How long before it goes pop?

[Waltz172]

Im wondering how much longer my gearbox will last,
It's got to go 10 miles to get to the garage where it's being fixed
Its Crunching in 2nd gear, really loud whining noise through the gears
And it very reluctant to pull away from a standing start.
Need to know if I need to arrange a trailer or wether I should chance it
Any advice would be great.

Cheers

 

[jonesyFX]

No definate answer I suppose, go for it and see what happens lol

 

[James23]

As above - if you're scrapping it don't worry about it and just have a go.

 

[Waltz172]

Probably will try
Cheers chaps

 

[DanielJames]

Do you have AA etc membership?

 

[Gray]

10 miles?

bee reeete.

 

[JackJack]

10 miles?

bee reeete.

+1

 

[fletch8]

straight road 10 miles id risk it.

city centre 10 miles-not so sure

as above though, any breakdown cover?

 

[Waltz172]

No breakdown cover, thru town n out in the sticks somewhere

 

[Silent_Scone]

10 miles! You'd have to be pretty unfortunate they normally go on for ages before actually let go!

 

[MarkCup]

Does the clutch work OK?

If so, just do the whole journey in 2nd.

I had to get mine home from Goodwood (10 miles) then across to Rentech for repair (35 miles) while it was stuck in second...only I didn't have the luxury of a clutch.

Made my ears bleed but apart from that was manageable!

 

[scotty2hotty81]

My old 172 threw something out through my casing/lost most of its oil at pod, I then drove 86 miles before it collapsed