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hi 2 all that may read this and appollogise (spelling) if its been answered before but hear goes, i've just bought (4 day's) a 5.0ltr chimaera 99 and seem to be having problem's getting it into 5th not all the time but most, even while standing but ticking over, reverse is a little bit of a cruncher to,is this the norm or am i looking at wot could be an expensive repair, the hi speed damping's gone on the shock's to (62000 mile's) so i'm going to replace them with either standard or alternative if somebody would be kind enough to suggest one (price). thank u for reading and your advise if any given, cheer's.
mak said:
the hi speed damping's gone on the shock's to (62000 mile's) so i'm going to replace them with either standard or alternative if somebody would be kind enough to suggest one (price). thank u for reading and your advise if any given, cheer's.
Snap, though mine have gone at 28,000, i'm planningon replacing mine with Gaz shocks and uprating the springs to 375lb at he front and 325lb at the rear, i'm also taking the opportunity to change the discs and pads all round as well..
welcome aboardmak said:
the hi speed damping's gone on the shock's to (62000 mile's) so i'm going to replace them with either standard or alternative if somebody would be kind enough to suggest one (price). thank u for reading and your advise if any given, cheer's.
Snap, though mine have gone at 28,000, i'm planningon replacing mine with Gaz shocks and uprating the springs to 375lb at he front and 325lb at the rear, i'm also taking the opportunity to change the discs and pads all round as well..
welcome aboard
thank's for all the welcome's, and i'll look into the shock's, 5th gear before reverse 2 stop the crunching is usefull cheer's, just a shame i cant get the thing into 5th lol, no body's been brave enough yet 2 tell me i've got a bent selector claw or something for 5th. this is my 1st tvr and when u can get your head round the 70's ash tray's and seat belts that look like there off a morris minor ( with the same slack), electric window's that feel like they have just been invented and so on, its a bloody hell of a car lol. the 5ltr's brutal under full slog and just doesn't let up, that's y i can put up with those thing's people call character :-)
5th gear is a classic weakness of the Borg-Warner T5 gearbox, one of the synchro clips's just breaks, apparently. It happened on my 4litre within a few days of buying it, but got it replaced under warranty - still had to "limp" home 200 miles in 4th!
Apart from removing the gearbox, I don't think it's a major work-up to change the clip.
Apart from removing the gearbox, I don't think it's a major work-up to change the clip.
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