Cheap G60 Synchro ....

[Mk2George]

Someone could be getting a bargain here ... 850 buy it now - isnt that suspiciously cheap?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=110339825055&Category=9873&_trksid=p3907.m29&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26its%3DI%26otn%3D2

[topher]

I think there were only around 500 syncro's made but havn't seen one as yet with a G60

the guy has no idea what it is.. so it may not even be a syncro. If it is, then it's most likely still running the chocolate setup from the carb version it was converted from.

approach with caution imo.

[Mk2George]

Yeah I mean at best its a synchro with the G60 engine but is that the same running gear as a Rallye?

[sharpie]

Yeah I mean at best its a synchro with the G60 engine but is that the same running gear as a Rallye?

no there are differences, mainly the rallye/g60 ltd stuff is more heavy duty. gearbox will be different, and obviously brakes.

seems a decent buy if it turns out to be as easy a fix as suggested in the ad - but then if it was really that simple, surely the seller would have sorted it first.

had a wee search to make sure i wasn't talking pish.

danny p says

also there is a big differance between "some / all "  of the rallye gearboxes compared to syncro ones  the rallye gearbox (ASU)  has a cast iron transfer case whitch is soposed to be stonger  but it also has a sepearate oil to the gearbox  holding only 0.5 ltr iirc so if an oil leack develops  a small leack over time can destroy the transferbox, wheas the G60 gearboxes have ali transfercases and common oil supply so the transfer case can't run dry so easly   

[danny_p]

well it's RHD so it'll be running the ghey RHD manifold and downpipe.    has all the tell tale sings of been a syncro,  but it's proably got the chocalate rod change gearbox in there,   so there is £600 + to spend converting it to 02C    if you want reliable fun

[billinjah]

im going to have a look ill post back what i find.