Technical gear box rattle

[Nick540]

my 1.9 8v croma has developed a interesting problem on idle its a strange metallic rattling from what i think is the gear box.

has any one else had any thing like this?

also the gearbox in the car was reconditioned about 2000miles ago.

any ideas appreciated.

 

[tarquin1867]

my 1.9 8v croma has developed a interesting problem on idle its a strange metallic rattling from what i think is the gear box.

has any one else had any thing like this?

also the gearbox in the car was reconditioned about 2000miles ago.

any ideas appreciated.

Hello Nick- If you had the gearbox "done" only 2000mls ago there would have been quite a few things to take off and replace to get the box out of the car. Something could have worked loose and be catching on something else. lots of screws on cars are "loctited" in so they dont vibrate loose, if they were not "re - loctited" when put back in then its not beyond common sense to think this might be your cause.
I have a very annoying rattle on the right hand side behind the dash, but I know what it is and cannot sort it, I put a new linkage on the wipers and when I had done it I was putting the sockets back in their places in the little box when one was missing. It must have dropped down the back of something and now I have the annoying rattle when the road surface is a bit rough. cannot see anywhere it could have got there but gone there it has

 

[Nick540]

Hello Nick- If you had the gearbox "done" only 2000mls ago there would have been quite a few things to take off and replace to get the box out of the car. Something could have worked loose and be catching on something else. lots of screws on cars are "loctited" in so they dont vibrate loose, if they were not "re - loctited" when put back in then its not beyond common sense to think this might be your cause.
I have a very annoying rattle on the right hand side behind the dash, but I know what it is and cannot sort it, I put a new linkage on the wipers and when I had done it I was putting the sockets back in their places in the little box when one was missing. It must have dropped down the back of something and now I have the annoying rattle when the road surface is a bit rough. cannot see anywhere it could have got there but gone there it has

I found the problem to be a fault in the box when it failed again

 

[tarquin1867]

I found the problem to be a fault in the box when it failed again

Jesus H Christ!!!???

Whoever "did " that gearbox wants taking lovingly by the short and curlies to the local Trading Standards office and made an example of.

I`m almost lost for words -- dont worry a good dinner will sort me out

 

[s130]

A Fiat dealership told me that they no longer overhaul gearboxes themselves. They are just too complicated and every different one requires a myriad of special tools, plus a shed load of experience.

For them the safest and most cost effective solution is a Fiat factory reconditioned gearbox (service replacement) as opposed to a new box.

Yes the boxes are expensive but the job is done in a day, the customer gets a fully warranted box including labour should it pack up or develop any issues.

Sort of makes sense.

The last gearbox I overhauled many moons ago was a Singer Chamois/Imp Transaxle box. I'd hate to tackle a modern six speed 3 shaft box.

 

[tarquin1867]

Showing your age there S130

I lived next door to a fitter at the local steelworks and he had an Imp. At one point he was "improving " the performance!! He would come home off the 6-2 shift whip out the engine, work on it, then put it back in before teatime and go down the pub with me later. He did this every day for 4 days , and travel to work in it each morning.

Those were the days eh. Mostly you could work easily under the bonnet and didnt need a degree in plumbing to understand what all the pipes were for