Who's been blatting?

[MARTIN993]

Feeling passionate that these cars should be / can be used more or less all year round.

Surely what Sundays are all about?!

[Dr Slotter]

Not today, but was out round the Peak District a few times last Sunday. Lovely!

[grenpayne]

Mine's in bits, so no blatting until April I'm fitting a CC external tank Dry Sump Kit (with shortened footwell), the gearbox has been serviced by Road & Race, new gel battery and wiring being fitted, then a complete strip and repowdercoat of the front and rear suspension with new bushes, TREs and balljoints, new shiftlights, new SFS silicone hoses and a bloody good clean!

[Gingerbread Man]

Hi there Grenpayne.

Out of interest, how much was the gearbox service? WAs it a while you wait thing, or was it a two trip job?

[grenpayne]

The gearbox service at Road and Race was £270+vat. For that, they stripped it, replaced the 3rd gear synchro (which was worn), some bushes/collets, all the seals and put in a supporting bush that should have been in from manufacture but wasn't. They also replaced some other small worn parts but I confess I didn't understand what they did

I believe they can do the service whilst you wait but it does take a good few hours. I elected to drop off and pick up later, although I intend to take my diff there early next year and wait, I'll take a good book and chill out whilst they do it.

[Gingerbread Man]

grenpayne said:

The gearbox service at Road and Race was £270+vat. For that, they stripped it, replaced the 3rd gear synchro (which was worn), some bushes/collets, all the seals and put in a supporting bush that should have been in from manufacture but wasn't. They also replaced some other small worn parts but I confess I didn't understand what they did

I believe they can do the service whilst you wait but it does take a good few hours. I elected to drop off and pick up later, although I intend to take my diff there early next year and wait, I'll take a good book and chill out whilst they do it.

Did you have your gearbox services as you thought it needed it, or just as it was out and part of your over all refresh.

I'm soon to refresh my whole car. The gearbox seems fine to me, but didn't know if it was just a wise thing to do.

[grenpayne]

I had it done purely as a precautionary measure and for piece of mind. The car is 11 years old now (and I want to use it more on track next year) so I figured it was a good idea to get it done. As it turned out it was, due to the missing bush!

[framerateuk]

That sounds like a good price to me.

I've got a problem at the moment where the car will knock out of gear in reverse if too much throttle is applied, and has occasionally happened in 1st and 3rd too.

I've been told it's probably the engine mounts, but if that fix doesn't work, then it's nice to know a refresh doesn't cost the earth!