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Just some trivia for those interested, handy for freighting??.


Firstly the heaviest I have had was a 4EAT, 4 speed TCU contolled AWD out of Lturbo Thomas's car. 93 odd kg for the box, 13 for torque converter, and say 5 for fluid.

My 3 speed 4WD auto box was spot on 76 kg with TConv and say 5kg for fluid

The 5 speed 4WD D/R with flywheel and clutch is about 78 kg plus gear oil


other factors to consider are the auto starter feels a bit lighter than manual from memory

auto shifter may be lighter than manual levers

auto cross member is pretty chunky and may weigh much same as manual gearbox xmember.

then there is a clutch pedal to add

all up very little weight save on doing a swap unless you started with the 4EAT heffer

found a sticker to say box had been out already by Central Automatic Transmission Service 662 1458 Sydney ?? car only had 188km on it when I got it. boxes may not be much chop like I have heard about these 3 speed autos

So you have the 4eat out of the car?

Ive read somewhere that the 4eat has a removable bellhousing that can be swapped for an EJ one, turning it into an EJ 4eat.

Is this gearbox for sale?

gone where all alloy ends up - recycled.

GUILTY I ran out of room, kept getting in the way and it was so heavy.. I stripped it to remove it without busting my pooper valve. It was very tidy inside. GUILTY GUILTY

Chris Rogers who has been reeaall quiet of late reckoned his luxo L series sat a little lower once fitted with this box. Anyone know if he finished his beast or gave up ??

I would not be surprised at all if you could remove the EA front diff housing and fit an EJ one. Makes perfect sense.

This also means that you could use an early lib box as a gearbox replacement for an EA if you swapped diff housings.

steptoe wrote:gone where all alloy ends up - recycled.

Where do you send them mate? My 3psd 4x4 Auto is giving me the shits to.