No gears.. A bang, and car in garage :(

1. si_pow Established Member Joined: Oct 2008 Workington, Cumbria Posts: 1025 2001 mk5 Fiesta ZS

   #1 21st January 2009, 20:18

   Hey guys n' gals.
   
   Was on my way home from work today, and I was in first gear going into second coming out of the works carpark nice and slowly after a long/shit day at the office; and the car wouldnt go into second, put my clutch out and then back in again and tried to put into gear again, As it went in i heard a bang and all of a sudden i lost all my gears
   
   Mr RAC came down to help me, and they had to tow my car to my local garage from the rear, as the front was too low. (as many of you know the rear is standard again)
   
   He said it was the dif and its probably put a hole in the box.
   
   Any ideas how much this is going to cost me? Expecting a call from the garage sometime this week to let me know on a quote.
   
   Just one thing after another with this car
   
   Cheers
2. boz Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2005 somewhere on this planet, doing something..... around northumberland or in the middle of the sea Posts: 8774 Mk2 VTS track mk1 turbo vts scooby engined 2CV

   #2 21st January 2009, 20:48

   this happened to me in the vts, i was doing 30mph and the car jumped and skidded to a hault!!
   
   when i got the box off, the diff had throw bearing rollers out of the bell housing!
   quite common, easy to sort, you just need another box. just need to check the clutch to make sure its not coverd in box oil.
   
   
   scrappys have loads of MA boxes of the TU saxos, you can fit any MA box. some have better ratios than others, but they dont make a massive difference
3. si_pow Established Member Joined: Oct 2008 Workington, Cumbria Posts: 1025 2001 mk5 Fiesta ZS

   #3 21st January 2009, 20:58

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by boz this happened to me in the vts, i was doing 30mph and the car jumped and skidded to a hault!! when i got the box off, the diff had throw bearing rollers out of the bell housing! quite common, easy to sort, you just need another box. just need to check the clutch to make sure its not coverd in box oil. scrappys have loads of MA boxes of the TU saxos, you can fit any MA box. some have better ratios than others, but they dont make a massive difference

   Thanks mate. Made me feel alot better about it! How much do you reckon I would be looking at for the new box? Just roughly
4. Sparco_Tom Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2007 Aylesbury, Bucks Posts: 12836 Yeaaahh Fiesta

   #4 21st January 2009, 22:21

   anywhere from £50 to £300 depends what you want
5. danvtslondon Infrequent Poster Joined: Dec 2008 North london Posts: 191 Low rider vts!

   #5 22nd January 2009, 07:57

   my vts done this twice, just get a second hand box and go from there, you may need a dive shaft as i did cos mine was knackerd big time
6. boz Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2005 somewhere on this planet, doing something..... around northumberland or in the middle of the sea Posts: 8774 Mk2 VTS track mk1 turbo vts scooby engined 2CV

   #6 22nd January 2009, 10:23

   i was lucky and it was just the box.
   
   it was a mare as you couldnt push or move the car with the diff blown to bits lol
   
   it was lucky, i had a spare gti box in the garage.
   
   i would just find any box i could get from a scrappy mate. vts, vts or gti etc
7. si_pow Established Member Joined: Oct 2008 Workington, Cumbria Posts: 1025 2001 mk5 Fiesta ZS

   #7 22nd January 2009, 17:20

   Garage rabg today. Theyve got a box thats done 50k so not too bad, not off a vtr though. fitting it tomorrow. £250 all in. If it doesnt have a VTR box in, will it make it slower and pull away more like a 1.1 ? lol.
8. GRAHAM2000VTR Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: May 2007 peterborough Posts: 2861 2003 black vtr current escort van lol 2006 ford

   #8 22nd January 2009, 21:54

   depends what box it is 1.1 1.4 vtr or s
9. Mark_Jordan Infrequent Poster Joined: Dec 2008 Wokingham Posts: 236 Citroen Saxo 1.1i 1998

   #9 22nd January 2009, 21:59

   nothing wrong with a 1.1 mate haha
10. martyn_roddie Regular Poster Joined: Jul 2008 stranboogie Posts: 279 volkswagen bora tdi highline

    #10 22nd January 2009, 22:07

    do it yourself wouldnt cost that much then
11. si_pow Established Member Joined: Oct 2008 Workington, Cumbria Posts: 1025 2001 mk5 Fiesta ZS

    #11 23rd January 2009, 17:59

    Too late now mate. Its been done. He rang before and said it will be ready at 10pm. What would be tyhe difference between a 1.1 1.4 vt r/s?
12. saxo_ron Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2007 Newcastle Upon Tyne Posts: 3017 Honda DC5, Gruppe M and j's racing

    #12 23rd January 2009, 18:16

    check the gearbox ratio guide mate, potentially with a lower fd you may be a bit quicker.
13. si_pow Established Member Joined: Oct 2008 Workington, Cumbria Posts: 1025 2001 mk5 Fiesta ZS

    #13 23rd January 2009, 18:49

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by saxo_ron check the gearbox ratio guide mate, potentially with a lower fd you may be a bit quicker.

    OK mate thanks. So what does FD mean? and is a lower FD found in which gearbox? the 1.1?