gearbox, going, going, still going, Finaly gone a new box and clutch fitted :D

[FisherVTS]

ok for past few weeks my car has been making alot of noise in the engine bay. sounds like a turbo on constant dump SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH when i drive in 1st and 2nd its louder but any other gear its qwiet and u cant hear it,and if i push the clutch down half way u hear shick shick shick shick sound and different tones when pushed all the way in, Gear changing is still good clutch is only 3 months old, been to 3 garages and they say its my diff or gearbox garentee it. the other night there was a grinding sqweak noise like sqweak sqweak sqweak sqweak then it would stop and also the smell of burning wud appear in the engine bay.

[richy_t_123]

i had the very same thing on my VTR thort it was the clutch at first fitted new 1 put it all back to gether and same thing lol was not happy..... mine turned out to be the diff was alot cheeper to get a 2nd hand box.

[-shuggles-]

mines done this but there was drops of oil between the gearbox and engine:(

[FisherVTS]

cheers guys :) glad someone else has witness this problem :) saves me plashing out on things again when it ant the problem lol

[richy_t_123]

hope you get it sorted mate keep us updated :Y:

[James106]

Hmmm sounds like Thrust bearing in the gear box :/ but that normally makes a whine, not a clonk.

[richy_t_123]

deffo not the thrust bearing mate that only makes a noise when it is ticking over and stops when you dip the clutch!!!

like said from what has been said it is that same as what i had and mine was the diff!!

and his clutch is brand new!!!

[FisherVTS]

yeh ill keep you updated

found a garage who will do it for me

fully reconned gearbox and fitted £350 and it can be done within a day :) so im hoping my uni loan goes in next week then i can get it done and get my cams fitted finaly lol

[richy_t_123]

thats a good price for a reconned box mate. should be done in a day bit of a simple job really.

i have done a box in about 4hrs but i have done about 100 now lol.

[FisherVTS]

iv just noticed somthing else with the car aswell fort i might need to mention

when you turn the ignition round before start you can hear some sort of motor going round in the engine somehwere, well yesterday it has stopped doing that. anyone know what that cud be?

[n1ckx81]

mine is exactly the same but now starting in 3rd nw defanitly needs new box and clutch

[richy_t_123]

the moto you car hear just befor starting the car would be the fule pump it must still be working or the car would not start lol

[baker556]

the noise is the fuel pump priming, if you turn your car on after just turning off it may not do this as it already has petty..

[FisherVTS]

the noise is the fuel pump priming, if you turn your car on after just turning off it may not do this as it already has petty..

cheers mate that could be why lol had me worry of more problems then lol i did start the car then switched it off then it wudent do the noise but nothing to worry about then lol

Gear is defo the main problem then, if anyone else exsperience the same problem and after a new gearbox with the quote iv been given then here is the garage details if anyone maybe interested

http://www.mrclutch.com/branches/55/milton-keynes?gclid=CID99LeOlZ8CFUWZ2AodBVqsKA

Mr Clutch
11 Goulds Close, Bletchley
Milton Keynes
MK1 1EQ
T: 0845 671 2713

[FisherVTS]

Ok not the kind of news i wanted to here, phoned up the garage today to book it in
and because my saxo is the 16v one the price he gave me yesterday was for a 8v one :(
the price he was ment to say was £450 for the box plus 2 hours labour :(

[n1ckx81]

2 hours labour is good me mate reckoned auto data says 5 and half hours

[FisherVTS]

ohrite so u think the new price could still be good then

[baker556]

MrClutch is crap stay away cheap parts, all slapped together they just want your money garuntee they say your flywheel is gone too, just review MrClutch online and your go elsewhere straight away they don't even honour their warranty.

[FisherVTS]

MrClutch is crap stay away cheap parts, all slapped together they just want your money garuntee they say your flywheel is gone too, just review MrClutch online and your go elsewhere straight away they don't even honour their warranty.

cheers for the heads up

been recommend this new place round the corner
ill post up details when iv given them a call

[FisherVTS]

Update...
Ok car was sent in this morning and had the worst drive of my life.
Had cars crashing a few feet in front of me everywhere and when i got to a juntion i cud smell somthing :S
i looked round the car and the entire car was filled of smoke of burning clutch :S
this i then felt the clutch and the bitting point was about half a nad lengh, also my clutch pedal was boounching up and down :S
but got to the garage and job done
got a phone call just now and the Clutch had been batterd so a new clutch was in order. also my gear was faulty so teh gear box will be getting replaced aswell :(

total price: £720.......

[James106]

Thats a bloody lot! the gear box has to come off anyway to get to the clutch! about 70 quis for the clutch, around 200 for the Box So i don't think it will cost 500 in labour!!!!

[raunchz]

Dont pay £720 for it!!

The labour to change the gearbox over should be ZERO, they are removing the gearbox to change the clutch anyway!

I can come to your house and easily do it for over half that!!!

[James106]

Seriously mate! shop around! that's if you havn't got it done yet!

Will cost no more than 200 for clutch fitter, so plus 150 for the box and an extra hour to fit the box, although it's got to be done anyway!, no more that 400 bud!

[FisherVTS]

nah iv shopped round and all i got was cant do it till 2 weeks or they wont even touch it or they dont know how to change one on the VTS

and i needed the car done asap as i need it to get to uni and i got alot of deadlines coming up

the box is costing me 450 just liek any other place would and the clutch costs 180 and plus 2 hours labour

[raunchz]

nah iv shopped round and all i got was cant do it till 2 weeks or they wont even touch it or they dont know how to change one on the VTS

and i needed the car done asap as i need it to get to uni and i got alot of deadlines coming up

the box is costing me 450 just liek any other place would and the clutch costs 180 and plus 2 hours labour

450 for a box !?

pm Sparco-Tom as he might be able to sort you out with a box for a lot cheaper than that !!

Make sure you put a vts box back on, not a vtr box!! You know what was wrong with the vts box ?

[richy_t_123]

i only paid £150 for a new box for my vtr and that was with 40.000 on it with proff.
got a brand new clutch kit for £50 off a mate who owns a parts shop at cost price
fitted it all my self so saved a bit of cash there.

deffo trying to rip you off mate tell them to fu** off

:y:

[James106]

Hmmm can you not get it done up at Uni?

[FisherVTS]

Hi guys got alot of good news :)
Car is finaly fixed :) the guys at the garage where very nice and very helpful as well as discovering my girly mate works there lol
new gearbox and clutch fitted and works perfect :D
Total price was £600 with 1 year garentee on the box and 2 year garentee on teh clutch.
every 500 miles they offer a free gearbox and clutch service for a year :D so all is well