The 60a 5 speed has been with me since my first 1200 ute back in Australia.

Curious what the chalk markings mean?

As you can see from the photos, its a filthy unit. It needed a tidy up desperately.

Degreaser was not working well at first. After doing some research I used Mineral Spirits to clean up the g/box. It worked awesome!

Then a coat of the same POR15 engine enamel I used on the block.

Metal shavings came out when draining the g/box oil. Eeek.

Shavings

That dosen't look good.
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That's exactly the words that came out of my mouth at the time. I took it to a transmition shop here and they said everything was fine.

Looks like bits of bearing cage

turo a-series, yum yum, cool wheels too!

Well the transmission looks good.👍
A series parts just seems like a long time ago for me.

Took the differential out because the last person did not put a gasket in the space between the housing and the differential! So when i filled it with gear oil it poured out immediately

I don't know what the numbers and letters are in white, any idea?

Also stripped and painted the driveshaft.

Axle gaskets I ordered from Nissan turned out to be a different size and shape. Instead I used RTV for gear oil and sealed the axles to the backing plates. Such is life.

2 steps forward and 1 step back.

...I don't know what the numbers and letters are in white, any idea?


Its usually measurements taken by the installer when setting up the Crown and Pinion mesh. e.g. could be a shim thickness to set the pinion.It could also be the measured backlash between the teeth.

See visual guide to setting up the gear alignment.

That interesting Benny, good to know.