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Ojc
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15th Jul 11 at 13:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Hi Steve

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/news/default.asp?storyId=23950

£1150
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thunder

although, magnum grey is the colour to have.





"the gearchange is oh-my-God lovely"

IB5!!!!! Best gearbox ever made

[Edited on 15-07-2011 by adiohead]
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FRP is the best colour, imo.
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quote:
Originally posted by sc0ott
FRP is the best colour, imo.


imperial/racing blue, like my old Fiesta
sc0ott
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Wonder if anyone calls it ford racing purple (frp)
Jambo
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Like the grey.
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Ben G
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the puma has been sotw a few times now. only so many different cars they can find i suppose
mwg
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Looks in better nick than Steves
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That bloke talks like steve
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amazing cars
Ojc
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IB5 is a good box.

Best suited with the RS1800

Wish I'd kept that car.
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do the rs1800's suffer from gearbox problems later in life?

the ib5 isnt very strong and most fords 1800 or over had the MTX box
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You should of deffo kept of Ollie.

Get an Rs turbo and sone rs500 wheels
Ben G
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shit gearbox.
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theres nothing wrong with your gearbox blud its your linkage
Ben G
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if the linkage had broke then surely every gear would've been impossible to engage from the start?
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if it was your box the selection would feel normal, just would have problems engaging gears etc

usually caused by the synchro rings wearing, or the end of the input shaft breaking up causing metal shards to circulate round the bearings
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of course its entirely possible you have a problem with 1st gear synchro AND a linkage issue, but i find it highly unlikely as it all happened at the same time.

the vague "stirring porridge" will be down to your linkage or gearstick shaft. The only thing inside the gearbox that could cause this is the H gate selector, if it came loose or broke, but i doubt that very much never heard of that happening

[Edited on 15-07-2011 by Steve]
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i take it "riggers" runs some high ends sports cars as well?

or is he one of these modern "pistonheads"
Ben G
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everyone bums riggers on there so i imagine he must have/had some decent motors.

steve - stirring porridge is exactly what it felt like, then i lost 1st, then 3rd, now stuck in 5th and won't come out for love nor money.

i just don't think i can be bothered to fix it tbh too much effort for little/no financial reward.
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If its linkage though u are talking 30mins work
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i can completely understand scrapping the car if it was gearbox failure, but silly if its just linkage which it sounds like it is
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for someone mechanically minded like you, yes. for someone that manages to cross thread the most important screws all the time like me, no

anyway, i think my dads mates going to have a look at it over the weekend for me. i could always keep it in the garage, buy another car and just turn the puma into a track car or something fun as it doesn't owe me anything really.

[Edited on 15-07-2011 by Ben G]
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tbh even if you take it to a garage with a 2nd hand part you are talking maybe 60 quid to replace.

if i was you, id take to a local mechanic, get him to look at it will take him seconds to see if its linkage or not.

if it is, buy 2nd hand linkage and get him to fit it, could do it all for a ton imo

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