Sure you checked but make sure there is actually enough oil in the box...

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im also getting this problem with mine, but only when im going for it... im really not sure want it is as al the other gears seem to be okay.
im going to be doing the clutch on it in the next few weeks i was just wondering if there is anything i should look out for with this problem.

My gearbox was fine, however since the clutch was changed in refuses to go into third on downshifts, it is seriously like trying to get it in reverse. Will try pug oil next week but not hopeful...

I have similar problems. When cold lower gears are hard to engage, once warm its fine though, apart from changing down to 2nd. When giving it full throttle all changes are smooth, up and down, and throughout ALL the range !! 2nd gear always tends to be my problem gear though, now and again crunching aswell

Now, I have had the clutch changed, new box oil, new clutch cable, and everything checked generally and all seems in fine fettle. So i'm a bit confused, I understand 2nd probably gets the most hammer and I've thought to myself that maybe the synchro mesh is wearing/worn out, would this tally with my descriptions ?

Anyone had experiance with, or had a 'box rebuilt, or at least synchros replaced ? And how much wonga we talking ?

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My ph1 is exactly the same , when cold it doesn't like to go into 2nd either changing up or down. 93000, ph1 bianca Roughly what would it cost for a garage to change the gearbox oil? inc labour, does anyone know offhand? thanks. John

johnya lazy git do it yourself haha not that hard and saves you cash look in the f.a.q section

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Tom, I have this exact problem. The bloke I bought it off had it for about 5 years, and he said it's always been like that

It's a bit of a pain in the arse to engage 1st to second, and also from 2nd back to 1st, but it becomes smooth after 5 minutes like everybody else.

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Try putting a thinner oil in the gearbox, mine was terrible last winter when it was cold, used to just skip 2nd and go for 3rd, Tried about 4 different types of gear oil to rectify and none were any good, Then put 10W/40 engine oil in instead about a year ago and so much smoother in every gear and much easier to get into second when cold. Also greased the ball on the linkage which helps.
If you still have problems then you can use ATF e.g TQdexeron etc which is even thinner, Vauxhaul use ATF in all their gearbox's as standard anyway... Not sure how pug syncro's would be on it though i'll try somewhen.

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Hi

Reading this with interest along with other posts on cold gear changes, wondering if anyone can help me.

A while ago I had a gear box that was holding gears and whining a bit. I have some plans for the car and as it has done 103K I thought I'd treat it to a gearbox re-condition. This was done by a big transmision company in Reading who charged quite a bit!

I went to pick it up and after 300mtrs returned it to them as I couldn't get second. Now I'm assuming they drove it when warm and the gear changes were ok but when I picked it up the car was cold, hence the duff changes.

They had a look and called me to say it was now ok, I picked it up and it was, but thinking back it might have been warm to the gear changing was ok.

It soon became apparent that it still wouldn't change when cold and was left with them again for a week. When they phoned me to say it was done I asked if they had tried it from cold and they said yes.

It isn't and I went if fuming but the manager was on holiday so I'm going back next Tuesday.

I understand that a few of you have cold crunching on your old boxes, but this is supposed to be re-conditioned. I'm sure as hell certain that all 6's and Rallye's didn't do this from new!!

So my question to you is this. Am I being unreasonable to expect a reconditioned box (new bearings but not synchro's (although they now say they have replaced 2nd but I'm not sure I believe them)) to crunch?

Any thought would be appreciated before my Tuesday argument/refund,

Ta
Dean

They put a new clutch in whilst they were there (Valeo) and it didn't have cold crunching issues before it went in.

Is the release bearing something that would have been done with the new clutch?

And if that's not it, check your gaiter. I had a crunchy gearbox on my old estate once, turned out I'd dropped some McCoys in between the two front seats.

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