Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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just been out for a 25mile round trip to feed brosters cat and stuff, and within 30 yards of my house, on the return journey, my car decided to break, lucky it didnt do it elsewhere really
turned the corner into my road, dropped into second and *crunch* wouldnt go in, tried for third, got it, and then gearlever went as sloppy as a porn stars chuff
i now have no gears, well... i do, i'm permanently stuck in third, which is nice
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timrud_
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Very lucky it was near your house!
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Rus
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like you said, lucky it was near your house. i've pulled away in third before  (just)
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Robin
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indeed, just a shame i was gonna fix it tomorrow anyway, as i had to use the lift up reverse thing to find second, which wasnt good at any speed at all, no i have the problem of getting my car off the drive in the morning to fix it, good job it didnt happen when i have work the next day too
bloody cowboy engine installers 
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Charlene
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Luckily near your house though
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Butler
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quote:
Originally posted by Rus
like you said, lucky it was near your house. i've pulled away in third before (just)
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Robin
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managed to limp onto my drive too, so i didnt even have to abandon the car 
i can now move the gearlever in full circles, which is quite cool
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Nic Barnes
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when first put turbo in, only had 4th.........
had to drive home in 4th gear, with a paddle clutch. doh
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mav
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thats lucky
and it's broken....
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jr
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rob
more importantly, why were you feeding brosters cat
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Robin
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he is away in london for some reason or other, so i had his keys and the duty of feeding the cat to pay him back for helping me with my engine
and.... i knnow how to fix it, the linkage has just come undone, but why it did it so close to home i'll never know, just hope i havent bent the linkage trying to ram it into gear, cos i dont have a spare
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Butler
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Originally posted by jr
rob
more importantly, why were you feeding brosters cat
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langey
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i did this in the xe, beacuse i was nailing it lol.
could only get 3rd and 4th. drove about a mile. had to set off from 2 sets of lights and stop at 2 round abouts
linkage shouldnt have bent, just the arm thingy will have come off, thats all that happend on mine, i got a spare one too just incase it came off again and i lost it, i would be able to just throw the spare on to get home 
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Rob B
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Are yo still selling your car bits Rob ?
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Robin
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maybe rob, not sure at the mo, but you have first dibs on those bits if i do dude
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Rob B
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Ok i want the ECU , Badly ! 
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SVM 286
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Originally posted by robmarriott
he is away in london for some reason or other, so i had his keys and the duty of feeding the cat to pay him back for helping me with my engine
and.... i knnow how to fix it, the linkage has just come undone, but why it did it so close to home i'll never know, just hope i havent bent the linkage trying to ram it into gear, cos i dont have a spare
Don't worry Rob, you'd have to try harder than that to bend it.
Count yourself lucky that's all it is, my box gave up in the high street just round the corner from my house and I had to limp mine home. I just about made it onto the drive when everyjthing jammed solid and I couldn't move the car.
Took 5 of us to man-handle the car the rest of the way onto the drive and into place the following morning, accompanied by some horrendous noises from the gearbox.
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chr15barn3s
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I had this problem, I snapped the gear linkage in half. Mine also got stuck in 3rd gear in the middle of a very busy roundabout.
Lucky it was near your house though.
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CorsAsh
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Originally posted by robmarriott
maybe rob, not sure at the mo, but you have first dibs on those bits if i do dude
Can I have your smokey smokey mhws please?
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broster
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hahaha, and i broke the garage door handle on friday robin, so i cant get to my tools......
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Siberia
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who didnt tighten up the bolt on the gearlinage at conversion time? not that i would even forget to do something so stupid as this of course
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Andy Stocker
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One of those wierd things ......... steering rack snapped on my old FRST just outside my house after i'd got back from a drive to Kent & back.
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Teddy
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Poor Robin.
I dont think Broster would trust me to feed his cat.
But me and the other half were looking at rabbits. They are so cool.
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Jamie Walby
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quote:
Originally posted by broster
hahaha, and i broke the garage door handle on friday robin, so i cant get to my tools......
Again?
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broster
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quote:
Originally posted by Jamie Walby
quote:
Originally posted by broster
hahaha, and i broke the garage door handle on friday robin, so i cant get to my tools......
Again?
fixed everything all in a morning wow
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