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Manual Transmission/Transaxle: Application and ID

Type designation

ID Location:






General
Type designation for manual gearboxes is divided into 3 groups of characters as in the following example:

FM55 101 A12345

The three character groups are separated by spaces and contain different information about the gearbox as specified below.

Example Showing FM53 With 2.9 Gear Ratio:




Gear Ratio Chart:





First Group FM55:





Second Group 101:

Third group A12345:


Manual gearboxes have a 6-character designation which starts with a letter according to which line the gearbox was fitted on. Each number series consists of 5 digits.