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    Hi, my first post, so please be gentle with me. I'm having some big issues with the gearbox in my 2005 Transporter and understand that there are only about 400 examples of my particular gearbox in Oz. Wotha??

    Is anyone out there knowledgable about this situation? Especially wondering if the much more common box is easily compatible with my car and what adaptions would be necessary?

    If "yes", the next obvious question is how much for new or reconditioned, or maybe from a wreck ? Anyone got a good one?
    Cheers guys.

  • #2
    What issues are you having?

    Any transmission that may fit from another car, such as a Golf, may leave you with incorrect ratios.
    '07 Transporter 1.9 TDI
    '01 Beetle 2.0

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    • #3
      Hi Dubswin, gearbox manual or auto?

      M

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Umai Naa!! View Post
        What issues are you having?

        Any transmission that may fit from another car, such as a Golf, may leave you with incorrect ratios.

        There was a big noise and I lost all drive. Mechanic says selector is cactus and (having now stripped the gearbox) that the box is not repairable.
        1.9's only come in manual. There would have been maybe a few thousand of those sold in Oz since the T5's release? My point is that VW has told my mechanic that only 400 or so in this country have my gearbox. So obviously I'm wondering if the more common box ie. The one in all the others here, will work in it? Cheers, Dubswin.

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        • #5
          Ps. Just found out that my van has what is known as a "courier" gearbox ie.designed for stop start city work. What I now want is the "coastal" box which is more freeway friendly = less revs, less noise and better economy. Apparently the boxes are interchangeable. So, has anyone got a good example of one of those for sale? Cheers, Dubswin.

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          • #6
            That is the first I have heard of a 'courier' box.

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            • #7
              Yeah, me too. My van was ordered by a firm to be used as a mobile coffee outlet, so that box would make sense I guess. The cruisier one definitely better for me though.

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              • #8
                On your search you might come across a sporty box!!

                If you do I will have that if it makes mine go faster....

                I also have never heard of there being different gear boxes...but someone tells me something I did not know everyday.

                Is there no info on the The Brick-yard or VW T4 Forum - VW T5 Forum

                That could help you may be fix your box?

                Rob

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                • #9
                  Ah, that's a good tip, thanks Rob. Will let you know if I spot any sporty boxes, if there is such a thing!

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                  • #10
                    Well, my mechanic has sourced a used "coastal" gearbox, so I'm anxiously waiting to see if it is going to be compatible.
                    Has anyone else encountered this situation?
                    Also, with about 116,000 on the clock, would it be prudent to do the clutch as well, while it's all apart?
                    cheers, Dubswin.

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                    • #11
                      Absolutely do the clutch while it's apart.

                      The gearbox is a bitch to remove from a T5.
                      '07 Transporter 1.9 TDI
                      '01 Beetle 2.0

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                      • #12
                        That's weird. I replied to the last post yesterday and it hasn't appeared. A novice at this, so I must have done something wrong. Now, where was I....
                        Yes, good advice re doing the clutch at the same time, thank you.
                        Right, cancel my previous comment about the city and highway gearboxes being interchangeable ( as VW apparently assured my mechanic they were). Absolute bollocks - everything is totally different!
                        My understanding is that the city transmissions, as in my 2005 1.9 Tdi Transporter, were originally made by an independent supplier...and routinely die at about 100,000 ! Incidentally it seems the same box was in the early T5 petrol 2.0.
                        VW must have got onto this reasonably quick as they then changed to ZF to supply basically exactly the same gearbox which appears to be quite a reliable unit. I'm told that VW Aust has about 25 of these, just sitting on the shelf - waiting for the first series boxes to blow up.
                        Please correct me if I'm wrong on any of this - just recording what I've been told for the benefit of any other poor sod who find themselves down this street.
                        We are now haggling with VW to try and get a half reasonable price for a new box - $5700 is rather big! I really think they should come to the party on this to remedy a problem caused entirely by a major component of most un VW like quality!

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                        • #13
                          I can concurr the trannies in the 2.5 128 kw are also a troublesome beast and its an auto !! VW tell you its sealed for life and doesn,t need to have its fluid changed , bollocks as when ours played up VW,s answer ??? no we dont fix them we just replace the trannie $7500 plus for a van thats only done 100,000 kays . VW should be responsible when their products are proven to be unreliable in such short time . And before any one says well maybe you are too hard on the trannie this van is driven mainly by my wife and she is not a hoon. Howard

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                          • #14
                            Aw, don't tell me that Howard, my brother's got one of those!

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                            • #15
                              Lets be realistic I am not saying that all of them are a problem it seems that some of them are fine and others are playing up , as I have said before there is no way a manufactuer can predict how long the auto fluid will last . My experience from owning other brand cars with automatics is that regular servicing with new fluids are essential but VW have a different slant on this they seal the transmissions at the factory and claim that they don,t service them . Every single driver drives different to each other so a component like the tranny should be able to stand up to a multitude of situations ,and then there is the enviroment that we drive in . I bet the Germans didn,t bring these vans to Australia to test in the real world that we have to endure . Its fine in Europe where the majority of the time its cool enough not to cause degredation of the fluid but with our extreme summers etc I am sure it has a bearing on the fluids ability to cope . Howard

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