Hello,

Can anyone please tell me if you can use the gearbox from the 1.9JTD on a 1.6?

I haven't been able to find this info even after searching here and on google (which redirects me here )


My gearbox is shot and the gearboxes in my area are all from 1.9JTDs.

No.... the 1.9 and 1.6 gearboxes are completely different and are not interchangeable.

Well, that settles that. Thank you very much for the info!


On that note, does the gearbox from the facelift model fit the 1998 model? I'm assuming that if they fit, a slightly newer gearbox might have seen less abuse than an exact model year one

1998? That's a really early one! For the gearbox, it may be worth putting your VIN into the forum ePER (it's on the blue bar at the top of the page). After selecting Language, Country and Left or Right Hand Drive, click through Spare parts > Fiat, then enter your VIN in the box and hit enter. You'll see a page confirming your vehicle's details. Click Next. From that point, any lists on the parts pages will grey-out anything that isn't suitable for your exact vehicle.

Go to the Transmission tab, then "21200 Transmission", which is the top-level page. Find the part number for the gearbox in your car in the list on the right (most parts for older Mutliplas begin with either a "46" or a "77") and make a note of it. If you click on the part number, you'll see a pop-up window giving details of the part and also a history log, where you'll see if it has been superseded by a different part number. Make a note of those part numbers as well.

You can then go on ebay and search for replacement gearboxes using those part numbers. Not everybody lists the part number in their item description on ebay, so it won't show you all suitable parts, but it's a good start. If you put the part number into google, you may get lucky and find links to other vehicles that the same gearbox is fitted to. I have a feeling that the 'box for the 1.6 was also fitted to some Bravos and Bravas, and possibly the Marea too.

This is brilliant! Much easier to use than 7zap.com Gearbox had a revision in 1999 so it's no wonder mine broke, seems to have been faulty from the factory. Although, can't really fault it since the car has 310,000Km / 192,000 miles on it


Thanks for the info. I found a local gearbox in the meantime, hopefully it will work and not leak. Car is scheduled in the shop for next week.


You are right though about the Marea and Multipla sharing the engines and the gearboxes. Still wanna fit the Marea automatic gearbox to the Multipla someday and I even found place for the selector, if I pull out/relocate the radio and mount the selector sideways.

Cheers!