wilharper2000
New member
Hello everyone
I was an active member here at least 5 years ago while I was driving our family heir loom a 1988 Panda 1000CL.
Unfortunately when I was 17 I thought a 306 Dturbo would be much cooler, and subsequently I am now a huge VW mk2 golf fan, owning a mk2 GTD now as my daily car.
However, as with any family heir loom, the panda has been kept but not been cared for in the most ideal way.
It has been in our garage and started and driven occasionally, unfortunately the last time it was taken out it had no oil in the gearbox, even though I warned my dad the gaiter had perished and as a result the car should not be driven.
Anyway it happened, and the gearbox still has no oil in. It is noisy obviously but I feel this is a good time to treat the car to a 1.1 and 5 speed gearbox (if anyone has any opinions on this please let me know, as I am weary of deviating away from originality).
I'm 23 now and in my final year of uni, my friend has just moved to Japan and I thought what could be better than driving my favorite car to Japan and back when I finish uni. I study mechanical engineering and have fully rebuilt my golf's engine last year so I'm fairly positive about what lies ahead for the panda.
Now on to my question! If the car is going to complete a 20,000 mile journey around the world I need a decent gearbox.
What fiat gearboxes would be best to fit? It is currently a 4 speed rod only gearbox, but understand the later pandas has rod and cable which could be fitted if I could find one. Could I fit a cinquecento or seicento box, including their shifting mechanism. I'm assuming they are slightly more durable than the original boxes + can take some obtainable gearbox oil.
Btw, just to let everyone know I fully aim to bring this car back, its an heir loom as I say, but all heir looms have their stories to tell!
Thanks for reading my essay
Will
I was an active member here at least 5 years ago while I was driving our family heir loom a 1988 Panda 1000CL.
Unfortunately when I was 17 I thought a 306 Dturbo would be much cooler, and subsequently I am now a huge VW mk2 golf fan, owning a mk2 GTD now as my daily car.
However, as with any family heir loom, the panda has been kept but not been cared for in the most ideal way.
It has been in our garage and started and driven occasionally, unfortunately the last time it was taken out it had no oil in the gearbox, even though I warned my dad the gaiter had perished and as a result the car should not be driven.
Anyway it happened, and the gearbox still has no oil in. It is noisy obviously but I feel this is a good time to treat the car to a 1.1 and 5 speed gearbox (if anyone has any opinions on this please let me know, as I am weary of deviating away from originality).
I'm 23 now and in my final year of uni, my friend has just moved to Japan and I thought what could be better than driving my favorite car to Japan and back when I finish uni. I study mechanical engineering and have fully rebuilt my golf's engine last year so I'm fairly positive about what lies ahead for the panda.
Now on to my question! If the car is going to complete a 20,000 mile journey around the world I need a decent gearbox.
What fiat gearboxes would be best to fit? It is currently a 4 speed rod only gearbox, but understand the later pandas has rod and cable which could be fitted if I could find one. Could I fit a cinquecento or seicento box, including their shifting mechanism. I'm assuming they are slightly more durable than the original boxes + can take some obtainable gearbox oil.
Btw, just to let everyone know I fully aim to bring this car back, its an heir loom as I say, but all heir looms have their stories to tell!
Thanks for reading my essay
Will