VX Gear Box

[hellomoto]

Hey guys
I have a question regarding the gearbox on the VX. This may sound like a daft question but how many gears does the VX have? My Isuzu Rodeo has a 4 speed auto tranny plus overdrive (makes 5 right) but on the VX (99) I can only find 4. Does it not have the overdrive? If so, how do you activate it?

Thanks
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[VX1032]

Your Rodeo only has 3 speeds and overdrive. Sorry, they usually list it as a 4 speed, with the 4th gear being overdrive. Assuming you have a 2nd gen rodeo, its the same auto tranny, the 4L30E

[hellomoto]

Yeh sorry your right, its me that can't count. My Rodeo is a 2001.
I think i'm getting confused with the cruse RPM, on my Rodeo the RPM seems to sit lower than on the VX. Is this because the Rodeo has a "higher" final drive ratio?
Thanks
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[VX1032]

Yeah your rodeo has 4.10 gears in the diffs with the VX at 4.30.

[hellomoto]

Thanks, that makes sense. Don't suppose you know how to remove the roof lining? I need to remove the roof bars.

[MSHardeman]

I think that removing the head liner is spelled out in the shop manual. If you don't have one I believe that you can download it from somewhere here on the site.

Take a look here for a quick how-to:
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/showthread.php?t=10945&highlight=headliner+removal

[hellomoto]

I'll check out the link on that thanks. I need to remove the roof bars to tidy up the paint work and I believe (although I maybe wrong) they need to be undone from the inside (underside) of the roof.
Thanks

[MSHardeman]

moto, I think that you are absolutely correct. I'm starting to get some paint bubbling (indicating rust I would guess) under the front tip of the passenger side roof rail and after lookining into how to get the rails off I found that they are held on by bolts that are under the headliner. I haven't gotten into it yet, but it seems like you DO need to remove the headliner to get to the bolts that hold the roof rails on. What a PITA.