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Had a syncho ring replaced last year on my EWQ gearbox but that’s now making an increasingly unpleasant noise at idle and low speeds. Would have been cheaper to just replace it with a second hand box so that’s the route I’m thinking this time.
It’s a 2001 TDi 75 and looking for a box that’s as mechanically direct a swap as possible (i.e. doesn't need any grinding or spacers to fit).
Not sold on a JDD for the type of driving I’m doing so thinking either an EXB for a slightly better final drive ratio or an EWR for the same ratios as the EWQ but with stronger synchros. Pretty similar price for either.
I need one that will take the speedo drive connection and ideally uses the same push on ends for the gear cables.
With the search excluding three letter words can’t find anything here on the EWR and the EXB usually only mentioned in passing. Anyone got experience of either of these boxes in practice on the A2?
If the new box had a blanked plug for the speedo drive are these a straightforward swap over?
It’s a 2001 TDi 75 and looking for a box that’s as mechanically direct a swap as possible (i.e. doesn't need any grinding or spacers to fit).
Not sold on a JDD for the type of driving I’m doing so thinking either an EXB for a slightly better final drive ratio or an EWR for the same ratios as the EWQ but with stronger synchros. Pretty similar price for either.
I need one that will take the speedo drive connection and ideally uses the same push on ends for the gear cables.
With the search excluding three letter words can’t find anything here on the EWR and the EXB usually only mentioned in passing. Anyone got experience of either of these boxes in practice on the A2?
If the new box had a blanked plug for the speedo drive are these a straightforward swap over?