Re: How much will this hurt

I ended up spending about £1750 on it to get the gearbox fixed, radiator 
fixed, and the front suspension fixed...then traded it in three months 
later and got £2500 for it (against a GT)...

It's only money...

Catman wrote:
> Eddie Bermuda wrote:
>> My 156 2.0 TS lunched 5th gear...very unpleasant.  The bearing looked 
>> like it had collapsed and that allowed enough movement for the gears 
>> to strip...all the swarf jammed the box.  Had to have the gearbox 
>> stripped, gear and associated bits changed, a new clutch put in (since 
>> it was all in bits anyway) and rebuilt...£1000, but there was a lot of 
>> damage and it took a lot of labour time. Independent garage too.  On 
>> the plus side, the car drove better than it ever had before!
>>
>> Good luck and hope it's not as serious.
> 
> Cheers. Can't see it coming in much less than a grand TBH
> 
>>
>> Catman wrote:
>>> SWMBO was driving to work today when there was 'a bang and a cloud of 
>>> smoke' and a 'bit of a loss of power, but it drove OK, but there's a 
>>> funny noise'
>>>
>>> 2 x AA men have looked so far
>>> 1) Clutch has gone and hit gear box (! nice to know they are as ever 
>>> well trained. Last one I had refused to take anything off the bike as 
>>> 'fairings can break')
>>> 2) Gearbox is gone.  Not quite sure how it can be 'gone' since it 
>>> still changes gear and she managed to drive OK for several miles.
>>>
>>> My money is on either bearing or gear disintegration.
>>>
>>> Other theories? Hideous cost projections?
>>> Prace Bets now
> 
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