This blog is all about the long saga of the Opel manta that i own, and the mission to get it back on the road and maybe back to Germany again one day! For anyone who doesn’t know the car it has been on and off of the road loads of times in its life and has made 2 trips to Germany when it was running. Then in 2005 i decided that this would be the final rebuild!! so it was taken off of the road , had the underside bead blasted and painted and i have been collecting parts ever since waiting for the big rebuild. I finlay decided after meaning to get it all back together for ages, that this had to be the year to finlay finish it all. So the blog is the progress of all the bits that i have to find modify and generally work out how to fit things to the car, because as you will see this is not your buy new stock bits from a catolog and put them back on the car once it has been painted sort of restoration! everything is far from stock and if it did come from a catolog it wasnt meant for an Opel Manta!
So i hope you enjoy the info and maybe something i have done might just help someone else out as well!
Dear Sir,
It’s so happy & excited to see your Manta website, as my 1970 Opel 4 speed manual gear box now makes a lot of noises whenever shifting the gear from 1st to 3rd, also an extra metal-teeth-chafing sound generated from the gear box whenever at the speed over 80~100 Km/hr. on the hightway, thus I am eagering to seek for a rebuilt 4 speed gear box for my 1970 1.9 CIH Opel GT, she equipped with the same gear box as Manta A 1.9 CIH engine, just wondered:
a) whether you could help to find one fully overhauled 4 speed Manta gear box in UK? or b) should I replace it with a 5 speed Getrag as you did in your Manta?
Your suggestion & guidance on above would be highly appreciated.
Thanks & Best Regards/Albert Greeting from Taiwan
Hi Albert
Sorry for the late reply to your comments.
If you can get a 5 speed box for your Manta it will be much better. You can use the 4 speed clutch and flywheel, but the 5 speed bellhousing is a bit bigger so its a tighter fit in the tunnel than the 4 speed. If you do want to stick with the 4 speed you should easily be able to get a good one from the UK as most people swap to the 5 speed it leaves lots of the 4 speed ones about. I would suggest joining the UK opel club as there are people from all over the world on the site and there might be someone closer to you that can help out with a replacement gearbox.
http://forums.mantaclub.org/
you can also post some pictures of your car to show others your pride and joy 🙂
I hope this helps.
thanks Andy