is the conversion of a ca18 into a 1200 hundred hard at all, is there any cutting of the cross member or modifying of the sump. and will the ca18 5 speed fit into the manual transmision tunnel or will i have to install an auto on, or modify with big hammer.

help is needed.

is your 1200 manual or auto? if its auto it will be easy, if manual bashing will be required.

Xmemba you can go through Andrew Deniss (Ca18det_man) will make you a top xmemba for your CA. no sump modifcation.

hardest bit is wiring and electrics AUTO sparkie!

to fir the S13 5 speed manual in you can to make up a gox section where the shifer comes out which is moved further down and the nandbrake needs to be moved basck as well. To avoid all this go with a auto tunnel but use a Stumpy Skyline box, the shifter comes out where the standard hold is.

Cheers
Damo

thanx for the help. does the skyline stumpy box bolt upto the ca18 or do i need to bolt it to the ca18 5speed bell houding.

plus i need to no does the speedo cable go into either or both of these gear boxes.

talking about stumpy gearbox what car year does this gearbox come from????

Yeah, tell us MORE.
I am currently looking at the possibility of using the '81 to '86[?] skyline box [L engine] & placing all the internals into a Series 3 Bluebird case with integral bellhousing, or perhaps a Pintara case, but i will examine all avenues before buying two gearboxes to make one.

Is this '81 to '86 model Skyline box the "stumpy one refered to?

I can handle a small setback of perhaps 3" max [75mm] but would much prefer to use the original gear lever hole in my 1000.

The series 3 Bluebird box is about 145 to 150mm longer than the original 1000 / 1200 box from bell face to the gear lever pivot pin, & thats about 6" which is way too long.
Chris

The stumpy box comes from the MR30 skyline, not sure on the exact dates
there is 2 options for mounting it up to a CA18.
One is use the S13 5 sp manual bellhousing,
or use a Series 3 bluey bellhousing (CA20 bellhousing)

Some people have had weird problems with using the S13 bellhousing, saying that one of the bearings aint the same but I found when I did my conversion is that the bearings were the same size.

Cheers
Damo

71C boxes use larger bearings and shifter rails. Use the ca20 71B box.

Hey feral how come I was able to use my CA18 bellhousing????

What are 71C boxes?? and 71B boxes

Damo


PS Feral you know too much, when they make a machine that steals knowledge, you better watch out as I'd be after your brain

I keep seeing the word "bellhousing" yet i have not seen any of these boxes with a detachable bellhousing. All i have seen is transmission cases with integral bellhousings.
Are we calling these transmission cases by the name that applies to just the front part of it? [The bellhousing]

Feral
Just to make sure i get it right. I take a stumpy Skyline gearbox assembly, & remove everything from the trans case. I pitch the case into the "storage container"

I take a series 3 Bluebird trans & do the same thing, except i keep the case & "store" the rest.

I fit all the stumpy internals into the later case to make a short 5 speed that will better fit into a 1200 or 1000 car by placing the gear lever in, or near to, the original shifter hole.

All these parts fit together perfectly.[?]

So far so good?
Chris