Interchangeable manual gearboxes

[Waqy27]

Hi, thanks in advance any advice will be much appreciated.

I have a 2014 touran 1.6 manual with stop start with the gearbox code being MFR.

Unfortunately the box decided to pack up suddenly, without warning.

Now I'm struggling to get hold of a second hand gearbox with the MFR code. Having researched online, I can see that a gearbox with the MAW is very similar and more readily available.T

Looking at the VW manual, both gearboxes have identical gear ratios. I can't find any difference, so why make them with different codes.

The big question is, is this possible? has anybody fitted a gearbox with a different code to the original?

 

[Volkswagen Owners Club]

Hi....welcome to the Club

Not sure to alignment which would be the biggest issue.

If you had yours removed and managed to find one you could compare to then this would more than likely suffice.

Good luck with it all and let us know how you get on with it