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Car Forum / Alfa Romeo Cars / March 2008How much will this hurt
SWMBO was driving to work today when there was 'a bang and a cloud of smoke' and a 'bit of a loss of power, but it drove OK, but there's a funny noise' 2 x AA men have looked so far 1) Clutch has gone and hit gear box (! nice to know they are as ever well trained. Last one I had refused to take anything off the bike as 'fairings can break') 2) Gearbox is gone. Not quite sure how it can be 'gone' since it still changes gear and she managed to drive OK for several miles. My money is on either bearing or gear disintegration. Other theories? Hideous cost projections? Prace Bets now  SignatureCatman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 145 2.0 Cloverleaf 156 V6 2.5 S2 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk My 156 2.0 TS lunched 5th gear...very unpleasant. The bearing looked like it had collapsed and that allowed enough movement for the gears to strip...all the swarf jammed the box. Had to have the gearbox stripped, gear and associated bits changed, a new clutch put in (since it was all in bits anyway) and rebuilt...£1000, but there was a lot of damage and it took a lot of labour time. Independent garage too. On the plus side, the car drove better than it ever had before! Good luck and hope it's not as serious. > SWMBO was driving to work today when there was 'a bang and a cloud of > smoke' and a 'bit of a loss of power, but it drove OK, but there's a [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Other theories? Hideous cost projections? > Prace Bets now > My 156 2.0 TS lunched 5th gear...very unpleasant. The bearing looked > like it had collapsed and that allowed enough movement for the gears to [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Good luck and hope it's not as serious. Cheers. Can't see it coming in much less than a grand TBH >> SWMBO was driving to work today when there was 'a bang and a cloud of >> smoke' and a 'bit of a loss of power, but it drove OK, but there's a [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> Other theories? Hideous cost projections? >> Prace Bets now SignatureCatman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 145 2.0 Cloverleaf 156 V6 2.5 S2 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk I ended up spending about £1750 on it to get the gearbox fixed, radiator fixed, and the front suspension fixed...then traded it in three months later and got £2500 for it (against a GT)... It's only money... >> My 156 2.0 TS lunched 5th gear...very unpleasant. The bearing looked >> like it had collapsed and that allowed enough movement for the gears [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >>> Other theories? Hideous cost projections? >>> Prace Bets now > I ended up spending about £1750 on it to get the gearbox fixed, radiator > fixed, and the front suspension fixed...then traded it in three months > later and got £2500 for it (against a GT)... > > It's only money... Indeed C >>> My 156 2.0 TS lunched 5th gear...very unpleasant. The bearing looked >>> like it had collapsed and that allowed enough movement for the gears [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >>>> Other theories? Hideous cost projections? >>>> Prace Bets now SignatureCatman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 145 2.0 Cloverleaf 156 V6 2.5 S2 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk > SWMBO was driving to work today when there was 'a bang and a cloud of > smoke' and a 'bit of a loss of power, but it drove OK, but there's a [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Other theories? Hideous cost projections? > Prace Bets now 50 - 100 quid for a second hand box. Plus the cost of a new clutch (may as well do it whilst the box is dropped) 4 hours labour. I dunno - 400 quid, tops? SignatureSteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC # >> SWMBO was driving to work today when there was 'a bang and a cloud of >> smoke' and a 'bit of a loss of power, but it drove OK, but there's a [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > I dunno - 400 quid, tops? Sounds wonderfully optimistic :) SignatureCatman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 145 2.0 Cloverleaf 156 V6 2.5 S2 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk > >> Other theories? Hideous cost projections? > >> Prace Bets now [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Sounds wonderfully optimistic :) Well, if it's just box internals, then I reckon I'm not far off. All depends on labour rates, I suppose - but when my 33 chewed it's diff bearings, I had it swapped for 75 quid, on top of the box, which cost me another 75. When the 75 box did the same, I had it rebuilt with parts from my 2 spares for 500 quid. SignatureSteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC # >> >> Other theories? Hideous cost projections? >> >> Prace Bets now [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > When the 75 box did the same, I had it rebuilt with parts from my 2 > spares for 500 quid. I wouldn't have time or know how. If my PC does the equivalent of blowing a head, or chewing its own gearbox, then sleeves up and here we go, but not cars - I understand them, but would never trust my work if I tried things myself! Trouble is, the PC is cheaper to repair! > > Well, if it's just box internals, then I reckon I'm not far off. > > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > cars - I understand them, but would never trust my work if I tried things > myself! Trouble is, the PC is cheaper to repair! I didn't do it myself.... I got a man in ;-) Local gearbox specialist took the 2 used boxes from me, removed the knackered one from the car and built a good one from all 3, using new bearings where appropriate, though. SignatureSteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC # >>>> Other theories? Hideous cost projections? >>>> Prace Bets now [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > When the 75 box did the same, I had it rebuilt with parts from my 2 > spares for 500 quid. Groovy :) SignatureCatman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 145 2.0 Cloverleaf 156 V6 2.5 S2 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk |
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