The gearbox was the only unknown on the car really. I bought it at face value - i actually believed the guy. He reckoned it was recently overhauled. the outsude casing and drain plug etc were all immaculate, you could have eaten your dinner off it, it was that clean, so too was the bellhousing etc so i took the gamble and beleived it was pukka.

Fitted it to the car and it was whining, even on tick over, tried gear oil and molyslip to see if it went any quieter, tried new release bearing, no joy! when driving its just like a straight cut box appart from 4th gear which is normal, so am assuming its internal to the box and i was ripped off!!

How much does an overhaul cost these days??