Right then, basically, my gearbox is kaput. I was on my way to BMC for a service, pulled out of a lay-by, gave it some in 1st, lost power, pulled over and dumped all of my gearbox oil over the A689. At first I thought i'd popped a driveshaft but on closer inspection on the ramps Justin informed me of the bad news. Theres a hole in the bell housing apparently. At first, Jus quoted me £2100 for a re-con fitted with a Q2. I got me head round this and promptly borrowed loadsa of dosh off me girl. I rang him the other day though and he said he had ordered the one wrong and i found today that the right one would indeed cost £2600 !!! and thats without the Q2. So i'm looking at nearly a £3k bill. OOOOOOF. Plus the price of me service.
I'm just seeing if anyone has any ideas on how I can cut my bill down?
I not keen on putting a 2.5 geabox in simply cos its not original GTA equipment, but wouldnt completely rule it out.
A genuine, good, verified mileage second hand GTA gearbox would be ideal i suppose, but even then theres no guarantees. And the chances are it wont have a Q2.
I'm probs gonna end up buying a Q2 to fit with the gearbox anyway. Ive told Justin i'll think it over on the weekend and get in touch with him on monday, and tbh i wouldnt really want anyone else to have the work, so in the meantime.....ANY IDEAS??????
