Ian C Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 Nope, not the TV program - my 5th gear I appear to have the dubious honour of being the first person to bugger up a getrag 6 speed. Yay go me See attached piccies. That, ladies and gentlemen, is your 5th gear synchro ring. Well, it's not, actually, it's mine. And yours looks different to it because yours has got teeth right where all those nice indentations are on this one I entrusted the work to Phoenix of Watford, and they have a gearbox specialist that they send this sort of work to. If it wasn't for Toyota sending the wrong synchro three times before getting the correct one out the door, it'd have been fixed in four days. As it stands, with the delivery lag time from Belgium and the constant part foul-ups, it took two weeks. However, Paul at Phoenix got the gearbox back on Friday afternoon and worked late into the evening so I could pick the car up this morning - what a star. Total cost of gearbox removal/replacement, plus the 5th gear rebuild, plus the non-reusable parts and the new synchro, and even the V160 oil to go in it? £360. Just driven back from Watford to Norwich and it's 100% spot on. I'm a happy bunny and I can't believe the price these guys did this work for, especially as the 6-speed was considered to be non-repairable 12 months ago. See, I'm always pioneering this stuff for you lucky people So, big up to Phoenix, again - one of two places I'll let do serious work on my car (the other being, unsuprisingly, Chris Wilson) -Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkey Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 My car is going for it's conversion at Phoenix shortly. The more I hear about Phoenix and their workmanship, the more I think they should be registered as a trader on here. It would certainly benefit their business and the membership of this board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopite Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 good work on breaking the getrag mate! that price seems awesome though! imagine it wouldnt be that quick a job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 Nice... Now get out there and start breaking a few more things.... just in case I ever need to know how much something is going to cost me to repair and for the sake of the rest of the world wide Supra community Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 Nice one Ian, what's with the pound coin, is that all you've got left now Good to hear that they got it all done, sounds like their gearbox bloke is bloody good too. What a price, reasonable without leaving you feeling like they've ripped you off. Mines back in another couple of weeks to have the gear linkage seal changed this time! Seems that the leak was coming from there rather than the main output seal, Mark has said he'll do it FOC with me just paying for the seal. What service, he's already done the main one again for nothing, as he said I originally paid for the leak to be fixed and it hadn't worked out. It's comforting that if anything doesn't go to plan than they do the right thing Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrenn Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 Ian, that's a great price considering (IMO) anything to do with gearboxes is a major PITA to work on, and much more satisfying than replacing the whole 'box. Did they find anything else amis while they were doing the surgery? BTW did you ever suffer "transmission shunt", when putting into 1st gear the car feels like it clunks? Maybe they all do it but I don't remember my last 6 speed doing that. I read somewhere on here it might be to do with the flywheel (one of ChiefGroover's posts), do you concur? Edited to say: I used to live in Belgium, and even there getting Toyota parts was a pain - inevitably whatever I wanted was in stock in Germany LOL. Anyhow well done, from a fellow red 6 speeder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 Glad it's fixed chap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Whiffin Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 Dont think your the first mate, I've got 2 cars here at the moment with buggered 3rd,4th and 5th gear! All gears, syncros hubs/rings mashed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 Branners had to have his repaired too. SUX2BU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted July 18, 2005 Author Share Posted July 18, 2005 Well, it's reassuring to know there are other people out there as ham-fisted as me. Breaking, out of all of them, 5th gear was a stroke of luck as it's the easiest one to get at in the 'box. Pound coin was for scale purposes I get a 1st gear clunk now and again, when the 'box is cold. The gearbox guy didn't find anything else wrong, and there is a full lot of new V160 oil in it, and it feels exactly as clunky as it did before, so I guess that's normal lol. -Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Maybe I should take a trip to Phoenix to get mine sorted then!! 2nd gear seems more expensive though - Maybe a recon box is in order! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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