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goldsealed gearbox
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:27 pm
by mmjosh
hi there i have been offered a goldsealed gearbox for £35.00 and the gearstick dosent move would this take alot to free of and is it worth it for £35.00 or should i leave it
cheers
Josh
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:39 pm
by mike.perry
Just because it is a gold seal box does not imply that it is a good box, it could have had many thousands of miles use since it was reconned.
It may be a simple problem with the gearstick jumping out of the selectors so take the lever out and have a look. Make sure that the locating pins and the cups and springs are all there. What cc box is it? If it is an 803 I would not bother with it. If it is a 948 then if it works I would fit the 803 gear lever assembly and keep it.
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:40 pm
by mmjosh
1098cc box we have put a 1098cc box in mine already
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:45 pm
by mike.perry
If it is any good then keep it. You can still bolt the 803 lever to it to Keep the car looking original.
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 5:09 am
by bmcecosse
Not easily you can't! 803 lever has been fitted to a 1098 box - but it took some 'machining'! Ask Callyspoy!!
As for the lever being 'stuck' - I have seen this on a Mini box (same internals) - and it was simply because there was no oil and the syncro rings had stuck to the gear faces. A few squirts of oil and a bit of tugging - and all was fine. But of course - there could be much more sinister problems - one possibility being that the box was taken apart and the re-assembled with the interlocking 'bullets' in the wrong places!! I would say at £35 it's a bit of a gamble. As it sits it's basically worth nothing. Will they let you take it away and fiddle with it for a day - and if the lever comes free then pay £35, and if not -return it? Also worth popping the side cover off (squirt oil in here) and inspecting the little 'dog' teeth on second gear - if they are worn (compare with 4th gear which never wears) then the box is pretty useless anyway.