Question for 80 series owners & maybe others

Submitted: Wednesday, Mar 12, 2003 at 13:45
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I own an 80 series petrol manual. On long trips the gearbox and area just in front of the floor pan gets very hot. It'll get to a certain temp and remain there. The heat on the driver's footrest becomes just bearable (when barefoot) and when resting my left leg against the gearbox housing it also becomes quite uncomfortable to the point of keeping my leg away from it. This has been going on for the last few years and I've just had the whole underneath serviced, new clutch, diff & gearbox oils etc.
The engine temperature remains constant and never had a problem with it overheating.
Has anyone had problems with this in the past? Is it normal? I know with the a/c on it cools it down a bit but with it broken we find more heat coming through the firewall then from outside on a hot day.
I visited 80s owners online but there's nothing there re this problem.
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