FTO AUSTRALIA

Just put my car in to get the gearbox serviced and apparently they found bits of brass, and I think he mentioned metal as well. Anyway, the guy took it for a drive and heard the strange noise I mentioned to them(you can only hear it when driving, not when stopped, and it comes and goes, isn't 100% constant. sounds a bit like a jackhammer), and he reckons the box is just about to blow and will cost $2200 to recondition it? Is this a decent price or ridiculous?

What are the pros and cons of getting this done versus buying a tip box from someone on here and replacing it with my current one?

Well, ive got a 2nd hand 4sp tip box you can have for $300. Nothing wrong with it. Came out of a car ive been wrecking. That will probably end up being a LOT cheaper than getting your existing one rebuilt.

My current one is a 5spd though, and I'm not very mechanically minded but I'm guessing the 1 gear difference would make it imcompatible, is that right?

hey hoodlum

I just read your newbie thread and WTTC but you say you have a 5spd auto 95 GPX...well there were never any 5spd FTO's built before 97(facelift versions), someone correct me if im wrong though

No, you're not wrong xj

You sure you have a 5spd?
Or are you sure you have a 95?

97+ is 5spd auto.

Can't remember wexactly where I read it on here.
But someone had a 5spd, it died, they put a 4spd in, by changing round a few plugs, the ecu, and shafts.

Bit of a fiddle fudge though to do that.

Yep 5sp tip only on the later models (97+). Maybe yours has been replaced before? Or as said above is not a 95 model.

Yeah it's a 95. I'm guessing it must've been replaced before. Wouldn't surprise me actually, when I done a check on the RTA website before I bought it there had been a fair few previous owners.

maybe try the VIN decoder to check

http://completefto.com.au/modules/parts ... p?mode=vin

How is the price they quoted? Would it be hard to find cheaper quotes(without shortcut/dodgy work that's gonna be costly later) elsewhere in Syd?

The price aint too bad mate.... if you wanna pay that much

I don't want to but it does seem like a safer option. If I buy another box from someone that's parting out their car, how do I know I'm not gonna be in this same situation in a few months? A re-co one should last me a few years at least shouldn't it?

Hoodlum11 wrote:I don't want to but it does seem like a safer option. If I buy another box from someone that's parting out their car, how do I know I'm not gonna be in this same situation in a few months? A re-co one should last me a few years at least shouldn't it?

Well you wouldnt. Thats the gamble

Just go 2nd hand haha, it will have less kays on it anyway because it hasnt been used.

Well thats what i was thinkin when i got a 2nd hand alternator lol

At $300 you can buy 7 second hand boxes before you can justerfy paying $2200 to recon one

Thats steep. I had mine rebuilt plus rearranging plates & installing a LSD, all together was $700. Although I did remove & reinstall the box myself. So call it 3 hours out, 3 hours in @ $80 odd bucks an hour labour, thats $480, plus the $700 = $1180.

Buy a 2nd hand one and while waiting for yours to blow get that one modified; that's overkill really. Grab DStocks one and get a 4 speed tip ECU, bargoon.