With the gearbox out, the clutch cover is exposed.

Forgot to say, when I took out the bottom 4 bolts I had a lot of water, oil and general soot from the clutch that poured out the bottom. The gearbox had pretty much sealed this into the bell housing and for some reason hadn't drained out through any of the drain holes.

After some lowering, pulling and a bit of pry-baring the gearbox came out and eventually I got it on the floor. It would be interesting to know how much it actually weighs. If anyone knows?

I couldn't get the cover off in this position, it was pretty much glued on, so I left it on to come out, wasn't sure if it had melted on or was actually glued on, but managed to get it out the way enough.

With all the bolts out, and the gearbox well supported still, one last check to make sure nothing is going to catch the gearbox. I cable tied the pipe that runs along the top out of the way and made sure that the clips that the bolts go through were out the way and not going to hinder the...

From this photo you can see the bottom bolts, and the longer bolt at the top of the photo. They're all pretty easy to get out after this, the other top bolt is very easy to get to from the top of the engine bay.

From this picture you can see the bolt at the top right, it was hidden under the gearbox sound insulation cover, so was a bit tricky to get to as this cover kept falling back over it. The photo shows the bolt under the cover, on the top above where the starter motor went.

Just to give everyone an idea of where the bolts are. A diagram of the bolts and the position. They are all the same size apart from the two on the sides, which are longer than the others. The only one that was a little bit tricky to get to was the one shown on the top right.

With all the bolts and nuts removed, I jacked the gearbox up enough to get both the supports out and put these to one side. Then let the gearbox down again to where it was.

Then the other, smaller support. Again, the 4 bolts and the one nut.

Now, with the gearbox supported I removed the two gearbox mounts on the side of the gearbox. First the large one, undoing the 4 bolts and then the nut at the bottom.

Now was the time to support the gearbox. I would strongly recommend buying an engine support. To get the gearbox out I just used my trolley jack to support the weight and a block of wood to protect the housing. I also used a second trolley jack to stop it from twisting and put an axle stand...

I'll try and finish this tomorrow. But I'm at work early tomorrow.

I thought about it, but wondered if it would get in the way and get damaged. Hanes manual says to remove the cable from the bracket, but looking at it , I thought it would need to be set up again after doing that, so I think that would be a whole load of grief. In all honestly I figured...

Another view of the clamp, this time removed.

With all that removed and a blanking bolt in the hole, I removed the 4 bolts holding the transfer cable to the gearbox. There are 4 long bolts you can see in the picture and this holds the metal bracket on to the gearbox and also metal clamp that all the cables clip onto. I removed all of...

Forgot the photo

The other breather bolt and pipe can be reached from the top through the hole by the gear selector. From this photo you can see the breather pipe and bolt. You can also see the large bolt that had the cable clamp on it which needs to be removed and also the transfer selector clip that holds...

Close up of the breather bolt.

Two breather pipes from the gearbox. One is clipped with a 10mm you can see in the photo and the breather bolt is visible too.