Reconditioned Gearboxes. Q's

[willsy]

Evening all!

With my VTS engine virtually complete and ready to fit into the car when the engine bay is sorted i am now in need of a gearbox before i can fit it.

I dont want to fit an ordinary 2nd hand gearbox as you can never really know what you're getting- ie. Has it been abused, crunched into gears, have the syncro's died and has it had oil changed regularly?

Plus itll be a waste doing that with a newly refurbed engine going in.

So, as a brand new gearbox isnt a feesable option i want to know:

Is there anywhere reputable that sells recon boxes with everything changed?

Do they come with a warranty, in the past ive heard people get a 1 year or 10,000mile warranty with theirs but i forget who that person was.

How much should i expect to pay? Ive got roughly 300/400 in my head?


As usual any help/advice appreciated

[brooksy22]

You will get a waranty with it mate , there is a good place near northampton to get a recon box . got one from them for my escort when i lived in rugby , cant remember what its called tho

[SNewham]

My reconned gearbox was £650 fitted..... but you can probably get it done within the price range that you mentioned..

[M4SON]

prob had heat b4 it was sent 2 get reconditioned thatl b y its owt. get another standard box 4 the money

[Mark51p]

there is a place near me that does a 1 year warrenty for a reconnect box and there are just over £200

[spencer_cammedvts]

i got my reconditioned 106 rallye box for 340 including delivery & VAT with 2 years warrantee. Search for a company called CLECKHEATON GEARBOX & CLUTCH on google mate

[Steve]

dont get from a breakers unless its your mate or something............
my input, nothing but hassel

[Steve]

Originally Posted by spencer_cammedvts

i got my reconditioned 106 rallye box for 340 including delivery & VAT with 2 years warrantee. Search for a company called CLECKHEATON GEARBOX & CLUTCH on google mate

bargain tbh

[willsy]

Some very helpful ones there cheers guys

Ill look up some of the places suggested there

No way in hell im paying for a new one thats well over a grand, could get a recon one with a quaife diff for that much.

Breakers ones cant be relied on for something like this, even if they seem good at the time you never know if 2 months down the line itll start crunching or bits starting to go on them.

Recon FTW

[jpsaxo]

Originally Posted by willsy

Some very helpful ones there cheers guys

Ill look up some of the places suggested there

No way in hell im paying for a new one thats well over a grand, could get a recon one with a quaife diff for that much.

Breakers ones cant be relied on for something like this, even if they seem good at the time you never know if 2 months down the line itll start crunching or bits starting to go on them.

Recon FTW

I forget how much my mate said he'd recon a box for you?? but it was much cheaper than anything quoted on this thread up to now i'm fairly sure

vts box you should be able to get for around £100...

[Mark51p]

Originally Posted by spencer_cammedvts

i got my reconditioned 106 rallye box for 340 including delivery & VAT with 2 years warrantee. Search for a company called CLECKHEATON GEARBOX & CLUTCH on google mate

thats the same company in was on about

[Steve]

how much you got to spend?

[BENSAX3]

read the top

[willsy]

Moneys never really an issue, the figure mentioned in the start of the thread is just one that i deemed to be a reasonable price for one.

The key thing im after is some form of warranty with it and a full receipt

[Saxo-Slag]

I have a old vtr box which needs refurbing if you wnat to buy that to send off.

[cazer]

we would totally rebuild it for you with new planet wheels, new syncromesh,new bearings and seals,if you have time you can come down actually watch us do it,we are a family run garage business specializing in the repair and overhaul of manual gearboxes,the ma is probally the most common one we do

[106pete]

if you wanted to replace all the syncros from pug/cit there about 500 probaly alot cheaper pater parts tho.

personaly id be very jubious of recon companines even if they do have warrente. think about it all they have to do it by a old box with 80k on it, clean it up and sell it. if it brakes in under a year then just send you another and leave u with the hassle of fitting it all over again.

theres a company on ebay atm selling recon box's, im pretty sure thats all there doin. good little scam tho.

cazer, what can you do about a gearbox with a screwed diff, im assuming the chrown wheel has gone, but its lost all drive?

[jpsaxo]

Originally Posted by willsy

The key thing im after is some form of warranty with it and a full receipt

The thing is your warranty is probs also based on standard power mate...

[Steve]

if money isnt an option get a decent box with quaife diff in it. or a sequental box

[cazer]

Originally Posted by 106pete

if you wanted to replace all the syncros from pug/cit there about 500 probaly alot cheaper pater parts tho.

personaly id be very jubious of recon companines even if they do have warrente. think about it all they have to do it by a old box with 80k on it, clean it up and sell it. if it brakes in under a year then just send you another and leave u with the hassle of fitting it all over again.

theres a company on ebay atm selling recon box's, im pretty sure thats all there doin. good little scam tho.

cazer, what can you do about a gearbox with a screwed diff, im assuming the chrown wheel has gone, but its lost all drive?

we can repair your box if it has no drive it is most probally the planet wheels,but on occasions the crownwheel slips from the actual diff as it is only heat shrunk from the factory,dont scrap the box,the only problem we are in hampshire