Gear selector or crap gearbox?

[DTM]

Hi, just finished dropping a 37k mile engine into my ph1, took a while but managed to get the gear linkage sorted and it goes into all the right gears when stood still, but when on the move it crunches into 3rd and 4th, not too bad but it wasn't there on my old 90k miler and is annoying,

so the question is, do I need to play with the gear linkage a bit more or is the gear box bolloxed?

Cheers.

 

[MG cup]

Sounds like synchros, depress the clutch and wait for 5 seconds before selecting 3rd and 4th while moving through the gbox on a steady drive and if its gone its synchros.

 

[DTM]

will give it a go, cheers,

I'm well f@~ked off if its knackered, took me over two days to get the pissing thing in there!!! :banghead:

 

[MG cup]

Re-read your post. Did you change the box too?

 

[DTM]

Sorry fella, yes the gearbox came with the engine, supposed to have only done 37k and that's whats now in the car, my 90k old box has no problems apart from been on the floor in the garage

 

[MG cup]

Time for to crack the tools back out again pal, nothing worse tbh after just finishing a job.

 

[DTM]

I'm going to go and have a little sob in the corner

after that I'm going see about Agency transmission re-conning my old box which I'll put back in once returned,

plus I may have forgotten how long its just taken me by then, still to get the 438's mapped too, this is going to cost £££!

Do you know if there's a quicker way of getting just the box out (dropping the subframe?)? I'm sure I've read that there isn't and the engine + box all have to come out.

 

[Budgie]

Engine doesn't have to come out.

Some say removing the subframe is quickest, and i'd agree if you've got a ramp and air tools.

On the driveway with axle stands, i take the box out of the top. Don't have to touch the subframe then.

 

[DTM]

Thanks Budgie, ye just the usual on the drive sort of affair so looks like the top again, cheers

 

[DTM]

well looks like its definitely the synchro that's bust, if I take it slow, no crunches, a little faster, crunch. On the upside I've stopped the exhaust from rattling and my solid AST topmounts seem to work well (guess that's for another section though).

 

[mitch1503]

i get this all the time on down shifts in to 3rd, even when rev matching and can feel like the cogs spinning through the gearstick

 

[DTM]

anyone know the part number for the Valeo clutch kit please?

this one any good - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VALEO-clu...o|Cars+Type:2.0+16V+Sport&hash=item43b9b1c7ba

oh and is paisley freight the best people to send the box with?

thanks

 

[DTM]

just to answer my own question with the part numbers -

HAVAM - AD3885

HAVAM - AP4007

KM Germany - 0690842

RENAULT - 7701475929

RENAULT - 7701476557

SACHS - 3000951204

TRW - TCK2410

the one in bold it the actual quoted number from Renault when I phoned them

ref - http://www.autopartoo.com/oem/548646.html

 

[DTM]

Well after a bit more searching I found another part number and a cheap place to buy it from -

http://www.carparts4less.co.uk/cp4l/c/Renault_Clio_2.0_2003/p/car-parts/car-transmission/clutch-and-associated-parts/clutch-kit/?641746070&1&03c0b449de9d561f5aee6b8f589b4148cf202031&000069