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Thanks Danbex, its been a long hard struggle. The thing is these vans do become a part of the family..... which makes the next post even more annoying!!!
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So since the van had been back on the road I had been complaining of sloppy gear changes, and the other day it popped out of 5th gear on the motorway and wouldnt go back in... It may as well have been in neutral! I took the wheel of the van the other day and opened up the gearbox, it turns out 5th had stripped itself of teeth and basically ruined the box!
I have been in contact with Glen from this forum and he builds gearboxes. We have done a deal where I am part exchanging my current box for one that has the 5th gear mod as well as a DUJ to hopefully help strengthen it all up to prevent this happening again. Its an expensive repair which will cost me a few hundred to get sorted, but it will see me up and running again.
Hey ho. Another day with the van of dreams!
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Sounds like a reasonable outcome Jon
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Have you got the details of the great of specialist mate?
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Well here is a picture of the shreaded box......
Jonny, if you look on Facebook under the Just T4's group his name is Glen Mills. He runs a company called Go Transporter (https://www.facebook.com/GoTransporter/) and has an ebay page http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322071075842?ul_noapp=true. We have spoken to him a bit and he really seems to know his stuff.Comment
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Cheers mate will look into it.
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Good thread mate, same thing happened to me 20 miles from Venice top end went and took 11 weeks to get van back to uk. All sorted now keep on trucking.Comment
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Thanks Shauny, Its just a shame getting it back on the road has been a long and hard process....Comment
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Ok so... its been ages since I last posted, so thought it was time for an update. Well..... the van was on the road for a grand total of two weeks before the gearbox ate itself. The general theory is that it ran out of oil inside the box and then friction did the rest. Although the gearboxes are designed to be sealed units and the oil supposed to last the lifetime of the box, it doesnt! So learn from my expensive lesson, check yours and replace it with new stuff!!
I ended up contacting a guy on the forum called Glen Mills who works with gearboxes and he really seemed to know his stuff, so agreed to part ex the broken box for a new shiney upgraded one. The new one now has the 5th gear mod and a DUJ, which to my understanding is a bigger and stronger diff and pinion which will help it deal with the bigger bhp of my engine.
Annoyingly my garage is having problems with fitting the gearbox due to mechanics off sick, broken vehicle lift etc, so I am hoping to get the van back tomorrow.Comment
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So, an update to bring things up to speed. The van is now back on the road (again!) with a shiny new gear box. Its running really well and has a nice slick motion to it. Certainly nothing like the agricultural gearbox I was used to. The van is ridiculously quick again and with the 5th gear mod it cruises really well. I can't wait to get the exhaust and remap sorted to finally dial it all in..Comment
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Last week I had a new exhaust fitted by pptuning. I am REALLY pleased with it...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i2Sb2xMUNM
(Turn up the volume as I had an issue with the camera)Comment
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Sounds good
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Thanks, its a shame as that video in no way does it justice...Comment
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Good news!
The High Court Sheriffs have been in touch and have said that they have secured payment for the rest of the money owed, I just have to wait 14 days for it to clear at their end. So that means I will get ££££ back on what was lost on that original mechanic!
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Well done mate! Does that mean we might see you on that program the sheriffs are coming??
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