Help me please!!!

[Anonymous]

Most of the time im still in 1st @ 30mph...lol

Daz

 

[mathew]

you drive like me daz, im still in 3rd doing 60mph.lol

 

[Anonymous]

Only just changing up from second then...lol

Daz

 

[Dan]

well I hit about 70 in 3rd before changing up to 4th
lovin it

Dan

now sporting my badger badger badger t-shirt

 

[Tony]

Danny, where abouts are you located? If you are anywhere near Bradford (west Yorks) my best buds brother in law is THE best gearbox mechanic around. He'll give you his opinion on the problem for free, and will sort you out a dam site cheaper than anyone else could. Hes been in the game 20 years and theres very little he doesnt know. My clutch needed doing and he offered to help me do it and im not really an expert, but we had the gearbox out, a new clutch in and refitted in 2.5 hours. Let me know if you want his help.

T.

 

[Tom]

My 1.6 can hit 80 in 3rd

 

[Dan]

at a push maybe I could get more out of it but its a 1.2 for christ sake, it sounds like it will explode

Dan

now sporting my badger badger badger t-shirt

 

[Anonymous]

1st 20
2nd 40
3rd 60
4th 80 or 100 depending on wat im doing

that is 4000 rpm in each gear

Smee

 

[Anonymous]

But you have a different ratio gearbox you cheater...lol

To be honest its been so long since i drove my Bravo, that i have forgotten what speeds i can get from each gears...

Oh well...wont be long now, nearly done, hopefully running sweet with a new set of cams

Daz

 

[Dan]

plus nige has had a fiddle with mine (oooohh errrr )


Dan

now sporting my badger badger badger t-shirt

 

[Danny]

Tony: thatnks for the offer mate but im a bit far away i am in down in bristol. Il get the local mech to have a peek as soon as. cheers all. Danny

 

[Danny]

ok gonna ring round to ask about getting the 3rd sync done, today anyone have any idea of a rough price that i would expect to pay so i can tell them to feck off should they take the ****.

 

[Tom]

ITS NOT THE 3RD SYNCHRO!! If its slipping out of gear its another problem. If it was hard to get it into 3rd THEN it would be the synchro.

 

[Danny]

ok then so its not that. I just need to get it sorted and I dont want a stupid mechanic to just try and rip me of by telling me a load of bull.

 

[Tom]

You're gonna get shafted either way as taking the gearbox to bits is a long job.

Have you checked that its going all the way into gear?

 

[Danny]

yes mate it is going all the way in. il probably just try sourcing a re-con box then rather then any messing around, wip it out then 1 back in. any idea of how long this should take in an ideal situation so i can work out cost. cheers Tom mate

 

[Tom]

3-4hrs for a gearbox change, its a bugger of a job.

 

[Tony]

As I said a bit earlier me(amateur)and Rick(gearbox bossman) had the gearbox out and back in again in under 2.5 hours for a clutch change. If you are planning on a straight swap i.e. your old box out and a new/recon straight back in again a pro mechanic should not take longer than 2.5 hours. Its not as hard as you think if you have the right tools. I was lucky as Ricks garage at home is well set up with every tool u could need inc airline etc. Do not let anyone charge you longer than 3 hours for fitting, cos if it takes em longer than that they are either bullshitting about the time it took, or were not up to the job and struggled with it for longer than they should of done.

T

 

[Danny]

Just got a price back from an internet place i use all the time and they got a box there for £130 obviously re-con but is this any good. cheers boys Danny

 

[Danny]

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