realised i had a city turbo 2 gearbox lying around

put the clutch and pressure plate from that box on, and hopefully it all bots up nice and easy

i think it has really low ratio's as well which should be good for fuel ecconomy

By Glenn Biscan (211.30.144.154) on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 10:25 pm:

got a quote 2day

$1100 aus dollars

looks like i will b dropping in a manual.

n e 1 got a 5spd lying around they wana sell ??

By Adrian (Evocivic) (203.42.97.141) on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 04:51 pm:

Or drop a manual box in ... not exactly a difficult operation.

By Adrian (Evocivic) (203.42.97.141) on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 04:50 pm:

Chances are that the previous owner used it as an auto and always started in second, thus burning out the clutches. Also the wrong auto tranny fluid can destroy these boxes.
Just like any other gearbox they can be rebuilt but I believe the clutch packs are very expensive and hard to come by. As Andrew said, just find a second hand one somewhere. You'll probably have to buy a whole car for a couple of hundred $ to get the box ...

By Andrew Fatseas (203.63.44.193) on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 04:39 pm:

What's the point? It would cost far more than a working second hand one.

By Glenn Biscan (211.30.144.154) on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 02:51 am:

is there any chance that the existing gearbox can be repaired ?

By Glenn Biscan (211.30.144.154) on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 12:26 am:

yeah i knew that

reverse stoped working all 2gether now so i really need to find a box so i can get 2 tafe

By Adrian (Evocivic) (203.42.97.141) on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 12:15 am:

It's NOT an auto, it's a SEMI auto. You still have to shift manually. DON'T start in second, always start in first.

By Glenn Biscan (211.30.144.154) on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 12:14 am:

ok if that is the case does n e 1 in sydney have a spare hondamatic box ???

also how hard is it to change to the 3spd hondamatic from the later models i seen in the wrecking yard 2day ??

By Don (63.135.203.97) on Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 02:29 pm:

Yes the problem is a bad transmission ...take old one out and put a new one, preferably a stick in its place.

By Glenn Biscan (211.30.144.154) on Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 06:31 am:

I just fix the head gasket on my new EC powered wagon.

It feels as though the auto is SLIPPING, well thats the best way i can put it

Has lots of auto fluid

n e 1 know wot the prob could b ???

cheers thanks for your help