is all old hold atm..

shes broken again

was pulling onto a round about.. and heard a bang, and then scrubbing, thought it was exhaust had fallen off, but i coasted her into a car park and looks like something to do with gear box. it runs, it revs, it will roll, but you cant get power to the wheels looks like a crank shafty thing that goes from passenger side wheel to gear box has disconected and is dragging on the floor

daddy is with her now waiting for aa man

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loll ouch, i would cry if that happened to mine!! 'B' or Brad Bravo

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i think you mean prop shaft thing no crank shaft, that not too bad

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i dont know do it!!

lol

i think with a haynes and some ramps me and my dad could sort it.. but dont know if thats just it.. might be more to it

didnt bushboy replace the gearbox :chin:

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Isn't Bushboy a trader now?

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oh another thing... with engine on.. i can change gear without the clutch :chin: so might be a little more than just that bit thats fell off lol

i cant help but laugh... cos if i dont ill cry! ive only had her back 3 days!

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yea, but you bought it to look good, now you can use it as an ornament

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Pah, using the clutch for gearchanges is for wimps!

On a more serious note, you can change without the clutch, try it on any car Don't force it, just let the synchros match rpms and it'll slip in. Obviously using the clutch is the better way to do it

I think it's a boy too I'm afraid!

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AA man has said drive shaft has come off gearbox end. he also said hes never seen that happen before... he then asked if we had work done on gearbox recently.. we said yeah, previous owner replaced it.. Aa man said they must have not put it together properly

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aa mans usually dont know a lot, is the cup still on the end of shaft or in the gearbox? there shouldnt be enough room for shaft to come fully out unless the joint has worn, person who fitted box would have had no reason to check that unless it was knocking

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it was dark.. and bit that was down looked like a stick with a ball on the end ?

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ah sounds like the cv Joints gone then, new shaft from scrappy about £15 circlip from fiat 50p half hour of work and back on the road most likely

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think i could do it.. with my dad.. and a spanner ?

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yeah sounds like an easy dad job

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will be a scrappy trip saturday morning and under the car saturday afternoon!

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I didnt replace the gearbox. I got a garage to do it.

TBH this doesnt suprise me. Now you know why I decided to sell it rather than fix it as a knew something else would break ... Didnt u read the part where I said it had been off the road 3 times within like the month I owned it

Cant think what would cause the driveshaft to pop out... usualy u have to dismantle the whole hub to get it to move. Could be CV joint as dave said, but I wouldnt blame it on the gearbox. Drove and ran fine. if it is the gbox then blame Dan He gave it me

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lol

im determined to get some fun out of this car! shes been great between getting her back on monday and last night!

just remembered my dad is going to scotland to get my sister to bring her down here for xmas on saturday, so god knows when im gonna get her back on the road.

annoying that its so close to xmas, and my local garage has had a little oil problem.. like.. they got flooded by waste oil

id go scrappy myself.. but ive no idea what im looking for and how to go about it.. and and and.. would i need to get bits off a 1.2 or are they models interchangable with that kinda stuff

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thought i would post some pictures so you can get a better idea what im on about!

shes broken again

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lmao how the fook uve done that ill never know. I cant work out how you could have popped the drive shaft... uve got to unbolt all the suspension and manover the hub to get the shaft to pop out... its not comething that can be done whilst the wheels are on

Looking at the photo though... Is the rear gearbox mount still in one piece? if its broke then the engine will be hanging free which, with enough movement (which im not sure is possible) and the wheels at the right angle, might pop the shaft...