Drive Through R33 Manual Box

[HINGO]

Hi, I've just put an R33 box onto the back of my RB30 (VL turbo) and have currently got just the yoke sitting in the back of the gear box (until I get my tailshaft built) to stop the oil from coming out, and with the car running and I pull the clutch out with the gearbox in neutral it actually spins.

Is this right/usual or is there something up?

So should there be any drive through the gearbox at all in neutral. My thinking was that there shouldtn be any what so ever. But I thought maybe there could be as long as the tailshaft is all connected up from box to diff (which would provide some form of resistance to keep it from spinning at all)

Need to know asap... Cheers

Edited August 27, 2007 by HINGO

[QWK32]

if you grab a hold of the yoke does it stop, or want to keep going. could be the syncro's spinning it but normally with a tail shaft on a connected to the diff it is enough resistance to hold it.

[HINGO]

Didnt try to grab onto it... Might try that and see what happens...

[mattymagoo22]

its not engaged in a gear its just that without a gear selected everything still spins inside the box and with the oil in it its sort of like a viscous coupling. Completely normal.

[HINGO]

its not engaged in a gear its just that without a gear selected everything still spins inside the box and with the oil in it its sort of like a viscous coupling. Completely normal.

Oh ok, makes sense. So the tailshaft normally being connected is enough to keep it still?

[HINGO]

One other thing while I got this thread.

Looking at the drivers side of the gearbox which plug is which. Is it the neutral switch on the left and the reverse lights switch on the right or the other way round?

[QWK32]

easy way to test is to do a continuaty test with a multimeter, hook it up on the pins on the gearbox side of the plug and then put it in gear then back out, if it switches that you neutral switch

[mattymagoo22]

sorry mate cant help with the reverse switch but you could check it with a multimeter check resistance across two wires in and out of reverse i think the other switch is a neutral switch???

Even with tailshaft in if the car was jacked up and you started it in neutral you'd probably find that the rear wheels would begin to turn! far bit of friction in there huh!

[HINGO]

Ahhh good idea... will give that idea a go to.

Its just my VL plugs are different to the skyline plug so im going to have to chop and change the plugs and wanna double check which one is which first...