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Gearbox repair
Last Friday my ford focus 06, suddenly started making a whirring noise. Long story short, Green flag said it is the gear box. This has been verified by a transmissions garage today. The quote I have been given is £1,250 for a reconditioned gear box with 12 months guarantee . That's the worst case scenario. Minimum £450 to strip back the present gear box and diagnose actual problem, before doing anything else. At present the gears are changing fine. It is an automatic car. Is there a cheaper way of doing this ? Many thanks for any replies.
“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. Your really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” Lucille Ball.
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When did you last have the gearbox serviced?
Does it do it whilst parked or only when moving?Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...0 -
No idea when the gear box was last serviced. I have owned it for a short while but hadn't got around to it so haven't had this done. Only does it when moving and doesn't make a noise when I have my foot on the accelerator.“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. Your really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” Lucille Ball.0
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No noise with the engine running but when stopped with the lever in Drive or position 2 or R etc?
Get a 2nd opinion, Its maybe a CV joint or bearing issue.Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...0 -
I was quoted £1200 for fitting a recon gearbox to my Vectra, got it done at a place in Birmingham for £750, including a new clutch and slave cylinder.
Basically it's where all the local main dealerships take customers cars to have gearbox work done, then they just slap a few hundred £ on top. Dealerships don't do this sort of work for themselves, it's almost always outsourced to someone who has proper mechanics instead of diagnostics machine monkeys.“I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an a** of yourself.”
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