A few years back I had an issue with my gearbox jumping out of second gear, that was reasonably easy fix due to the advice I received here, what made it a lot more expensive was the massive crack they found in the bell housing that was welded up. After a few recent gearbox related issues, I have discovered that the weld has failed and the crack has opened back up again. As last time it was about 2500AUD/1450GDP to have it all repaired and this time I'll need a new box as well and I have only been able to source one locally at 1350AUD/775GBP if I take this into the mechanics it is looking to be an expensive repair and hard to justify given the age of the car.
I have found a possible donor car with relatively low km's about 5 hrs drive away (they are nowhere near as prevalent here in Aus vs the UK) for 750AUD/430GBP so I am thinking about getting it and swapping the box's over. I have looked at the Hayes manual and think I should be able to do it (never swapped a gearbox before) but as the Hayes manual is a little bit vague I am wondering if there is any extra information/guides/pearls of wisdom that would be good to know. I have searched but didn't find a lot of info so I am hoping that means it isn't too complicated, either that or my search skills aren't great. So any extra light that can be shone on the subject would be greatly appreciated.
I should only need the vehicle for about 18mnths more so am probably only hoping to replace what's necessary and cross my fingers but if there are other bits's I should definitely replace whilst I have it apart it would be good to know also .