Greasemonkey
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Right just went out to car to go get petrol, its parked facing a wall and now wont go in reverse, is my gearbox totally fooked?????? 
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lee mitchell
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did u adjust the clutch
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Greasemonkey
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i made the post this morning about having truoble on the way to work, i just tried to nip out in the motor and it wont go in reverse is it worth tightenin up the clutch cable a wee bit? if i gotta change the gear box i will be knocking on ya door for some engine mounts if it no problem, think its time for a big block engine
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L330wnz
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 dooooooood!
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lee mitchell
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i had the same problem with my gsi box, tightened it up and it was fine for a few days. then it went again and couldnt get it in any gear. the thrust bearing just blew it self to bits. put a new clutch in. same thing happened 6 months later. replaced cable tightened up the cable to the max. the pedal is still an inch lower than the brake and fills like its gonna go again. not sure what my problem is thou
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Greasemonkey
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SHITE man, that dont sound too good, cos when it first did it all we did was tighten the clutch cable and it was fine, now its gone again so i didnt think it was gonna be that again, looks like it might be though, the thrust bearing comes with a new clutch kit dont it, clutch, cover plate and thrust bearing?, hope this dont need changing cos thats engine out job AAARRRGGG
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miles
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Will it go into first?
I had the same problem with my Nova once after a rolling road session. Where the exhaust was so close to the plastic ball joint at the bottom of the gear stick the heat of being on the rollers for a few hours had melted the joint.
Its worth checking the gear stick ball joint before you condem the gearbox. Unless you have other problems that I've missed in other threads....
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Greasemonkey
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it will go in 1st,2nd,3rd,4th,5th but not reverse, BUT ya have to push SO hard to get em to go in with 1st being the worst
I must admit though the centre consol does get a tad mark sometimes but thought that was normal, plus we had major hassle positioning the exhaust system after the engine transplant maybe it is close i dunno, i will have a look 
[Edited on 12-07-2004 by Greasemonkey]
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lee mitchell
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it sounds like u have got wot i have. u dont have to drop ur engine thou to fit it
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Greasemonkey
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good news that engine aint gotta come out, i just thought it did due to the pot type flywheel???, gives me an excuse to do a conversion i guess, well if ya ever get to the bottom of it let me know, cheers im gonna reset the gear linkage as well to be sure
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aceman
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your clutch is draging thats for sure see if it will go in to reverse with the engine switched off if so tighten the cable as much as you can and prepare your self for a 3 in 1 clutch job soon
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lee mitchell
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what is meant by draging? as mine was a new clutch and it started after 6 months?
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Greasemonkey
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i think i know what ya mean, the clutch is draggin on the flywheel, ie not disengaging, when slowing down just before i come to a stop you can feel the clutch/gearbox braking the engine too much and it judders, also judders when pulling away, its booked in with my mechanic on thursday so i will inform ya of the out come, so its back to driving the hairdresser escort cabriolet lol, bring on the let
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big eck
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I told ya aaaaaages ago, get the XE in there
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Siberia
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quote:
Originally posted by big eck
I told ya aaaaaages ago, get the XE in there
i also remember telling him this 
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Greasemonkey
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Aright aright dont rub it in, i admit i was wrong lol, to add salt to the wounds my missus has told me "if you stick a bigger engine in its over" my reply was you will never know, haha, we will have to see, the way i look at it is, if the gearbox has gotta come out the engine might as well and whats the point of putting the same back, might as well be a turbo, im happy in the escort cab, NOT
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L330wnz
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ur missus shud love u4 who u r not how big ya engine is.. its wot u do with it wot counts no pun intended of course 
XE on TB's? Or LET Turbo? wot ya finking of?
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Greasemonkey
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Well i been scanning around and it seems the old LET turbos are hard to come by as a unit, i gotta buy a whole car, aint got the space for it!!!!, if i go for the C20XE i feel i will be dissapointed as apart from top speed my current engine in its state of tune aint too far off it. If im gonna do it i want a BIG hike in power, bit stuck really. Its not the engine she is pissed about its the money and the fact she is a sun goddess and requires regular holidays abroad, were going abroad beggining of september, 3rd time in a year
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Greg_M
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there a few LETs on MIGWEB dude.
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Greasemonkey
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IM gutted been bidding on a C20XE with only 58K on it, my bid was £200!!!!!! i forgot to check it and its gone for £205 SHITE its was a bargain, came with engine box loom ecu shfts hubs etc what a wanker and it was in the city i work in BUGGER
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L330wnz
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I see, well cut it down to 2 holidays a year (I'm going away in september with the missus too )
I think you'd be better off waiting to find a minter LET coz the X20XE are ok but I reckon an LET turbo wud be so much more fun and quicker... vrrrrrroooooommm tsssssshhhh 
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L330wnz
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quote:
Originally posted by Greasemonkey
IM gutted been bidding on a C20XE with only 58K on it, my bid was £200!!!!!! i forgot to check it and its gone for £205 SHITE its was a bargain, came with engine box loom ecu shfts hubs etc what a wanker and it was in the city i work in BUGGER
man that was cheap!! I s'pose the LET's as a rule will have more mileage.. u reckon about £500-600 for an LET with all the gubbins? and around £400-500 for an XE? 
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Greg_M
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LETS will be £1k or more cos there less of em. but most of them are tuned already so you mite get a good un withsome serious figures!
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L330wnz
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fook that...I love me corsa but I reckon I'd rather sell up and buy a car with a powerful engine already... 
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Greg_M
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most will go for £1.5k ish.
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