I think i've broken her.... Please help?!

[TimD]

Could be an excuse to have an LSD fitted if you go the repair route

 

[CupraR-Rog]

lol, sorry to laugh but where to seat get their figures from! who in their right mind would pay £1600 for a new gearbox on an Ibiza!

I paid almost that on a 23 month old Renault Clio Grande 1.2 in 2001 while I was waiting for my next car to arrive back then, and that was after a day of phoning around!! Renault wanted more like £2700... 9 hour job tho iirc... no 2nd hand or recon boxes available!

So £1600 from a dealer for an Ibiza Cupra box doesn't sound too terribly bad... in comparison!

Only 1 problem with buying a 2nd hand box - how do you know it's going to be ok?? Always a worry!!

 

[ibizacupra]

Quicker acceleration in the G60 one Bill?? (and lower top speed?)

I wonder if replacement of a gearbox on an ibiza is similar to a cossie?
Cos i've done a cossie one, and that wasnt difficult (apart from the big fat heavy gearbox on the cossie) I mean swapping them, and not rebuilding.

Its a bit fiddly..
the worst part of it is the drive flanges fouling on the engine block so you have to rotate it a bit as you pull it away.

buying a 2nd hand box maybe buys you the same problem tho.
is it worth the risk?

I dont know all the ratios in the boxes, but my 16v 02A is lower geared yes than my 02J was.

 

[Fl@pper]

why not consider a recon one ?

vege motoren do em and actually build most of the exchange units that the dealers/manufacturers offer anyway

shop about theres a few specialists about offering warranty an all sorts

http://www.grgb.co.uk/default.asp these guys in Bristol come reccomended by someone who uses them to supply rally car box rebuilds and they get some stick i can tell ya

 

[Amie20VT]

Cheers for all your help guys, i'm proper stuck on this, i'm ok with little things but this have hit me for 6 don't even no where to start...

Thought i'd get a price from Seat just to see what they were offering, but no way on this earth am i even thinking of paying that..

I'm gonna look for a re-con box and see where to go from there. Only prob i've got is cos i use Seat for other stuff i don't really no any other specialists garages. Can anyone reccommend anyone, i'm in Stroud in Gloucestershire??

 

[Beaker™]

Oh my! Sorry to hear that Amie

As mentioned by 'Flapper' i'd give THESE guys a call. Tell them the story and that SEAT are robbing ba*tards! And they should hopefully help you out.

Hope you get it sorted soon.

 

[Amie20VT]

Thanks hun...

 

[Beaker™]

Any news yet?