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Re: How much will this hurt

by Eddie Bermuda <eddie.bermuda@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mar 21, 2008 at 07:51 AM

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
> 
>




 11 Posts in Topic:
How much will this hurt
Catman <catman@[EMAIL   2008-03-19 10:45:58 
Re: How much will this hurt
Eddie Bermuda <eddie.b  2008-03-20 18:27:54 
Re: How much will this hurt
Catman <catman@[EMAIL   2008-03-20 21:39:35 
Re: How much will this hurt
Eddie Bermuda <eddie.b  2008-03-21 07:51:17 
Re: How much will this hurt
Catman <catman@[EMAIL   2008-03-21 08:43:33 
Re: How much will this hurt
steve@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-03-21 13:38:27 
Re: How much will this hurt
Catman <catman@[EMAIL   2008-03-21 15:10:00 
Re: How much will this hurt
steve@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-03-21 15:12:13 
Re: How much will this hurt
"GT" <Contac  2008-03-21 16:15:32 
Re: How much will this hurt
steve@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-03-21 16:18:34 
Re: How much will this hurt
Catman <catman@[EMAIL   2008-03-21 21:59:59 

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