Driving along happily......... and all of a sudden i have only 1st and 2nd gear!!!
Stick just wouldnt move over to the middle (3rd and 4th) or all the way accross (5th and Reverse) so i only have 1st and 2nd!

Disconnected the selecta rod and stick moves freely, try and change gear using a small screwdriver through the shaft that sticks out the gearbox and same thing..... 1st and 2nd but nothing else, it's rock solid in any other direction and even 1st and 2nd are stiffer than they were

New box time!

 

wait till you up the power boxes become service items.

was it a normal RS box or a performance box such as CTS

 

No it was just a normal box but it had been reconditioned about 5000 miles ago........ well so the guy i bought it from told me!

 

yea they tell you that!

cts time dude

 

Would love to but have no money right now! Just bought a Stage 2 turbo which has cleared me out, and i've got my tax bill due at the end of january

 

they are a pain in the arse sometimes.infact most of the time.best to leave them standard

 

Even better. Leave them in the garage. Lock the door and never come back

 

i had 3 gearboxes in my old s2 in 6 months. had 210bhp and 226lb ft torque.
i literaaly changed tham everytime i serviced the car.easy job anyway.hour or so

 

sorry to hear you had bad luck with the old gearbox probaly split a gear like i did 2 xmas ago and that was a cts stage 2 i was on m25 doing 65 mph went to over take a car and bang but car still had drive untill i went onto hard shoulder and selected neutral had to pull away in 2nd to get off motorway then just as i got off the m-way it went cap-put then the AA done the rest of the trip
got it back to cts and was found to be a split in half first gear
and now driving another erst with a whinney box when cold but not for long
hope you can get it sorted soon
mark2

 

i had a box do that, had to whack it left or right to switch vbetween 2+1 and 3+4+5

was funny for 5 mins, was a recon box too, brand new but i got it free from a breaker car

 

Sell it mate

All you seem to have with it is RS trouble.

Best thing i ever done.

 

Always one thing after another with these, my entire car is now practically brand new! Almost everything has been replaced and still things are breaking!
Part of the 'character' i guess........ although I wish it wasnt!!!

 

tobe honest i get a kick of some sort out of working on my rst it just feels good to put a thing right which was wrong( and i dont mean a bulb change) how many cars now days dont need a pc to right somethink
you take your average car nowdays the service light comes on you service it with better quality parts than the average garage uses but you have to plug it in to a pc to reset the service light y o y
give me a bag of tools and a cvh turbo i will be happy
dont give up on the car and it wont give up on you
mark

 

i had that before but worked it free

 

i would have agreed with you up till i bought the s2 i have now.
had 4 s2s befor this an they was all 80-100k cars and i had nothing but problems!
so i decided rather than polish a turd i bought the car i have now what had few owners and only 32k on the clock i paid good money for it but its a small price to pay for a mint un abused motor!! its never broken down yet even now its running big power an i give it death!

 

my cts bc stage two plus i have rebuilt every year big power just wears them out i could go down the mtx75 route but i paid Ł700 for uprated driveshafts so i will just put up with the rebuilds..

sean

 

How did you do that and was it alright afterwards or did it get stuck again??

 

must say my old fiesta turbo was my daily driver etc and never ever had a problem with that, till it got stolen

 

that was standard power tho

 

i only use mine on weekends but it still breaks down. but you got to love them.

 

Yeah i'm sure my GB would have been fine if i was running standard power.

Your right! Thats why i'll keep at it!

 

like the link on you tube what spec you got

 

My car has a standard box in it and i aint had any problems even with 230 bhp and 252 lb/ft torque! its how you treat them that wrecks them!!

 

true, big launches will kill a standard box very quickly.


so not looking forward to getting mine up and running, nice easy driving untill i can get a good box.

 

i know the feeling mate..

but when it runs nice and all is good she puts a smile on your face!

you love her really... lol.

 

nothing to do with the way you drive normal driving with a high torque turbo will eventually break a standard box, and i bet yours has had the layshaft bearing mod a bog standard box cant even handle 200fbt

sean

 

Thanks mate! Spec is:

Ported and flowed head
Piper T2 Cam kit
K&N
Scorpion
Radtec FMIC 2xSpal Fans
RD Short Shift Kit
Power Engineering Chip
APEXi AVC-R Boost Controller
Baileys Breather System
Baileys DV26
Koni Adjustables
Cossie Brakes
Think thats it......

Yes mate a big smile

Interesting to know!

 

Lots of burnouts then till you kill 1st/2nd

 

No it has'nt had any mods! its the original box and its done 110k miles!
its been handling over 200 ft/lb for over 4 years!
I dont do any hard launches but i drive it hard and use it on track days!!