Skoda Project First Start Up! *Gearbox Rebuilt* 

Nice one! You should be proud of this, even just having the confidence to take the job on let alone also managing to sort it 👍🏻

Gearbox work is absolutely the most intricate work you can do on a car - but you nailed it big time. Full respect.

Well done. You probably saved £1000. Plus the confidence the job was done correctly. I would suggest wetting the bearings with gearbox oil during assembly especially if leaving a box dry for a while before fitting and running for first time. 👏👏👏

Been looking forward to this one. 👌 Didn't disappoint...👏

Great video James love all the detail we'll done another one saved

well done mate, proper job as we say here in Cornwall. i wouldn't ever have even considered taking a gearbox apart before, but now if i need the spare box for my 205 sorting i'll have a go!

Monsieur, you are really spoiling us.

Nice one, good job. To get that last litre in, just warm it up a bit and run it through the gears. Once they’re lubricated it should take the rest. I bought one of those pumps, they are good!

Standing there with shorts on freezing 🥶. Also move the gears around so the fluid can get into all the gearbox.

Hi Jame ,its great to see a successful end result to a very involved job ! And proves you have the b....s to tackle any job big or small so Big pat on your back 👏 👍🙂 When I replaced the gearbox oil on my 500 Abarth I lifted the back level with the front and put a spirit level on the roof so it was at the correct level and the whole 2 litres went in fine also I used a length of garden hose shoved it in the filler hole with a funnel attached to the top to refill the gearbox. 👍🙂

This is exactly right, don't worry about it! Fill till it drips out when the car is level, the prescribed amount of oil must be when totally empty (new or rebuild)

Congratulations on doing your own gearbox James I had every confidence that you would do it

Awesome that is a huge task taking a gearbox apart granted the gearbox is a fairly simple one but even so still a lot to break and go wrong i certainly would not attempt one roll on the next project great channel.

That pump makes oil foamy and as such oil use more space. Also car should be level or slightly jacked up on oposite side of the fill plug. Another great video. Keep it up.

I was looking forward to more Škoda content, really enjoyed this video!!.

Well done, doesn't matter how long it takes,you repaired it,good job.

You should be justly proud. Taking on a gearbox isn’t for the feint hearted

Well done James‼️ Good job 👍

Well done James, I've been doing cars for over 50 years and wouldn't have tackled the gearbox job. Hat off to you mate. Keep up the good work.

Well done bud! Nothing feels better than doing a big repair and it all works out!

It's worth saying that filling a gearbox for the first time after it's been overhauled is a bit different to changing the gearbox oil as a service job. When the box has been stripped down then it's full of air when it goes back in. Pockets of air can get caught inside the gearbox casing when you try to fill it up again, especially inside the diff housing, so the gearbox often won't take the full amount of oil it's supposed to. Drive the car around a little bit, or run it back and forth a few times each day if it's off the road due to the MoT having run out, and you'll usually find that, after a week or so, it'll take a bit more oil, maybe up to another half-a-litre. Needless to say, this issue tends to be worse with front- or four-wheel drive vehicles due to them usually having a diff housing built into the gearbox casing where rear-wheel drive gearboxes generally don't, aside from vehicle like Porsches and Alfa-Romeos with transaxles...

Great job. The other jobs are pretty easy. The window regulator often fails on Skodas and the airbag light will just be a loose connection. Get it a new timing belt and water pump and a service and it will be a great little car.

Great job, should be very proud of yourself for this one champ, Where will this fearlessness to mechanics lead you to next?👌👌👌

Good job well done from my experience filling up a gearbox make sure the plastic tube you use is smaller diameter then the gearbox filling hole so the air can get in otherwise the oil will come out

Can fill through the reverse switch. No need for a pump. Just a funnel. Good job.

That's the exact same as the Lidl pump, think it's just a generic Chinese design, unfortunately I bought 3 and they all failed but did get my money back

Very well done, brilliant work 👏 👍

Great job! Well done. You totally deserve that pat on the back! I’m really enjoying the Skoda series👍 I’m looking forward to more videos👍👍

Excellent James, you can jack both front wheels up and run the car through the gears ⚙ 👍

Most excellent James! 👍🏼

first class job,im very pleased for you...well done.

Great job, well done. Nothing as satisfying as fixing something yourself.

Well done mate a first class job you have done just think how much money you have saved doing this job your self and it shows everybody how much work is involved to change a clutch that is a comes thing the gearbox was extra work just briliant content well done you Phil in stoke

Absolutely incredible work James, massive respect to you for doing that yourself, I can do most jobs on my cars, but a gearbox overhaul is one job that just terrifies me. You are ‘The Best’ DIY mechanic on RU-vid in my opinion, looking forward for you to have a road test 👍🏻.

Brilliant work, many very experienced mechanics would never consider doing this job, much respect. Love this channel 👍

I have exactly the same problem with the gearbox in a Skoda Fabia. I have already bought the bearing and will start repairing it soon.

Kept refreshing your channel waiting for this! Great as always, fella💪🏼 glad to see you’re getting into the swing of things again video wise

Watching your channel has been very useful as it's told me to fixed my zafira A with a broken egr. I'm a novice my self and yeah i Got It to pass the mot and saved It from the scrap. It gives you confidence to fix bigger things on a car. Thanks. 👍

First class James well done mate, Have a virtual pat on the back from me too not only do you tackle these huge jobs most of the time on your own at home you also put a lot of work into filming and editing the videos to go with them on top of that for us to enjoy, great guy👍

Fantastic job man, big respect trying and completing this job from start to finish on your own and on your driveway 👏👍

Great result, he who dares wins 👍👍👍

That’s an impressive job you did here.

Good work James, glad all the work was worth it in the end result

Well done you. Great video and congratulations getting it all finished.

As an Ex Mechanic this is a job would never have tackled. Well done!

Great job James, pat on the back well deserved!

Yes you,v done really well good job , 👍👍🤩Tony from bedfordshire

Well done bro 👏 Congratulations 🥳 You getting better and better 🙂

You have become a pro mechanic, hats off James.

Absolutely brilliant. I couldn't have done it. I wish I could. Thanks for the video.

very well done James you did such a good job with the gearbox

Great result James and another new experience successfully notched up !!!

Loved this series, brave man. Well done.

Brilliant effort pal, it must feel great it’s now working, fruits of your labour

Nice one, love it when a City boy succeeds , well done sir !!!

Top job, great videos and work done

Awesome work.

Great work as always. 👌 Good to see you putting out regular content again. 😀

Well done James 👏 cracking job mate well done for taking it on and taking us along with you 👍 👏 stay safe mate 👍 🍺

Hi James it has been mentioned already the pump has aerated the oil when it was initially started so this will take up more space than just oil itself. Basically the air needs to ‘bleed’ itself to the surface inside the gearbox before a ‘true’ level can be determined. Gear oil is slightly thicker than engine oil so this may take a bit more time. Also IIRC if the car is jacked up on the filler side this aids the filling process. Any excess will flow out of the fill hole when returned to level then you can replace the fill plug. Had this issue on my Fiat Seciento when I changed the cough due the gearbox oil too, had to do this to achieve the correct level. Well done Dude. Also what are those plugs in you ear (what brand) as I am a ‘Cool Dad/Grandad’ and like to listen to my tunes when working etc...

Great job 👌 back to your best

Good job! Now time for a interior detail :D

Good result, well done James.

Well done mate! Hopefully make a good profit to put towards a new one

Great job man, could tell how happy you were when you started and drove it, very well done. I’m now tempted to rebuild my own gearbox after watching this. Quick tip though, after driving it a few miles you might wanna re check that oil level after the oil has been distributed around the box, not worth risking running it low and undoing all your hard work.

Well done, not many people would tackle a gearbox box problem let alone find the fault and mend it, an extra big pat on your back from me.

Well done.

Good work, tackling a gearbox rebuild for the first time, well done, pleased it worked 👍

Great job. You've inspired me to crack on with my mk5 zetec s imp blue restoration. Luckily mine doesn't have much rust. Thanks James keep up the great content.

Well done....you should be rightly proud.

Nice repair James, well done. I like your oil transfer pump.

Well done great job 👍

Well done James! Superb rebuild!

Well done James pat on back well deserved mate 👏

Great series on the Skoda, Savage Garage, looking forward to the MOT prep stuff. Best wishes.

Nice one. Check for any leaks after the test drive also. Just when you started the car for the first time after fixing it an advert come on lol.

I can't wait for the interior detail!

I changed mine 0A4 gearbox , wich is a different version of this gearbox , I used Fuchs FE 75W oil . On my mk7 the gb is tilted towards the bonnet , so the correct procedure to fill it up is by using the reverse-gear switch hole (10mm hole) and fill it up with 1.7L for my gearbox (1.9L dry) . The bottom pins should fill with aprox 0.2L of oil , so you should correct the gearbox oil level after 5km (actually the correct procedure is jacking up the car and put it in gear for 5min, if i call correctly, but its the same thing)

Nice one, good job. You're right to be proud :)

Good job 👏 watched all the videos on this one and thought it would never end lol. But enjoyed them all so well done mate.

Well done James as usual a brilliant video.

i replaced the selector shaft seal on my mk4 fiesta and when i refilled it with oil i read that the level was meant to be 5-10mm below the fill plug and ive had the same thing on telehandlers ive worked on so i would be a bit careful in assuming that the fill plug is also a level but still very good video just trying to help u out. i work on tractors mostly and they have loads of level plugs and the perfect level is when it is just dripping out very slightly but im sure it cant make that much difference i just had a pipe going into the gearbox and coming out the top of the engine bay with a funnel on but this method with the pump looks far more convenient

good work fella

Nice one mate liked the video a lot so great to see the Skoda up and running.

James very clever damn right you should be proud of yourself nice job 👌

Top job James, I’m really loving the Skoda vids. Keep up the great work 👍

Good working.Thank you

Smashed it mate! Well done, this has been a great little project.

Good job !. Im a Ex Saab Master Tech and the only thing i wont do is gearboxes. I just cannot get my head around them, so Kudos for doing an effective repair. That interior though is making me twitch. How do people drive a car that dirty. Yuck... Even when i used to drive a van i kept it super clean on the inside.

If you lift up front wheels and spin wheels with engaded gear this will release air inside the gearbox. You can take a short ride, what I could be the best idea. Also when this electric pump is working it generate a lot of air bubbles so oil could be in higher volume.

great job. now waiting for that detailing episode

Not scared to tackle anything, good job!

Well done that man, it sounded like a cement mixer before, looking forward to you finishing it ,😁👍

Great video James :)

Great stuff.

I generally use either a syringe or a siphon pump - the kind we carry on the dirt bikes to nick our mates fuel 🤣

Great idea on the gear oil fill, I've been using a syringe 💉 it feels like a workout with that thick oil.

Good series of videos. The electric pump was unnecessary. Since you had access from the top, all you needed was a funnel with a hose that fit on the end. Just fill until it starts to overflow.

Good job well done

I wood like to say you have done a fantastic job one the car, give yourself a big pat on the back well done mate8 nice one cheers Ian, give me shout out on your next video keep up the good work cheers Ian Scott 👍🏻