Gearbox Parts

[samastonlongley]

When I purchased my car as a project last year I found the gearbox was partially locked in reverse. I was lucky enough to find a replacement box. It was cheap as chips and I purchased it with the intention of making one good box out of two bad ones. However when I had a look inside the new box it looked like knew so I decided to give it a go and fit it to the car. It worked!! However the box has a slight crunch on 1st to 2nd and when coming down from 3rd to 2nd. I suspect this is a synchro issue however at the time it got the car on the road and I could 'drive round' the gearbox crunches. Unfortunately now the box has started to whine a little louder and I've decided to get the original gearbox that's sat in my garage looked at. It's with Stephen Brear Gearboxes in Leeds and in an ideal situation I'm hoping to get the gearbox repaired and hopeing I can just swap the gearboxes over. However does anyone know if you can get spare parts for the Manual Vantage gear box? I do have my other gearbox as spares but I'd like to avoid stripping that gearbox for spares if the parts for these boxes are available. My car is a 2006 Manual V8 Vantage by the way.

Many thanks
Sam

[Mansfield]

Hi Sam,

Is your clutch functioning properly?
Have you gone through the usual checks? Bleed the clutch etc?

Could also be a linkage issue if you've had the box out before?

[samastonlongley]

The clutch has been changed after I had the gearbox was out as, as soon as I drove the car with the new gearbox the clutch started slipping. Ive checked he linkages and they all seem to operate correctly and as they should. The clutch was bled when the new clutch was replaced. I'm fairly sure it's both a physical gearbox fault but I'm not sure if it's possible to obtain parts. I've heard stories of manufacturers like BMW refusing to sell parts and I'm wondering if this is the same with Aston or grazziano (the gearbox manufacturer)
Thanks for your suggestion.

[Jon39]

Oerlikon Graziano do have a spare parts page on their website, Sam.
It may perhaps be intended just for their car manufacturer customers, but it might be worth you asking them.

https://www.oerlikon.com/graziano/en/services/spar...

[samastonlongley]

Jon39 said:

Oerlikon Graziano do have a spare parts page on their website, Sam.
It may perhaps be intended just for their car manufacturer customers, but it might be worth you asking them.

https://www.oerlikon.com/graziano/en/services/spar...

Thanks for that information I've had a look on their website and I'll give them a call once I find out what I need. I wonder if they won't sell to me if they'll sell to my local aston martin dealer?
Many thanks for that website link!

[Neil1300r]

PM Mikey K. He tried to buy gearbox parts direct from Graziano