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It's pretty bad... Gearbox/clutch...


Luke0549

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Hi!

 

Just a bit of advice or any suggestions really?

 

Since I bought the car the gearbox made a noise when not engaged but when as soon as clutch was depressed.

 

Now, it's pretty bad, also gear changes are becoming so hard/difficult.

 

I'm on holiday for two weeks so given my dad the task of getting it looked at for me.

 

Had my next door neighbour have a quick look who thinks its something to do with when the gearbox engages/ the bearing?

 

Will a simple oil change and lube up of the gear box solve these issues? Or is it a full on new clutch/gearbox? If so, anyone know what kind of price I'll be looking at?

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Sounds like a new clutch is needed along with some new gearbox oil and moly :)

IMHO that should sort the noise and the hard gear change.

 

:pmzmanalex: for the parts and find a local garage to fit em :thumbs:

 

It may be gearbox aswell but they usually seem to last OK.

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For the price i paid, it was worth it!

 

Well I hope it was at least £2k off the market price, because having just had a complete gearbox and clutch replacement, I can tell you that £2k is about how much it'll cost you if it's all fooked, lol.

 

DB

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2k?!

 

You sure you haven't been done over?

 

Would expect half that even if you need a whole new gearbox...

 

Very sure I wasn't done over. Got a very cheap low mileage gearbox and had a trusted garage (Horsham Developments) do all the labour for exactly what they quoted, but the clutch and flywheel are the killers price-wise as you really need to change them both at the same time. I'll be honest and say £2k is a slight exaggeration, but if i'd paid the going rate for my gearbox instead of getting it cheap (guys I bought it from didn't really know what they had) then it would have been about that.

 

Hopefully your problem isn't going need a total replacement. Bear in mind that the transmission on these cars is pretty noisey, and not the smoothest to operate, so a lot of what you're experiencing could just be normal.

 

DB

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Sounds like its likely to be the release bearing thats making the noise, (not really worth doing unless the clutch is shot) Also have a look at the slave cylinder, they are fairly common to fail, but first of all get some fresh fluid bled through to eliminate the cheapest possible cause first.

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