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Sierra gearbox help please
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 11:48 am
by adriand82
Are the gearboxes in the 1.3l coil sprung Sierras the same as the 1.3l leaf sprung ones?
Re: Sierra gearbox help please
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 12:07 am
by BlueSuzy
yes,
Yours will have a number of switch plugs, but all you need is a reverse switch.
Some older ones didnt have all the other switches, My 91' does.
Re: Sierra gearbox help please
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:37 pm
by Gwagensteve
No, actually they aren't the same - the gearing is slightly different. A coil garbox will bolt in a *should* have all the same plugs etc as a WT box, but there are some small changes in gearing. (Coilers ran different high and low range gearing in the transfer, along with shorter diff gears. From memory a coil gearbox has a taller 5th to compensate for the shorter diff gears.)
It will bolt in and work fine as a replacement. any gearing differences are minor.
Steve.