tsutton
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Fiat Punto Sporting 1.2 X reg
While moving toward a roundabout or a junction and slowed down to about 15 or 10 mph, I changed the gear from 2nd to 1st, it always end up with a crunch.
If I keep the gear in 2nd, stopped the car fully, then I changed to 1st gear, it doesn't crunch.
Been to the garage, he said it's "common on old cars", but we didn't have this problem on our previous Punto P reg, so I'm not sure what to make of this. He said he could take the gearbox apart and take it to a company where they can "tweak" it to our needs at a cost.
Question:
1) Is he right? I suspect not.
2) Is the gearbox on the way out?
3) Is the syncro(s) on the way out?
Or is this a known issue with this later model?
Thanks.
While moving toward a roundabout or a junction and slowed down to about 15 or 10 mph, I changed the gear from 2nd to 1st, it always end up with a crunch.
If I keep the gear in 2nd, stopped the car fully, then I changed to 1st gear, it doesn't crunch.
Been to the garage, he said it's "common on old cars", but we didn't have this problem on our previous Punto P reg, so I'm not sure what to make of this. He said he could take the gearbox apart and take it to a company where they can "tweak" it to our needs at a cost.
Question:
1) Is he right? I suspect not.
2) Is the gearbox on the way out?
3) Is the syncro(s) on the way out?
Or is this a known issue with this later model?
Thanks.