courier gear box

Auto or Manuel??

Is it a Ford or Mazda Gearbox as isn’t the Courier part Mazda part ford?

Tried changing the oil to a synthetic type? Or even cheched the oil levels.

i dont know wether this'll help or not but ive got one & had to replace the clutch after 50k (from previous owner) had a look at it & they dont seem to be very heavy duty ie small size etc & now at 65k im starting to feel first gear cog a bit more (if thats a good description?) ive heard nothing but fairly good reports about couriers & mazdas but imho you have to nurse them a bit & dont take that the wrong way as to your driving capabilities its just that i dont think their designed to go real hard over the rough stuff even though ive had a ball in ours on some rough trips ,keep an eye on the radiators (turbo) . i suppose if you look at all the other posts on this forum on any of the vehicles theirs always something going amiss on them,( & no, i dont specifically mean zd30's) thats my two bobs worth anyway cheers

G'day,
My Boss & I have a 2002 Courier ute (Company vehicle) that has carried about 5-600kg all its life from new with a steel tray, canopy, water & 140l fuel tank, Steel Bar & winch & when it just clicked over 100,000k when we spat 5th gear... which Ford still fixed under warranty..(123,000 now, which were done hard over some of the worst Roads in North Queensland)

apart from this, absolutely no guts down low & its drinking habits (Small turbo Diesel with a lot of weight),we've had no problems with it & think it would be a great little ute under normal circumstances.....
& this is coming from 2 people that own 4 cruisers between us.....
Rick....