6 speed box

Hi I have decided to post it for all and many of my friends on here Spent all xmas holidays from boxing day to yesterday fitting a 6 speed gearbox to my g Big essay ahead please move on if bored Spent all day in cave but rain on roof told me it was not so bad Got 6 speed box with many miles just to try out Top guy delivered it from miles away on route for xmas vacation It will go on, please excuse any spelling miss takes as I'm not checking all this Found a cheap single mass flywheel kit If my miller had been working ok it would of saved 4 32 mile trips to work and back Save the environment I should of left it as it was as the machine was fine before Modified flywheel and thought the clutch might slip under load but continued Made linkages for gearbox but with a thin grinding disc. It was as good as could be To be fair it was perfect and looked like I had machined the item needed Don't joke when you can adapt parts with a skilled gringing hand to very accurate tolerances its skill or luck. It looked machined but I scrapped that one anyway boo hoo It was bang on well the 3rd one Flywheel was a pain Bolts wer hard to obtain in the egth I needed so off to work another time The bearing etc etc etc Took it on and off 4 times as I was not happy with it 100% Bolted gearbox up and modified for a quick swap if needed in future Oh I forgot The time also involved a full front axle rebuid with new diff and wheel bearings cv joints etc Spent a day cleaning and inspecting and measuring parts not a bind just a day or more wasted The ball ache was doing away with the assisted Bowden cable for Mercedes 6 speed gearboxes It woud be easy but a g wagon tunnel where gearlever mounts is way higher than standard box fitting The gearbox rubber mount from a car seems better than a g wagon one so I chose to adapt crossmember for box to suit Spigot shaft bearing for gearbox input needs a mod too All merc parts The worst bit was designing a linkage with no cable assist Its done and I tried it today, well last night to be honest Went a 20 mie run to tescos without my phone. My wife woud of moaned if she had to drive out that far for me lol Confidence is good and bad I broke down !!!!!!!! No not realy ony kidding. It worked well Gears are suited to g wagon with om 606 fitted Revs are a little higher but only a bit It is in the happy power band so much more A 603 would cry out for a 6 speed The box seems more than well used but I will find a low miles one and treat with care. For the money this is the guinee pig and I wont worry if it keels over Slick shift smooth change and I doubt I will go back to 5 speed Might be a bit higher revs in top gear but what a smooth box Cheap too I have not kept it all Mercedes as I did not want cable assist so I made an overkill shift linkage that works well If you wanted to do your own the standard linkage will be fine I just wanted a solid mechanism that would be ok in deep water etc To be honest its a bit harsher in 1st and 2nd but I have got rid of the dual mass flywheel I don't thik I would go to 5 speed again as many cheap 6 speeds available if you can change it yourself If not get a low miles 6 speed and see how it goes I will keep you posted on how my old poorly box copes with the torque Mine was a 130 c180 box in a sad state and I wil give it a hard time If the box does well and lives I will source a good box and I would never go back to 5 speed Gears are suited to a g wagon its just I hope it will cope with the torque Keep you posted Later rather than sooner lol