Good price for a new gearbox?

[BenS_172]

The gearbox on my valver has died.. Been quoted £400 +vat to get a recon one (price includes fitting..)

Seems reasonable to me, any comments?

 

[ben_p]

seems fair that, fitting should be £200

so £200 for a box seems fair

 

[BenS_172]

How tough it is it to swap the box on my own? Big job?

 

[ben_p]

big enough LOL

have you done one before?

 

[matty w]

best off just pulling the engine & box out,it took me 3 hours on sunday to remove engine an box on my own,but for that price aslong as its genuine you may aswell let them do it

 

[Mark One]

Gbox is an engine out job. It's not very easy. One of the hardest parts is manoevering the engine back into the car. DAMN they are a tight fit
good luck with it

 

[Sami]

Gbox is an engine out job. It's not very easy. One of the hardest parts is manoevering the engine back into the car. DAMN they are a tight fit
good luck with it

Not at all.

Most people drop the subframe on the passenger side and remove the box through the wheel arch. Can be quite long winded, took me and a mate a day to do it before (never changed a box before) but if you're fairly competant and dont encounter many problems should be able to do it in much less than time than it takes to remove the whole engine.

 

[BenS_172]

Looks like I'll be better paying up..

I have done a complete engine swap on a 19, but with the help of Chris_H - somewhat of a master when it comes to Renaults!