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Cheers Harryman, I'll give them a bell.

Tis a petrol 1.9 watercooled BTW.

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Well after a months of tinkering and eventually a new gearbox (thanks Aidan) she sailed through her MOT last week and was ready for the road. Drove her out to visit the girlfriends family and she went like a wee dream. 160 odd miles round trip. And she got all the way back to Glasgow the next day......

OK I'm going to take the gear box out and have a look. I'm going to get myself kitted out with everything I think I'll need to get it off and back on. So I reckon gearbox oil and a seal/gasket for the gearbox (there is already a leak there) are on the list. Have I missed anything? I've had a look ab...

Hmmmm!!! I didn't expect it do be an easy job but you make it sound pretty impossible. Did you get through the job or did you need to give up and enlist an expert?

Has anyone, other than Aidan, managed to successfully sort out a gearbox on their own? I seen he sells rebuild kits on his website.

OK I'm going to take Aidan advice and change the oil first of all. Then (possibly depending on what I see on the plug) I'll take the box out and open her up and see if I can see the problem. I can then decide if it is something I can sort myself. There is a oil leak between the box and the flywheel ...

Thanks you the responses everyone.

So Aidan, you reckon it is the gearbox? Anything I can do with it or am I looking at a new gearbox?

OK finally got round to spending some time on the linkage this weekend. After moving it about to much and losing reverse, I managed to get it all back but its still popping out of fourth. Might try shortening the linkage further (or lengthening it??) when I get the chance. There is no noises or any ...

Well I did it. Finally bought myself a T25 last weekend. A 1988 Manual(4 Speed) 1.9 Petrol Hightop (Leisure Drive) :D . She is sweet but does have 1 or 2 issues to sort before any big trips. The 1st and most important is that it pops out of 4th gear when it is pushed even slightly. No noises or anyt...