[alexvw]

hi people

i'm after some advice and knowledge please.

i have an o2 plate one which has been chipped making a dino fig of 142bhp on standard cheep petrol.

problem i've got is when pulling away hard i'm getting nasty crunching noise from my gearbox now does anyone know where i can get a gearbox from for an early car or can fit a later box what needs to be changed? can i do it myself? (quite a handy with a spanner) also would it benfit to put a later box in? would it benfit a cooper box instead of an one box or can i even fit an s box in it??

last question honest does anyone have a gearbox forsale ??


many thanks

[pocketrocketowner]

I recently had to buy a gear box for my S as the piece of dried out dodo company that makes the MINI has, I guess, decided that they do not repair and or sell parts for transmissions.
I googled "used car parts" found a site that takes your requirement and posts it to a whole lot of breakers throughout europe and they send you e mails. Got like four e mails back, took the best deal and went to Flanders to get my box. You might want to try the same in the UK
Hope this helps

[moonshine]

the midlands box can be refurbished as MINI sell parts for this - it is only the Getrag box that is a singleitem. - could it be the sycnhromesh that is goosed? I recently got my cooper midlands box refurbished at 80k miles - the main thrust bearing had gone - the actual refurb cost £290 for parts & labour at an independent (& recommended specialist gearbox company) and £300 labour to remove & refit the box at my local tame, independant garage.

In general my mechanic advised against sourcing another gearbox, and refurbing if possible - In his experience - gearboxes from breakers can be not what described and things such as gear ratios may not match - in general, for a similar cost of a breaker box of unknown provinance, you could get your own one refurbed to an as new standard.

That been said, i think there shoild be no probs getting a cooper or one box fitted to our car, despite the gear ratio differences - fitting an S box may be a different matter as it is geared for the different torque & power delivery of the S engine, therefore may not suit the chipped one delivery. i guess you could enf up with a flat spot somewhere unintended.

G