LEAK... LEAK... DIY Gear Box Gasket Replacement

[Chromas]

On Sat, I was placing my car on the hoist at Teo Hin Tires and I was looking under the car cos the previous day at Park Mall, my car's right centre beam "sat" on the top edge of the car park for a short moment, thus I wanted to check the damage (luckily non).

 

But I saw other stuff like some oil around my gear box. Upon closer inspection, my friend and I noted that the gasket had not been well seated when the mechanic was doing my gear box the last time around for servicing.

 

Here's a look at the gear box after we self-disassembled the top portion of it.

 

Inside Car Shot

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Under Car Shot (see the black oil stains)

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Look at the face of my friend after we had taken out the gasket and fabricated a new one for it (old one in his right hand with the torn top section).

 

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Thanks to the following for having lended a hand in helping to get the gasket fix:-

• My good friend Leonard from Australia who helped me get the gear box shifter top opened (it takes two people to do it)
• My long time army friend, Vincent, for lending me the use of his hoist at Teo Hin Tires for the good part of the afternoon
• Ah Shiong of Imperial Powershop for having responded very willingly to help when I first called him to let him that I needed gear box oil.
• Patrick of Imperial Concepts for allowing me to use his gear box oil to top up the amount that had leaked out previously

[Pisces69]

Great DIY. Very adventurous of you.

 

Also noted u have many good & helpful frens & ws who helped to make it easier for you.

 

Thanks for posting your DIY here.

[Chromas]

All the workshops on Sat were not really available to help with my problem, so I drove to Teo Hin and placed the car back up on his wheel alignment machine.

 

That gave me the ability to go under the car to inspect the leak properly. With Vincent's workshop tools, Leonard and I managed to remove the gear shift cover which exposed the torn gasket.

 

We figured that whoever was the last mechanic who tightened back the cover, just simply anyhow put it in without looking properly, thus causing it to be torn over time, which resulted in the leak.

 

After loads of oil on our hands and some handiwork cutting of the new gasket from the gasket material, we had a brand new piece to put back in. Total work time was about 3 hours cos we had to figure out how to open the gear shift cover plate to expose the area, find out that the gasket was torn, find new gasket material, find some gear box oil to top up (which required a bit of running around, luckily all within the Ubi and Kaki Bukit area only).

 

I think I saved up to $100+ for this DIY and most importantly, saved my gear box too.

[Pisces69]

 

Not many pple have the same determination as you & your frens.

 

 

Although the amt saved was small compared to the amt of man hours put in to rectify the problem. It shows the sign of a true enthusiast.

[Chromas]

Had loads of fun resolving the issue

[Pisces69]

Hahaha. I'm sure u did.

 

Always very satisfying when the problem is resolved.

[Megalord]

Did you cut or knock the new gasket?

[Chromas]

I cut the shape out bit by bit