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·We've exchanged a few posts on this forum in the past. I'm Danny, also an 1800 GSR owner, not sure if you remember.
From reading your website and your posts on the forum, you're obviously a keen enthusiast with a fair bit of knowledge on the car. To be honest, my experience of the car so far has been fairly disasterous. I'm hoping that you may have some thoughts on why.
Soon after I bought the car, I noticed that it would jump out of first gear on occasion. This got worse over time, but I put up with it because of the huge work involved in removing the box. Despite this, I enjoyed driving the car. The performance and handling are pretty stunning. Anyway, the gearbox also started to lose oil. I had to place a tub under the car wherever I parked, and then had to top up the oil before I set off again. I couldn't put up with this for very long, so I decided to drop the box and get it sorted once and for all. I knew that it was going to be a lot of trouble and cost, but I felt that the car would be worth it in the end. So I removed the gearbox and left it with a local gearbox specialist who had been recommended to me. They stripped the box and pointed out all the problems. Basically the bearing nearest to first gear had failed, causing it to jump out of first, and the bearing debris had made its way around the box and eventually torn the seal on the output shaft to the transfer box, hence the leak. Also, 2 worn selector forks, worn synchros and a shafted fifth gear hub. This explains some of the crunches I used to get changing up to fifth. So we compiled a list of parts to replace, I got the bits from co-ordsport, they rebuilt the box and I put it back in the car along with a new clutch plate, cover and bearing. Financially, it stung.
However, after the first drive I smiled and thought money well spent. It was great.
Now, 4 months later and I've just spent today removing the gearbox again. It sounds like a bearing has failed. There is lots of noise coming from the transmission and lots of metal in the oil.
The box is going back to the place that rebuilt it the first time, for investigation.
I'm absolutely gutted and I've lost all confidence in the car. I can't afford to rebuild the box every 4 months, so I feel I have to sell the car when it is back on the road. This pains me because of the time, money and effort that I've put into it.
Have you ever suffered gearbox problems with your car, or have you heard of problems on other 1800 GSR's?
If only I was confident of the car's reliability I would definitely keep it.
Any thoughts/sympathy/advise very welcome.
Cheers
Danny
From reading your website and your posts on the forum, you're obviously a keen enthusiast with a fair bit of knowledge on the car. To be honest, my experience of the car so far has been fairly disasterous. I'm hoping that you may have some thoughts on why.
Soon after I bought the car, I noticed that it would jump out of first gear on occasion. This got worse over time, but I put up with it because of the huge work involved in removing the box. Despite this, I enjoyed driving the car. The performance and handling are pretty stunning. Anyway, the gearbox also started to lose oil. I had to place a tub under the car wherever I parked, and then had to top up the oil before I set off again. I couldn't put up with this for very long, so I decided to drop the box and get it sorted once and for all. I knew that it was going to be a lot of trouble and cost, but I felt that the car would be worth it in the end. So I removed the gearbox and left it with a local gearbox specialist who had been recommended to me. They stripped the box and pointed out all the problems. Basically the bearing nearest to first gear had failed, causing it to jump out of first, and the bearing debris had made its way around the box and eventually torn the seal on the output shaft to the transfer box, hence the leak. Also, 2 worn selector forks, worn synchros and a shafted fifth gear hub. This explains some of the crunches I used to get changing up to fifth. So we compiled a list of parts to replace, I got the bits from co-ordsport, they rebuilt the box and I put it back in the car along with a new clutch plate, cover and bearing. Financially, it stung.
However, after the first drive I smiled and thought money well spent. It was great.
Now, 4 months later and I've just spent today removing the gearbox again. It sounds like a bearing has failed. There is lots of noise coming from the transmission and lots of metal in the oil.
The box is going back to the place that rebuilt it the first time, for investigation.
I'm absolutely gutted and I've lost all confidence in the car. I can't afford to rebuild the box every 4 months, so I feel I have to sell the car when it is back on the road. This pains me because of the time, money and effort that I've put into it.
Have you ever suffered gearbox problems with your car, or have you heard of problems on other 1800 GSR's?
If only I was confident of the car's reliability I would definitely keep it.
Any thoughts/sympathy/advise very welcome.
Cheers
Danny
