gearbox woes

Post by **callyspoy** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:08 pm

right, unbelievably, the day after i went and collected the fiat bits my gearbox died. quite upsetting as i am not doing the conversion until mid february. The problem i have is...bith first and reverse went awol at the same time. is this normal? it died when i was stationary, i put it in first and it jammed in, had to stall it to get it get it out again. i thought it may have been a clutch problem, but once i got it out it wouldnt stay in first, so i just pulled away in second which was fine, until i got to work and tried to bay park...no reverse!
so...could this be something other then completely chewed up gears? i can't really be bothered to take the gearbox off if i am taking it out in a couple of weeks for good. could it be something in the remote or anything?
cheers in advance
*callum*

Post by **bmcecosse** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:30 pm

Sounds like problem with 1st gear - it's used for reverse too. You could take the side plate off and have a look inside.

Post by **callyspoy** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:32 pm

okay, super, as long as i know that it is almost certainly rubbished! i was hoping to see about sorting reverse so that i could keep driving it, alas!

Post by **Luxobarge** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:52 pm

bmcecosse wrote:Sounds like problem with 1st gear - it's used for reverse too. You could take the side plate off and have a look inside.

Seconded! Sorry....

I've re-built one of these boxes, not too bad but lots of patience needed!

All the best....

Post by **callyspoy** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:24 pm

it's not a problem, no rebuilding happening here, too much effort for 2 weeks worth of use!

Post by **les** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:30 pm

I'd take it off your hands if you were not in sunny Portsmouth! I don't mind a gearbox rebuild now and then!

Post by **chrisd87** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:54 pm

Hi Callyspoy,

I think I'm right in saying you have a 1275 engine and nice exhaust in your Minor? If you're flogging them after doing the Fiat conversion I may be interested in one/other/both!

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