muddy4x4xfar Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 hi iv been offered a series2 in brilliant condition all except the gear box crunches when going into 2nd. he says its easy to fix just wanted to know what the profesionals have to say? cheers everyone. chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Well a series 2 has to have this lovely crunching. It will be so in both first and second gear because these are not synchronized. Only way to get rid of this feature is by swapping the box with one from a series 3. But you get use to it so dont let that put you off a possible purchase Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Hancock Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Double de-clutching is the order of the day on pre S3 boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdong2 Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 i have a s11 sufix F box full sinchromech waiting to go in when i get some rr diffs to replace my sufix A box which isn't full sinchromech. graham _____________________ 1962 2a swb 200 tdi. 1997 disco 1 300 tdi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the real muddy90 Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 hi iv been offered a series2 in brilliant condition all except the gear box crunches when going into 2nd. he says its easy to fix just wanted to know what the profesionals have to say? cheers everyone. chris Like they say, you'll get used to it. They aren't like driving a modern car. Don't rush second gear, just apply a little pressure & let it 'drop' in on it's own. It will help if you don't take the revs up too high in first. Or..... just pull away in second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrycrabbe Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Chris, do you know if it jumps out of gear at all in second or third? If it doesn't, then its probably OK and the crunch is just down to lack of syncromesh on 1st & 2nd gear which is correct for that 'box. If it jumps out of gear on overrun (when engine braking) then its probably got problems with the layshaft. Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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