The search continues

[James Junior]

Viewed a REV3 turbo in Handforth Dean today - a nice blue colour with some tasteful mods.

Paintwork was a bit tatty up close though and when I sat in it and worked up and down the gearbox it was refusing 2nd and 3rd at times, so didn't bother taking it for a drive.

I have read about a few cars having gearbox troubles and my old REV4 turbo had issues with 2nd gear.

Presumably now the cars are getting a bit old these problems are becoming more common?

Oh well, the search continues...

[MR2 Rich]

My NA mk2 had 2nd and 3rd gear synchromesh issues aswell. Talking to my mate who's an ex Toyota mechanic he said the issues are more to do with rough gear changes and not changing the oil often enough.

[asdrewq]

Or worn objects in the selector mechanism, which pretty much every car you go to view will have.

Are you saying it refused 2nd/3rd when sitting in the car stationary with the clutch up? A brand new gearbox would do that. If it changed ok when on the move I'd hazard it would be fine. If some gears were a bit stiff/had to be forced in, it's probably wear in the selector mechanism - bushes, bearings, square of death etc.

[James Junior]

It simply wouldn't allow you to select the gear sometimes, unless you double clutched it.

Interesting what you say about it potentially being linked to a new gearbox. The owner did say he had a receipt showing the car had been fitted with a replacement gearbox.

He did say it drove fine. I didn't test drive it as was immediately put off by this.

[greeny]

It simply wouldn't allow you to select the gear sometimes, unless you double clutched it.

Interesting what you say about it potentially being linked to a new gearbox. The owner did say he had a receipt showing the car had been fitted with a replacement gearbox.

He did say it drove fine. I didn't test drive it as was immediately put off by this.

Should of test drove it, most gearbox's wont select some gears when the engines not running.....

[Peter Gidden]

Should of test drove it, most gearbox's wont select some gears when the engines not running.....

+1

[James Junior]

Interesting - never encountered that before. Every days a school day.

Still, bodywork was a little more worn than I could have tolerated anyway...