Will this fit? Looking at buying yet another cinq, this one needs a gearbox or possibly clutch + cable. It will only select 1st, 3rd and reverse and the box is noisy.

I have a spare punto 55 gearbox in my garage in fully working order.

Ive spent the past hour searching old posts, I see many have used the punto 60 gearbox as it has a longer 5th gear, however would my spare 55 box fit and work fine apart from the difference in ratios? Would I have to modify anything to make it fit?

Also pricing up a clutch kit, £34 is the cheapest I can find delivered, bargain compared to the £80 I paid for a Punto GT clutch.

I will say this one last time.... the punto 60 box does NOT have a higher 5th gear given the same tyre sizes! A 13" wheeled Punto 60S runs on 155/65R13 tyres iirc which changes things a little!

Easy tiger! Thats what I had found from searching this forum, its not my opinion just what I have read.

Its also not related to my question, I have a 55 box and im asking if this will fit, I dont have a 60 box

Reading the puntos owners handbook I have the following is true -
* The 55, 60 & 75 use the same box with diffrent final drive ratios.
* The 55 & 60 get 16/57 (3.563) on 13" wheels
* On 14" wheels the 55 gets 15/58 (the same as the cento sporting) & the 60 gets 15/57 (the same as the 75)
* For a limited number of body codes, the exception rather than the rule, you get a wide ratio gearbox on the 55 & 60 which uses the 16/57 final drive. I haven't managed to track down this box in the UK or France, and I want one.

Oh and it is true that the Puntos run higher total ratios than the Cento sportings but that is down to the larger tyres rather than the boxes.

Opps and to answer your question... besides the ratio differences the box will fit but you may have clearance issues on the left hand wing. You will also have to change over some bits n' pieces from the cento box as they don't use the same selector mech or clutch mech if my boxes are anything to go by.

It should be doable, the question is, is it worth the effort?

I'm not sure if the Punto box is one which has dry inner CV joints, or wet ones. If it uses wet ones, you wouldn't believe the amount of work to swap it over. It'll fit the engine fine, but you need different cables, driveshafts, starter motor.......

My advice is, if it's a wet one, walk away. With Sporting gearboxes out there for £50 upwards, it ain't worth the hastle.