Yep, thats right, the plastic thing on the bottom of the gear shifter was worn away, I will replace it rite away. It is the same thing for FWD cars too, I guess.

The local scrap dealer actually has an N10 engine 1.4 ltrs. with a mileage of 90.000 km. This engine also comes with its original 5-speed gearbox. I doubt it will be that hard to install it, then? :) I feel lucky!

Also, the dash slot where a rpm-counter or a clock is supposed to be is empty - covered by a black plastic lid - which means I could fit in one of these! Problem is - I cannot find a tachometer for a Datsun Cherry anywhere... :/ Nor can I find a clock!

I forgot to mention that if you use 5-speed you must have 5-speed gearlinkage also. Otherwise you will have 2nd where there should be 1st gear and 4th will be there were should be 3rd etc. If you can

Datsun/PMC Registered is here: http://www.modum.net/datsun/

Svein-Erik & others in that club are nice people with good knowledge on Datsuns.

5-speed should be an easy fit to F10. I have a US/Canada specs F10 coupe (KPLF10) that came out of the factory with A14 and a 5-speed.
A14 and 5-speed fits easily into E10 as well and it

Well if I am not mistaken the F4W60F is the early gearbox for the E10.This box was not the strongest,so the F4WF60A box came as a stronger replacement,and also bigger driveshafts were used (can't remember breaking one of those).As far as I know only the F4WF60A was used on F10. An easy way to recognize it is the reverse switch facing the front of the car,near the oil filling plug.This box will handle an A14 without problems.I haven't done it myself,but I was told it was very easy to put a 5 speed gearbox in an E10,so why not in an F10.But if I was to do it I would try to get as much parts as possible from the N10,like the driveshafts,gear linkage,first part of the exhaust and this kind of things,just in case........As for the free play in the gear lever,there are several pivot points in the linkage,and the plastic bushings in there can wear after some use (supposing nothing is loose,broken or missing in your linkage).If you plan to restore the car and take the engine/box out anyway,also take off the subframe and the rear suspension arms.These things can rot badly and are more and more difficult to find,thus more expensive.So protect them VERY well.Shouldn't you know it already there is a club in Norway,the Norwegian Datsun/PMC Register (link to it on the English website).You might find some help there also if needed.

There are a couple of plastic bushes at the bottom of the gearstick - they are the interface between the gearstick and the gearbox (in a RWD anyway). When these bushes wear away you get that effect in a RWD. I'm not sure about a FWD but maybe the solution is similar?

My car is shifting gears just fine.. and.. when I'm rotating the gear shifter around and releasing it, it vil revert back to the gear it was in when I started to rotate it.. O_o

Thank you! I will take some photos of my new car and then post it here!

New discovery today! Can anyone explain something about the behavior of my gearbox??


The gear shifter can be rotated freely around the area for 1-2-3-4th gear (the reverse is good and normal, and it takes a little effort to pull the shifter to the right and then down), but as the car is in neutral or any of the four gears, I can rotate it freely around.

It does not feel like there is any kind of blocking between the gears (i.e, if I put it in 3rd gear, I can push the shifter to the far left, WHILE in 3rd gear, and it will be in the area where the 1st gear is. The confirming clicks from the gearbox that it really goes into a gear are there, though. Are these gearboxes made to be this way? Or is it some kind of blocking thingy near the bottom of the gearshaft that is worn out?

On advance, thanks! :)

Sorry to say but the gearbox photos wont be of any use the car is a FWD.

I know that my 120A Cherry E10 (1975) came with the F4AW60L or F4WF60A gear box but i wouldnt have a clue as to how to tell them apart. For most of your questions you would be better of posting them on the Datsun owner of Uk web site.

Thats were I get most of my information for my cars from.

have a look at this post from on there.

http://www.datman.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1233&highlight=

or go to here for the info on where Eddie (ratdat) has done the conversion before.

http://www.ratdat.com/
its in the technical area.

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Have a look at this page of our wiki
http://wiki.datsun1200.com/index.php/Category:Drivetrain_Modifications

this pic here has a 56 series (far right) then the 60 series (in the middle).
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The 60 series is called a smooth case sometimes as the case is a lot smoother than the 56 series

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