to the extra long 5th, acceleration at around 70mph isnt that great as you are only doing around 3k, and as you all know they pull between 4.5-6.5k, whereas if you have the 2Y 16v box acceleration at this speed is a lot better as you are already in the power band. but hey.....i save money so who cares!!! Though, they valvers are still quicker than most things on the road anyway  haha