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Manual Transmission/Transaxle: Description and Operation

^ Transmission types, G40, G57, G58, W46, W55, W56, R150 and R15OF are constant mesh synchronizers for forward gears and a sliding mesh reverse gear.
^ The illustrations below show the engagements of transmission gears.




















^ The above illustrations show the engagements of a 5-speed transmission. For a 4-speed transmission 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and reverse are the same as for the 5-speed transmission shown above.
^ The above illustration shows a G type transmission. The configuration of each gear is slightly different to W and R type transmissions but the gear engagements are the same.