My dad has a 1.9 jtd multijet, and his car is noisy. There is a rattle, but when the clutch is pressed it goes. He's having problems selecting some of the gears. My hubby thinks its probably the thrust bearing. Our local garage reckons it needs a new box, but I'm not sure. We have located a gear box out of a stilo, same engine, but not sure about the gear box. Can anybody advise on wether its likely to be clutch or gearbox. Also does any body know if the gear box from the stilo would fit.

Hi Misseemee,

That's a bit difficult to answer, the symptoms fit both clutch and gearbox.
The rattle could be from the gearbox and when you press the clutch it is disengaged and hence gearbox stops turning and the rattle stops, or it could be from the clutch release bearing which stops rattling when thrusted upon the driven plate.

Anyones guess, and problems selecting gears could be clutch not disengaging fully or gearbox problems in general although probably a bit more likely to be the former.

https://www.fiatforum.com/ducato/305308-complete-fiat-parts-catalogue.html
Hopefully the above link might lead you to a point where you can check the gearbox part numbers for compatibility.
Another component might be the Dual Mass Flywheel having play in it. Problem is, I believe you will have to get the gearbox off to check.

http://eper.fiatforum.com/eper/navi...INT_MODE=0&EPER_CAT=SP&GUI_LANG=3&WINDOW_ID=1
Found a better link for the ePER - don't think I can edit my previous reply