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[Sticky]

What a bummer Matty

 

If you want some bits for the rebuild let me know

 

 

[Wreelybro]

Cheers Nick. Hopefully it's just bearings and bulk rings etc. I'm getting a pro to build it I'm not touching it!

[Sticky]

Are you slipping in a Quaife whilst its off?

[Wreelybro]

Did cross my mind but I don't have the money for one. Not sure how I'm going to pay for the rebuild of gearbox yet.

[Sticky]

Did cross my mind but I don't have the money for one. Not sure how I'm going to pay for the rebuild of gearbox yet.

As I said before you're welcome to any bits foc

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

Matt I'm feeling your pain

[Wreelybro]

Cheers Nick - Will let you know if need any parts. (I'll take a Quaiffe lol)

[Sticky]

Cheers Nick - Will let you know if need any parts. (I'll take a Quaiffe lol)

Strangely I'm not keen to be taking my box out.The final drive wouldn't suit your engine

 

Only just got her back on her wheels 6 months after the ' gorse bush' incident

[Wreelybro]

Know how you feel all I want to do is drive the bloomin thing! Missed one track day and looking dodgy for Bedford on the 19th May as on hols after this weekend. So won't get much time to run in engine only got 250 miles on it since installation due to these gearbox issues.

[Sticky]

You'll get there in the end and she will be fabulous

[fezzasus]

Doesn't two gearbox failures right after changing the engine point to issues with the alignment between engine and gearbox?

[Wreelybro]

Nah fez my original one was on the way out before I changed enigine and second hand box was a gamble just happens to have same issue. Just my bad luck. Never let me go to Vegas I'm just not that lucky.

[Mike (Cliffie)]

Oh Bum!

[Wreelybro]

Oh Bum!

Indeed!

[Wreelybro]

Engine and box now out and separated waiting to go to be rebuilt on Tuesday. Didn't take too long from driving car to engine on floor. 3hrs on my own. Only had help to lift clam from neighbour... Now for a beer.

[Wreelybro]

Before:



1 Hour in:



3 Hours:



And a quick de-grease and pressure wash



Engine minus box..... AGAIN!



Box off and ready for B E T Transmission to do their stuff.

[Sticky]

Good luck!

[Andrew aka Stuwy]

[Wreelybro]

Gearbox at builders should be back on Friday although I'm in Cyprus! D'oh! Oh well it'll have to wait.

[Wreelybro]

Been busy with other stuff recently but time for an update:

 

5th time out for the engine and gearbox. And after much discussion with various people I decided to take off the CS Flywheel and CS Uprated Clutch plate and pressure plate.

 

So started work and upon draining the gearbox oil out of my 'newly refurbished' gearbox we  noticed the the oil (only done 150miles) had a significant amount of silver and bronze coloured particles in it (Enough to make it look like a deep metalic paint. (Got the magent out and could 'chase' the particles around.

 

With this in mind and again a few knowlegable friends having a ganders decided to swap the gearbox for my origional one. I know you should only change one part at a time when troubleshooting but I've had enough taking engines in and out for now.

 

Anyway it all went back together along with my origional flywheel clutch plate, pressure place and origional gearbox...

 

And Guess what........

 

NO NASTY GEABOX NOISE! No chattering on idle!!!

 

So next step is to take oil and gearbox back to gearbox builder and get him to strip it down and explain what has happened to it.. (This I've not done yet)

 

But Happy days I've a VX I can now drive again albeit with my old gearbox which was a little rattley in the first place..