S2 Gear box whine
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S2 Gear box whine
Rite it whines when in second really badly only when you not accelerating,
also in 3rd and 4th but it not as loud, would it be an oil problem or has
the gear box had it? cheers for any help
Rich
also in 3rd and 4th but it not as loud, would it be an oil problem or has
the gear box had it? cheers for any help
Rich
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Sounds like the bearings are on the way out. The box is whining because the slack is not being taken up as it would when accelerating hard. You could check the oil, but I suspect, even if it was low, you would only be prolonging the inevitable.
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Bear in mind that a Diesel box is no stronger than a normal one, just has higher ratios. Depends on money, if you can afford it, you can get the boxes rebuilt using the MK5 bearings, as they are slightly beefier, but I think you have to change a lot of other internals as well, so probably not cost-effective. I know the Rapid-Fit bloke @ the Ford dealers I used to work in looked @ this method, would have cost over £1k in bits @ staff rate.
Or easier, just find another box and run that. Remember though, if the bearings have gone / are going, then the LSD diff probably ain't gonna be that healthy anyway.
Probably best to have a word with Paul @ North Yorks RS Spares. He probably has hundreds of them holding up the foundations in his place.
Or easier, just find another box and run that. Remember though, if the bearings have gone / are going, then the LSD diff probably ain't gonna be that healthy anyway.
Probably best to have a word with Paul @ North Yorks RS Spares. He probably has hundreds of them holding up the foundations in his place.
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s2 gear boxes are a bit thin on the ground now, diesal boxes are the next best thing . iwas told 300£ to fix my turbo box, so i bort a dieasel for 30£. to be honist i cant realy tell the differance
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Originally Posted by Grandad racer
s2 gear boxes are a bit thin on the ground now, diesal boxes are the next best thing . iwas told 300£ to fix my turbo box, so i bort a dieasel for 30£. to be honist i cant realy tell the differance
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have a look at fast ford mag, march edition. lists top 10 rare rs spares, at number 2 is escort rs turbo gear boxes, till i can find one, the dieasl is agood substitute the mag says people are going for xr3i boxes, bad news,no lsd, and mutch lower gear ratios.hope this helps!!!
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Or ask for finis number 1117975 @ your local Ford dealer. Expect price to be around £5-600.
3.82 ratio Escort Turbo gearbox, may need replacement release bearing finis 6847097. @ least there is a guarantee and if it breaks, Ford will pay to replace it.
3.82 ratio Escort Turbo gearbox, may need replacement release bearing finis 6847097. @ least there is a guarantee and if it breaks, Ford will pay to replace it.
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fitted a diesel box still goes well cant fault it, dint see much difference in engine speed when cruisin at bout 70 was about 250 rpm lower at the most, and now i have chance to give the car some abuse lol i get to 90 and my boost drops to bout 2 psi, anyone got any clues? is it most likely to be the amal valve cos i was thinkin if it was the actuator surley it would hold boost at all?
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oh yeah the oil that came out of my old box was well past it, every one who came into work the next day was complainin sayin the could smell gas so you can imagine what it was like when it first came out, also the oil was lookin similar to a copper paste solution it was really meatalic
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