Help gearbox woes !!!

[The Walrus]

Good morning all,

On this Sunday my gearbox let go for the second time in 2 years and I am on the lookout for a replacement if anybody knows of a decent local scrappy or gearbox specialist ? Car is a mk4 golf gti engine code AUM on a 2001.

Cheers
Henry

[john_r]

If the earlier replaced box was from VW then it should have a 2 year parts warranty?

[The Walrus]

john_r said:

If the earlier replaced box was from VW then it should have a 2 year parts warranty?

Not so lucky it was free from a friend and I knew the history so took that into account, but from grumbling to buggered was a lot shorter than last time.

[funwithrevs]

We used CarGears in Woodley to diagnose and repair the wife's Alfa.

http://www.woodleyautos.com/CarGears/index.html

[Lakelord]

If you're getting through gearboxes as quickly as this then maybe you need your box 'beefed up' a bit.
If so, you could send your fubared one to http://www.gearboxman.co.uk/ who can rebuild it and beef it up for you at the same time. Possibly a little more expensive but will make it smoother, give you better reliability and allow you to put more power through it

[The Walrus]

Cheers for the replies. Currently I am looking at getting it back on the road and sold, I am not heavy on gearboxes just a weak design by VW the second gear box was from a friend as an interim solution and it had a hard life prior to going in my car.