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Big Problem with the car!!! My Gearbox went today so car is probably going to be off the road for a while now
Absolutley gutted just hope i can afford to get her back on the road.

Lloydiexx wrote:Big Problem with the car!!! My Gearbox went today so car is probably going to be off the road for a while now
Absolutley gutted just hope i can afford to get her back on the road.

So sorry to hear that Michaela

Shame bout gearbox hope you get it goin again soon

Shame about the gearbox but dont let it get you down, it always sounds serious but everything on a car is replaceable and can be fixed

You will soon be back on the road

Already Missing driving the beast having withdrawl symptoms
Tried reversing the car off my parents drive as my brothers car has no exhaust at the mo lol (we have such luck with our cars) and is took ages to start then was popping out of gear
Trying to find a recond one now if anyone knows of any be very grateful
Will keep updating on progress x

Will keep an eye for a re-cond gearbox

Ashcroft wrote:Will keep an eye for a re-cond gearbox

Thanks

Your probably best going to a gearbox specialist and have them rebuild your box rather than source a second hand recon box.
If you buy a gearbox it’s impossible to tell what condition it’s in and how good the rebuild was (a lot of dodgy companies out there)

1st Gear Transmission do a good exchange service and the boxes they supply have uprated bearings too so are stronger than the OEM units.
I used them on my Car and the box they eventually supplied was very good.
If I was having problems again though I would definitely go direct to a gearbox specialists and have them fix my own gearbox rather than a replacement, it’s not the sort of thing you want going wrong again.

Update on the car
Hopefully getting it in the garage this week to take out the gear box and have a look
then should hopefully be back on the road (with a bit of luck!) Driving my mums Fiesta Ztec S at the moment. (Parents are Life Savers)

Hope all goes well in the garage

Still havent had any luck with getting the car in the garage hoping to have it in there soon though!

have been browsing ebay for some new bits for her got a few things in mind
Hoping to swap the seatbelts for red ones,
got some genuine GTI mats
Going to do conversion of the main beam soon to the HIDS
Tinting the windows
Carbon fibring the back badge
Now i will have more time & (money) to spend on the car as moved back in with the rents.

sorry to hear about the gearbox!plans sound really good tho

Lloydiexx wrote:Still havent had any luck with getting the car in the garage hoping to have it in there soon though!

have been browsing ebay for some new bits for her got a few things in mind
Hoping to swap the seatbelts for red ones,
got some genuine GTI mats
Going to do conversion of the main beam soon to the HIDS
Tinting the windows
Carbon fibring the back badge
Now i will have more time & (money) to spend on the car as moved back in with the rents.

Liking the list.

Where did you manage to get the genuine mats from? Looked a few times for mine but never managed to hunt a decent set down.