gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
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Finally got my car back from the garage from having its gearbox rebuild
But after 5 weeks without a car and £400 later its still just as bad  
So I need to phone them tomorow and hope they can sort me somthing out
Anyway Seemed a shame to waste a nice day and I had nothing to do so I gave the car its first proper clean of the year and took some pics 
For the car cleaning fans
Two bucket wash with car plan shampoo
Megs clay
Clearkote vanilla moose wax glaze
Colonite wax
Then headed off for a drive about, failed to find anywhere artistic to take pics and just ended up on the seafront 
[Edited on 12-04-2010 by gavin18787]
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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Ojc
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Whats up with it?
Stupidly clean though.
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gavin18787
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Well it went in with the box whining and crunching in 3rd gear if you shift down from say 5th to 3rd at 60ish or if you change up into 3rd at anything over 5000rpm.
Whining is now gone as it has new bearings but the crunching remains. Which was the main thing that needed fixing as you cant drive it on track etc like that
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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fir3vip3r
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I think youve got this sorted gav! saxo is looking good! bet its a blast to drive as well (When its working) at a fraction of the cost of a Civic type r!
Good job dude!
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Steve
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quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787
Well it went in with the box whining and crunching in 3rd gear if you shift down from say 5th to 3rd at 60ish or if you change up into 3rd at anything over 5000rpm.
Whining is now gone as it has new bearings but the crunching remains. Which was the main thing that needed fixing as you cant drive it on track etc like that
crunching is a common fault with linkage being to short on some runs of production, im pretty sure there is an updated part to cure it, and its fairly easy to fix
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big eck
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Looks great mate, the only thing I hated about the VTS is how high the seating position is and the really boring interior.
Fun cars tho.
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Chris x
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Thought the gearbox had just been rebuilt when you got it and came with warranty?
Car looks good tho!
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Ian W
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Looks like a nice example
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Paul_J
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crunching will be syncro's i'd of thought.
Did tweeqd do it? surprised they didn't sor it.
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markx14xe
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you should of bought a corsa b 
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Graham88
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Looks so smart Gav, bet it's a fun car to drive on track. Hope it gets sorted in the end!
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gavin18787
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Cheers for the comments
just been on the phone to the garage and cant fault their attitude. Said they will take it back and have another look and sort anything amiss. So its going back tomorow.
paul Tweeqd did it the first time but this time I have taken it to a local place.
And yer dispite the crunchy gears its alot of fun
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Mertin
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Registered: 12th Oct 05
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My saxo crunched going into 2nd when in high revs, mates did this also. Common problem, but you would expect it to be cured after going into a garage though
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Fro
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Looking good gavlaaaaa!
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Gaz
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Location: Widnes, Cheshire
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#4 my fav
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P1CK4D
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
Location: Around Essex Somewhere
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Sell it. Get another Type R. The only thing that let it down was your driving
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
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I like this car though
Was only going to be a temp solution that I randomly found on autotrader but I grew to like it
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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P1CK4D
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Oh Gavin.
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gavin18787
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New car will be at the end of the year though. Might be pimp and get a bimmer or go jap again
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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P1CK4D
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Jap. The end.
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Graham88
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You will get bored of a BM. It won't suit your driving
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
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If I get something like a 330ci cab this would be staying too and would lose weight and gain scaffolding 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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stan_the_man
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Registered: 14th Feb 07
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Is this Saxo 'special'?
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
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In what way?
Its retarded yer 
Its gone back to the garage today so hopefully second time lucky and not as long a wait
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