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Hey my gearbox is crunching every now and then, when shifting up to 3rd or 4th (sometimes when driving hard; other times when crusing) ... i am thinkin maybe my syncros are going?

I plan on changing the gearbox oil this weekend and seeing how that goes.. however if this doesnt cure my problem, what am I looking at for a repair cost??

sncryo's + labour?

rebuild of the gearbox?

new gearbox?

just so i can see what the best option i can take is..

tnhx

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Do yourself a cheap quick and easy favour and buy some "Redline Shockproof Lightweight Gear Oil". Put that in, give it a solid 500-700km of driving and then count the dolars you saved on that rebuild.

www.uas.com.au sell/deliver the oil. Call john and mention this to him and I doubt you'll get off the phone in under 10mins :cheers:

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thanx.... i was going to buy VMX80, but may aswell try this redline a go eh...

work literally across the road from UAS, should start going there frequentyl n get some discounts... however i have heard from a few mates they are realtively expensive compared to other places? what u think???

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I never used to have any crunches but since my car got a high idle (upto1900rpm) i find it hard to change from first to second without sum difficulty and a bit of a clunking feeling thru the gear shift. It only happens up gears really and mostly between 1st and 2nd..Sumtimes 2nd to 3rd. Would the high idle cause this in anyway? If not would the shockproof fix it?

Thanks,

Deren

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well i picked up some redline shockprrof on friday... got under the car today and tried to undo the top plug, with no luck... i huff n i puffed to no avail.

There seems to be some kind of silicone compound sealing the top bolt in. Can anyone let me know how to loosen this up? or do i have to hire a body builder for 5 minutes?

If worst comes to worst how much will a workshop charge me to hoist it up and do the change for me (noting that i will supply them the parts)

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Everyone at UAS said the shockproof will fix it.

Mine still crunches in high revs post shockproof, what really helped however was them also bolting in my clutch slave in properly :cheers:

If your syncros are buggered I doubt oil will fix it, if you haven't changed oils for a while then you have a good chance any oil change will help it :)

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