Tuscan S 5th gear grinding

[alz]

I have just recently purchased a tuscan S (06/07/2007). It is great to look and to drive (well in the dry), however I am having problems selecting 5th gear. Whether I am selecting under hard driving (180mph today)(keep that quiet though), driving carefully or simply selecting reverse I get an awful grinding noise like it can't catch the revs. Is this a common problem with the car or something I should really see the dealer about?

[ec1 eex]

I'd suggest that you don't select reverse when going at 180mph!

Seriously though - push the gear stick into the 3rd or 5th before selecting reverse and the crunch won't happen. They all do that!

I can't comment on your 5th gear problem.

[davido140]

5th gear isnt a whole lot of fun to use on my (non s) tuscan. It never sounds very health and the box does a whole lot of whiring and doesnt sound too health. IIRC I have read several post about 5th being a little fragile on these boxes.(I never realised but its actually in the manual about selecting another gear before going into reverse)

not much help, just my experiences.

[dvs_dave]

I've also heard that 5th gear (particularly the syncros) in the T5 gearbox is prone to failure.

[alz]

Thanks for that. Not exactly the greatest feeling when selecting it. Will just need to keep an eye on it I suppose. Apart from that the car is a whole lot of fun. Had an evo 8 driver rev as I went past him in town. Thought I would return the favour, promptly embarrased him with a real exhaust note and he and two of his friends were screaming and swearing at me out there car. Oh it felt good!

[TSS]

Sounds like syncromesh on 5th is going. I had this on my Sagaris (allegedly bad batch of gearboxes – why do TVR seem to get the bad batches of all components?) and I’ve driven a couple of TVR loan cars with the same problem. Normally it’s only noticeable when changing from 4th to 5that high RPM.

[Lucozade]

Yip - I had the same problem on my 2000 Tuscan with 5th gear. Was swapped out under warranty.