Anyone selling a T5 Box?

[Bassfiend]

OK - I'm just recovering after being given a cost of about £1,800 to remove my gearbox and fit a reconditioned one ...

Whilst I'm having a phone around a few more local transmission places to see about getting mine repaired (just a 2nd to 3rd synchro issue) I thought I'd ask on here if anyone has a decent T5 box they'd consider selling?

[Jonny cobra]

There is a couple on TVR Ebay m8

JC..

[Hoofa]

Tried the gearbox man for a refurb ?, loads of places do em, gearbox in/out is dead easy, what sort of prices have you been quoted for the refurb on its own ?

[Bassfiend]

Jonny cobra said:

There is a couple on TVR Ebay m8

JC..

Thanks JC - I'd seen there were a few Tuscan, T-car and Cerbie boxes (plus a £3k new box) which I'd seen and which is why I'd asked the other day whether the different cars all used the same T5 box or whether they were different.

I'm waiting for one of the breakers to text me back about a couple of complete Chims that are being broken up too but have to say that in the past they've been a bit lax at doing so...

Phil

[Bassfiend]

Hoofa said:

Tried the gearbox man for a refurb ?, loads of places do em, gearbox in/out is dead easy, what sort of prices have you been quoted for the refurb on its own ?

I'm phoning round and emailing a few places at the moment - I've had "£150 + parts + VAT" (which came to about £800) from a place "up north" but that's it so far.

[Bassfiend]

Hoofa said:

Tried the gearbox man for a refurb ?, loads of places do em, gearbox in/out is dead easy, what sort of prices have you been quoted for the refurb on its own ?

Is www.gearboxman.co.uk down / unavailable for anyone else?

[V8 GRF]

Bassfiend said:

Is www.gearboxman.co.uk down / unavailable for anyone else?

I can't access it either.

[S6 Devil]

You could try Dave at [e-mail] He quoted me £400 plus postage for an exchange box. That was in 2009 so the price may have gone up. He runs a Tuscan as well.

[SSPPGG]

ive been calling gearboxman for a week now, as i need a diff, .just gotten hold of them, theyve moved units (100 yards away as old unit was being knocked down), so theyve lost phones and website for a short while.

[Bassfiend]

S6 Devil said:

You could try Dave at [e-mail] He quoted me £400 plus postage for an exchange box. That was in 2009 so the price may have gone up. He runs a Tuscan as well.

Just emailed him - thanks for the pointer.

[debaron]

Just looking into this myself!
Turns out that the T5 is pretty easy to rebuild - there are even a couple 'how to rebuild' step by step videos available (Hanlon Motorsport and bad shoe productions) aimed at novice builders.

My advice, get a rebuild kit from Hanlon and tackle it yourself on the kitchen table!!

Ryan

[Hoofa]

I think that depends if you brave enough, id rather leave that bit to the experts, happy to swap a box though

[Bassfiend]

If I had a spare box then I would...

[SSPPGG]

ive had bernie at cts recon a few boxes for me.....always been about 250 plus whatever parts......never been more than 500.

[Bassfiend]

SSPPGG said:

ive been calling gearboxman for a week now, as i need a diff, .just gotten hold of them, theyve moved units (100 yards away as old unit was being knocked down), so theyve lost phones and website for a short while.

I'll drop them a message through their eBay store... Cheers

[sarbec]

Try John sure he can sort your old box
http://www.readmanracing.co.uk/

[GasMunkey]

Hoofa said:

I think that depends if you brave enough, id rather leave that bit to the experts, happy to swap a box though

I agree with that, I'm confident with spannering but leave gearboxes and diff's to the experts

[Bassfiend]

GasMunkey said:

Hoofa said:

I think that depends if you brave enough, id rather leave that bit to the experts, happy to swap a box though

I agree with that, I'm confident with spannering but leave gearboxes and diff's to the experts

If I had a spare box I'd love to take it apart ... I suspect they're something that *SEEM* much more complicated than they actually are.

[LuckyLucky]

Phil, try John Read as mentioned before;

http://www.readmanracing.co.uk/

I sent my box to him on a Monday and had it back fully refurbed on Wednesday.

He may offer a same day "take out, repair and refit", try him.

Cost was £400ish iirc.

[Bassfiend]

LuckyLucky said:

Phil, try John Read as mentioned before;

http://www.readmanracing.co.uk/

I sent my box to him on a Monday and had it back fully refurbed on Wednesday.

Spoke with him yesterday - sounds like his charges are reasonable but he's a fair distance ... If I can find somewhere decent that's more local to where I'd be pulling the box out (i.e. Guildford) then that'd be handy.

LuckyLucky said:

He may offer a same day "take out, repair and refit", try him.

Cost was £400ish iirc.

He doesn't offer that but he's on my list.

Cheers

Phil