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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: Britman on 25 July 2007, 20:13

Title: turns out the pedal vibrations was the gearbox, gearbox advice
Post by: Britman on 25 July 2007, 20:13: which is unfortunate, i guess its never been changed before, my mechanic checked all engine mounts suspention and driveshafts turns out its had a new one of them to, the rising and falling is from movement in gearbox he is pretty sure, spent hours on it, and thats why its vibrating footwell on pass side and pedals and rises fall on accelerating and de accelerating, so looks likea big job of a new gearbox or sell it is

ive been told there is lots of different geraboxes within the 16v gti is this true

also is it a false economy buying a used box? (may also be warn and dont know history, arte boxes dear to buy? i was hopeing it would be less serious

i dont fancy spending 4-500 on a box and labour, and theres noises from back of car too and airbag warning light stuck on now too, an dheatshilds rattling but i expect some things on a 145k car
Title: Re: turns out the pedal vibrations was the gearbox, gearbox advice
Post by: Britman on 25 July 2007, 20:20: a i managed to fix the smokinf fault from stalks too, I bought both stalks and hazard light for Ã‚£20 all in of a r plate gti on ebay fitted them today and the problems gone :) thanks for all advice on that issue
Title: Re: turns out the pedal vibrations was the gearbox, gearbox advice
Post by: kells on 25 July 2007, 21:36: iv got through 5 gearboxs on my swift gti (heavily modified engine) but i had the latest rebuilt by suzuki main dealer as i knew a guy their, and i now change its oil every 4k using mobil G/box oil, its never once give me any trouble again

my advice is just get a second hand box or get yours rebuilt by a reputable company, then make sure u change oil regular and dont do no more mad arse burnouts haha sorry had to get that one in :grin: :grin:

my golf however is sweet as a nut in Gbox department :cool:
Title: Re: turns out the pedal vibrations was the gearbox, gearbox advice
Post by: blinky88 on 26 July 2007, 00:29: Quote from: adrenaline on 25 July 2007, 20:13

also is it a false economy buying a used box? (may also be warn and dont know history, arte boxes dear to buy? i was hopeing it would be less serious

No it should be fine, when I replaced my gearbox I had a 3month guarentee with it so if it broke again i get the money back.

Your mechanic should be able to identify the code of your gearbox so you will know which one to get
Title: Re: turns out the pedal vibrations was the gearbox, gearbox advice
Post by: Britman on 26 July 2007, 06:34: where will it say the code? :huh:
Title: Re: turns out the pedal vibrations was the gearbox, gearbox advice
Post by: Len on 26 July 2007, 11:39: Well as you been doing burnouts thats the kind of damage you can do!
Title: Re: turns out the pedal vibrations was the gearbox, gearbox advice
Post by: Britman on 26 July 2007, 14:41: :huh: I did one burnout which was more a wheel spin, not burnout "s"
how can I of damaged the gearbox, the vibrations no worse at all than it was when got the car, dont think one wheel spins got anything to do with this topic, it does not really need to be brought up again as its been over exagerated
Title: Re: turns out the pedal vibrations was the gearbox, gearbox advice
Post by: Len on 26 July 2007, 16:07: Exagerated even? or exacerbated?
Title: Re: turns out the pedal vibrations was the gearbox, gearbox advice
Post by: kells on 26 July 2007, 18:39: hahahahhaa the burnout thing is funny, your never gonna live that one down :grin:

as for code on the box, im sure all the 8v ones are the same regardless of the age of the car, not sure on the 16v tho?

not sure which yours is anyhow 8 or 16 v ?
Title: Re: turns out the pedal vibrations was the gearbox, gearbox advice
Post by: Britman on 26 July 2007, 19:45: I think burnout was a bit of a extreme word, as it is when people do long wheels spins smoking the rubber and abusing the car, all I done was used the power in the wet and see how much traction it had, and how long it took to stop spinning, from replies of got ive been made out to be a tw@t who tear around abusing his car, I mean its know worse than a drag race at santa pod, anyway i only put it to ask about the smell thats now gone
Title: Re: turns out the pedal vibrations was the gearbox, gearbox advice
Post by: Len on 26 July 2007, 21:27: Yes mate but cars at Santa Pod have been prepped to do that! Yours aint!
Title: Re: turns out the pedal vibrations was the gearbox, gearbox advice
Post by: DubFan on 27 July 2007, 10:08: I heard from a specialist that the Mk3 gearboxes are notably unreliable, and some said they wouldn't fit a s/h box because you have no idea what it'll be like, they fitted one to a Golf which then came back within a couple of months because that one had failed.

A full g/box from VW will be over a grand, a recon box will be about Ã‚£600, then you may as well add in a new clutch while the whole lot is out. So add another Ã‚£100 or so for that.
If you can put up with the car being out of action, you could get your gearbox rebuilt, that way you know it's history better and you should get a guarantee from the company that did it.
Title: Re: turns out the pedal vibrations was the gearbox, gearbox advice
Post by: boneybradley on 27 July 2007, 10:45: can i just say it's your car and do what you want and don't let other's tell you otherwise ( I broke my last golf on the strip and only blame myself and had stick from my mates for what thay called abuse of my car and told me to grow up....) ... and reading your original post it still sound's like a broken gearbox mount!!