spanky 0 Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 On my way to work today, I came to a stop and put the car into 1st (it went unwillingly) only to be in 3rd (in the 1st position), oh my god I thought! managed to limp to a car park, only to put it into reverse to park, but found out reverse is now 1st gear!!! *-) . All the gears are totally mixed up, it's a bit of a lottery as to what gear you get and where!!RAC man looked and says it's not the linkage and that it's an internal problem, then towed me to a garage. They can't look at it until friday, but I rang a bloke that can come and pick the car up today and fit a recon box (with warranty and inc towing and VAT) all in for £550. Does this sound a reasonable amount? and what gearbox code is a '97 non highline VR6 golf?cheers :-( Link to post Share on other sites
mike 6 Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 that sounds mad..price sounds slightly high to me... i would be thinkin more like 400?i got a quote for my old 1.4 and that was just 200 to get one fitted altho that is only a 1.4 Link to post Share on other sites
Jk* 0 Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 My BMW one was going to cost me £450 if thats anything to go by, but i had to source it myself and get the car towed myself... Link to post Share on other sites
spanky 0 Posted September 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 Cheers for the replies guys.Just got another quote for £450 + VAT which is £528.75 (without towing and a couple of months warranty , the other place is a 2 year, 20,000 mile warranty). And this place doesn't have one in stock and can't tell me when they can get one!! Link to post Share on other sites
richievr 1 Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 mine did the same on the way to work one day ..turned out to be one of the bolts holding the gear selector cables to the top of the gearbox!! tightened it up again and had all gears again ...don't know if this helps or if you have the same problem - but worth a look i guess...... Link to post Share on other sites
antera309 3 Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 Always check the linkage thoroughly first before condemning the gearbox. Link to post Share on other sites
dellert 0 Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 My neighbour done it too!!! Got a recon box for his Espace and it was the same as before, turns out it was a little rubber linkage thing which cost a fiver!!!Gutted!! However there is a lesson!! Also never trust a mechanic!! Link to post Share on other sites
Petesvw 0 Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 Aww well, time to scrap the heap then jodi You are more than welcome to recon my old unit mate : )But i won't be getting me new one from stealth 'till at least the 15th oct : (LSD + 3.6 final drive tho : ) Link to post Share on other sites
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