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Has anyone had a gearbox rebuild recently?

Engine out job apparently on a Westfield which ups the cost considerably.

In terms of the rebuild what sort of price point would be sensible?

HI

i had my gearbox taken out and refreshed April 2018.

Gearbox Refresh 529.00 replaced bearings, gaskets, oil seals & sync rings
Clutch Assembly fits Pinto/Zetec Light Flywheel
- 3 Parts 75.00
Engine Mount Steel fits Zetec S6/R6/B6/E1(powder Coated ) 30.00 x 2
Engine Mount rubber 35mm Harder Race Spec 25.00 x 2
Briste High Power Starter ( fits Light Fly wheel) 145.00
Gear Stick Type 9, quick Shift No:363 30.00
Gear Oil 75/90 2ltr 16.46
Remove engine & gearbox, Fit new engine mounts & rubbers, Fit new clutch - 8 hrs labour 480:00


Thats not inclusing VAT

Chris, give these guys a call - www.bghgeartech.co.uk/

they might even have a refurbished one on the shelf. Rob bought a type 9 with long first from them a few years ago as a refurbished unit quite cheaply

don't you fancy taking it out yourself? - its not as difficult as you would expect!

I bought a std refurb box from rally design for £495..
A few years back i know but worth a look

I had my gearbox repaired by this chap

http://www.pandrgearboxes.co.uk/pandrge ... pages/home

Proper old fashioned engineering types in a shed. It's nice to know that this still exists in our modern world!

I don't remember it being expensive for the amount of labour required

I have a BGH gearbox with a longer first gear & strengthened (std type 9 is rated at 170 bhp apparently) it was around the £800 mark

What's the issue with the gearbox? They can be oil sensitive for example if you put "normal" gearbox oil (EP80) in them they won't go into first & second until the oil warms up.

Getting the engine & gearbox out can be easier than getting just the engine out - depending on the car & what's attached where.

road & race over at Shoreham kent refurb diffs and boxes.....
bummer is that most places will want just the box and won't take it out....

(lee's quote i think was for a non standard Type 9 refurb) - i doubt a refurb would cost more than a few hundred - if its crunching between gears it'll most likely be a baulk ring which are pennies. Type 9'#s arent a fan of superfast changes...

Hi all. It’s been difficult to shift into 3rd without obvious and very deliberate shifts for the past few track days.

I had the oil changed as a precaution recently but it didn’t make much diference.

It jumped out of 3rd gear under heavy acceleration at the weekend which worried me a bit because I was overtaking but thankfully on a dual carriageway rather than on the “wrong” side of the road on a single carriageway. Could have been nasty.

It’s getting the engine and box out that’s the pain as most people just want the ‘box delivered.

mine was a type 9 with quaife internals so would be more expensive to service i guess.

take it to Dick if hes close..

he will remove the box and send it off for you.

jumping out of gear is usually worn syncs, low gear oil or shift linkage damage... top up your oil / or change it and see if it still does it. check your linkage and see if its damaged, if it is check engine and box mounts for damage as the cause.

i was told when i collected it that if you hold your gear stick in one gear with your hand before changing to another, (like prepping for the next gear) over time it can wear the selector fork.

i had worn syncs and the linkage and mounts needed replacing, it was hard to get into 1st and 2nd from neutral. never jumped out of gear though.

Weathers wrote:Hi all. It’s been difficult to shift into 3rd without obvious and very deliberate shifts for the past few track days.

I had the oil changed as a precaution recently but it didn’t make much diference.

It jumped out of 3rd gear under heavy acceleration at the weekend which worried me a bit because I was overtaking but thankfully on a dual carriageway rather than on the “wrong” side of the road on a single carriageway. Could have been nasty.

It’s getting the engine and box out that’s the pain as most people just want the ‘box delivered.

3rds the weak link in the type 9’s