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Paul Simonds · May 3rd, 2002, 04:24 PM

Dear all

Just had the car modified for Performance BMW and i have been driving the car home and the gear box lost all drive, i managed to get into second and drive 2 miles and then call BMW to recover its take 4 hours to get home.

Has anyone else had gearbox errors

pdubyab · May 4th, 2002, 04:33 AM

http://www.mini2.com/forum/faults-fixes/6799-gearbox-problem.html

Check out the above thread.

Also see EVO mag April 2002 (Long term Fleet section).

What mods. had been carried out? Could these have done something - too much extra power/torque?

Paul Simonds · May 7th, 2002, 06:27 AM

Just spoken to BMW and they have said the steering pump has died and also something to do with the linkage has caused the gear box to fail, i have modified this car and BMW are quiet happy to do the work under warranty

vegan · May 15th, 2002, 10:53 AM

Hi all mini fans. I have a month old cooper that has suddenly developed a click/clonk when I go into third and fifth gear. Obviously pushing the stick to right.
The car has 740 miles on it and I love it.
Is this just a new gear box noise?
It was not apparent when I picked the car up.

pdubyab · May 15th, 2002, 05:40 PM

If the "click/clonk" noise appears to come from gearlever or directly below the gearlever, then it could be the linkage mechanism. This, I understand, consists of a kind of plastic "gearbox" and cable mechanism. This had to be replaced on my Cooper (at about 1,000 miles) after developing a noise similar to your description and becoming rather notchy and imprecise. Basically, something within the mechanism had broken. Now got 2,500 miles on the clock and no further problems with this component.

As it happens, however, the gearbox itself was replaced last week in an attempt to cure heavy vibration felt when accelerating in 3rd gear. The new 'box is certainly better, but still not vibration free in 3rd - all the other gears are fine - weird!

Going back to your "click/clonk", if the noise sounds more like it's coming from the gearbox itself (and possibly accompanied by some diffiiculty in engaging these gears), then it could be a syncromesh problem - there have been one or two reported gearbox replacements for this problem.

Good luck.

vegan · May 16th, 2002, 10:28 AM

Thank you so much for the information.
I guess it's a trip to the dealers.
How I dread them working on my car.

May 3rd, 2002, 04:24 PM	#1
Paul Simonds MINI2 Regular Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: West Sussex Local Time: 10:37 PM Posts: 290 Offline	Gearbox Dear all Just had the car modified for Performance BMW and i have been driving the car home and the gear box lost all drive, i managed to get into second and drive 2 miles and then call BMW to recover its take 4 hours to get home. Has anyone else had gearbox errors

May 7th, 2002, 06:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
Paul Simonds MINI2 Regular Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: West Sussex Local Time: 10:37 PM Posts: 290 Offline	Gearbox Just spoken to BMW and they have said the steering pump has died and also something to do with the linkage has caused the gear box to fail, i have modified this car and BMW are quiet happy to do the work under warranty

May 15th, 2002, 10:53 AM	#4 (permalink)
vegan MINI2 Regular Join Date: May 2002 Local Time: 09:37 PM Posts: 110 Offline	gear box click Hi all mini fans. I have a month old cooper that has suddenly developed a click/clonk when I go into third and fifth gear. Obviously pushing the stick to right. The car has 740 miles on it and I love it. Is this just a new gear box noise? It was not apparent when I picked the car up.

May 16th, 2002, 10:28 AM	#6 (permalink)
vegan MINI2 Regular Join Date: May 2002 Local Time: 09:37 PM Posts: 110 Offline	pdubyab Thank you so much for the information. I guess it's a trip to the dealers. How I dread them working on my car.

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May 4th, 2002, 04:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
pdubyab MINI2 Regular Join Date: Apr 2002 Local Time: 10:37 PM Posts: 189 Offline	http://www.mini2.com/forum/faults-fixes/6799-gearbox-problem.html Check out the above thread. Also see EVO mag April 2002 (Long term Fleet section). What mods. had been carried out? Could these have done something - too much extra power/torque?

May 15th, 2002, 05:40 PM	#5 (permalink)
pdubyab MINI2 Regular Join Date: Apr 2002 Local Time: 10:37 PM Posts: 189 Offline	If the "click/clonk" noise appears to come from gearlever or directly below the gearlever, then it could be the linkage mechanism. This, I understand, consists of a kind of plastic "gearbox" and cable mechanism. This had to be replaced on my Cooper (at about 1,000 miles) after developing a noise similar to your description and becoming rather notchy and imprecise. Basically, something within the mechanism had broken. Now got 2,500 miles on the clock and no further problems with this component. As it happens, however, the gearbox itself was replaced last week in an attempt to cure heavy vibration felt when accelerating in 3rd gear. The new 'box is certainly better, but still not vibration free in 3rd - all the other gears are fine - weird! Going back to your "click/clonk", if the noise sounds more like it's coming from the gearbox itself (and possibly accompanied by some diffiiculty in engaging these gears), then it could be a syncromesh problem - there have been one or two reported gearbox replacements for this problem. Good luck.

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