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Hey all,

Looking at getting my gearbox recondition. Can anyone recommend a shop that they may have used? I think some syncro's are out. Also going from 4th to 3rd at higher speeds is impossible without crunch/grinding sounds.

Anyhelp would be great.

Cheers

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my diff was single spinning at times and the gearbox was a little crunchy so i put heavier oil in both, was 85(i think)/140 diff is now perfect and gearbox is hard to get into second and going back to 1st when cold but once warmed up goes into every gear perfectly, even snap shifting is a breeze with no crunching at all!

Have you tried Birds on here? The price was reasonable if you had a s/h box to swap over as I remember.

Status Gearbox and Diff Engineering

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Is birds connected to status gearboxes?

Thanks for all the help guys. I contacted Status Gearboxes on Monday. Spoke to a fella down there. They gonna reco a box for me and do a switch over. Should happen next week I hope. Miss driving it. rolleyes.gif

Thanks again for the heads up people.thumbsup.gif

@Birds - Sent you a pm mate, all good now tho.

Thanks for all the help guys. I contacted Status Gearboxes on Monday. Spoke to a fella down there. They gonna reco a box for me and do a switch over. Should happen next week I hope. Miss driving it. rolleyes.gif

Thanks again for the heads up people.thumbsup.gif

@Birds - Sent you a pm mate, all good now tho.

Out of interest what is the cost?

Yes, my mother and her partner own it.

explains all the trouble i went through with our name then.. i was told they were informed by someone off here..

bit of a shame really hardly the same trade...but could not be stuffed with the legal costs (our lawyer quoted up to 15k) as we could have won due to on prior usage... documents from early 90's predated the trademark... maybe oneday we will revisit the issue.

Wasn't my doing mate. In fact, I was against them doing that when I heard the news. I'm a firm believer in don't shit where you eat, don't mix business with your personal life etc., because this is a community that you and I both are very much a part of. But I have no say in matters like that...it's a company director decision. And yeah, unfortunately when shit like that goes down, it burns bridges where you'd rather it didn't. Hence I've never given a shit about you using your forum name or referring to yourself as Status Tuning on here...everyone on here knows you as that and it never bothered me. I couldn't push Status Gearbox & Diff on here even if I wanted to, because your reputation under that name, within this community, is so widespread. People would be asking why Trent is doing gearboxes now. Not to downplay the trouble that trademark issues cause for businesses, but it makes me glad that you have a loyal clientele base, where you could change your name to Joe's Tuning and people would still come to you.

From what I recall of it, they actually got word of you through people calling them up and asking if they can get their car tuned/dynoed. So yeah, probably people from these forums looking for you in the Yellow Pages or on Google and landing on Status Gearbox & Diff.

No hard feelings from me to you and I hope that it is the same vice versa.

Wasn't my doing mate. In fact, I was against them doing that when I heard the news. I'm a firm believer in don't shit where you eat, don't mix business with your personal life etc., because this is a community that you and I both are very much a part of. But I have no say in matters like that...it's a company director decision. And yeah, unfortunately when shit like that goes down, it burns bridges where you'd rather it didn't. Hence I've never given a shit about you using your forum name or referring to yourself as Status Tuning on here...everyone on here knows you as that and it never bothered me. I couldn't push Status Gearbox & Diff on here even if I wanted to, because your reputation under that name, within this community, is so widespread. People would be asking why Trent is doing gearboxes now. Not to downplay the trouble that trademark issues cause for businesses, but it makes me glad that you have a loyal clientele base, where you could change your name to Joe's Tuning and people would still come to you.

From what I recall of it, they actually got word of you through people calling them up and asking if they can get their car tuned/dynoed. So yeah, probably people from these forums looking for you in the Yellow Pages or on Google and landing on Status Gearbox & Diff.

No hard feelings from me to you and I hope that it is the same vice versa.

No no hard feelings at all, glad to hear your story from the horses mouth :P

i was informed incorrectly my apology as is so often the case :)

Wasn't my doing mate. In fact, I was against them doing that when I heard the news. I'm a firm believer in don't shit where you eat, don't mix business with your personal life etc., because this is a community that you and I both are very much a part of. But I have no say in matters like that...it's a company director decision. And yeah, unfortunately when shit like that goes down, it burns bridges where you'd rather it didn't. Hence I've never given a shit about you using your forum name or referring to yourself as Status Tuning on here...everyone on here knows you as that and it never bothered me. I couldn't push Status Gearbox & Diff on here even if I wanted to, because your reputation under that name, within this community, is so widespread. People would be asking why Trent is doing gearboxes now. Not to downplay the trouble that trademark issues cause for businesses, but it makes me glad that you have a loyal clientele base, where you could change your name to Joe's Tuning and people would still come to you.

Yeah its a Shame when that stuff happens aint it....... :down:

So seriously tho Status Gearbox are the G.o? will they do a Reco on a supplied box or really only deal with C/o ?

Im glad this thread came up as i seriously need to get my RB Box fixed up.

No no hard feelings at all, glad to hear your story from the horses mouth :P

i was informed incorrectly my apology as is so often the case :)

:cheers:

Easy assumption and can't say I blame you. Thanks for understanding though. Now I can put this chequered past behind me...

Yeah its a Shame when that stuff happens aint it....... :down:

So seriously tho Status Gearbox are the G.o? will they do a Reco on a supplied box or really only deal with C/o ?

Im glad this thread came up as i seriously need to get my RB Box fixed up.

Yes they will reco a supplied box for the same cost, but if you have countershaft or mainshaft damage, they may have no choice but to use another box as a starting point. The common issues like crunching synchros or noisy bearings are fine to reco existing. And guys, whilst I appreciate the plugs, the company itself is not a forum supporter or trader, so I would rather it not receive the benefit of recommendations/referrals/attention on here. That and, as stated earlier, I don't mix business with my personal life if I can avoid it. For that reason this will be my last post in this thread :)

Cheers.

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