Help ! Gearbox gone

alibabba

Anyone know where in town is a good place to get the gearbox fixed in me car, cheers.

biko

Western Gearbox on Tuam Road

Stevie Dakota

Conway Transmissions, Walkinstown. Very highly rated.

alibabba

thanks guys.

diverdriver

I would think carefully about buying a reconditioned gearbox. I got one for my Golf two years ago in Western gearbox, it lasted barely 20,000 miles but cost me about €1500. This time I got a used gearbox from a breakers, cost €400 plus labour to fit it. Work out the numbers yourself. I could buy three used boxes for same money as a single recon. I'm not picking on Western gearboxes, merely making the point that it may not be worth the money. I no longer trust any gearbox supplier.

It all depends on how old your car is too, whether it's worth spening all that money to fix it.

alibabba

diverdriver wrote: »

I would think carefully about buying a reconditioned gearbox. I got one for my Golf two years ago in Western gearbox, it lasted barely 20,000 miles but cost me about €1500. This time I got a used gearbox from a breakers, cost €400 plus labour to fit it. Work out the numbers yourself. I could buy three used boxes for same money as a single recon. I'm not picking on Western gearboxes, merely making the point that it may not be worth the money. I no longer trust any gearbox supplier.

It all depends on how old your car is too, whether it's worth spening all that money to fix it.

Jasus !
How much will this job cost me, if he has to change the gearbox ?
Me car isnt worth 2K , tis a 2001 xsara

biko

I would say that, along with a head gasket job, a gear box change would be "major surgery" as opposed to usual minor fixes that mechanics do.

alibabba

Magnus wrote: »

I would say that, along with a head gasket job, a gear box change would be "major surgery" as opposed to usual minor fixes that mechanics do.

Time to shop for a replacement car so?

martinr5232

Very hard to get a good second hand gearbox for a xsara the diff gives a lot of trouble in these.

diverdriver

Time to consider it, my Golf's days are numbered. That's for sure. It might literally be cheaper to scrap the thing and buy something else. If you were insured against that kind of thing. It would be written off by the insurance company. Golfs to be fair have a bad name with gearboxes. It might be different for Xsaras, Edit: just saw the above post, it seems they are just like the Golf

The issue with reconditioned gearboxes, I've been told is that they are simply looked at with only obviously worn parts replaced. Essentially it's no different to that bought from a breakers.

cashmni1

diverdriver wrote: »

Time to consider it, my Golf's days are numbered. That's for sure. It might literally be cheaper to scrap the thing and buy something else. If you were insured against that kind of thing. It would be written off by the insurance company. Golfs to be fair have a bad name with gearboxes. It might be different for Xsaras, Edit: just saw the above post, it seems they are just like the Golf

The issue with reconditioned gearboxes, I've been told is that they are simply looked at with only obviously worn parts replaced. Essentially it's no different to that bought from a breakers.

+1
Only worn/damaged parts replaced. I had to replace a box last year. Ended up with a second hand one from another crashed car. No problems since.
OP, had the car much milage? What is the net worth of the car (with a working box)?
If its less that €1000, I would seriously consider a change of car.

biko

Check carzone, adverts, buy&sell etc for cars for parts. Someone may have a perfectly fine gear box in an otherwise written off car.

Before doing anything, get a quote on the job of changing the box from 2-3 mechanics. Add this to price of box. You then need to consider how to get the replacement gear box to the mechanics.

bonzodog2

If you did decide to fix it, it would be worth considering checking the clutch while the gearbox is off.It would be a real drag to have to pull the gearbox off again to change the clutch in a couple of months, since most of the cost of a clutch job is labour. Just a thought !