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 More options 2 Sep 2007, 15:15
Newsgroups: uk.rec.cars.classic
From: Ian <ian.gro...@btinternet.com>
Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 07:15:16 -0700
Local: Sun 2 Sep 2007 15:15
Subject: Re: I have a 1970 or 60s Model Spitfire
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On 2 Sep, 10:19, "Dave Plowman (News)" <d...@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <1188713713.707910.200...@r29g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
>    Sarah <itsmacint...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> > i am buying a Spitfire from my boss and he says it has a slight
> > problem with the reverse gear! When you are useing the reverse gear it
> > is all ways sounding like it is trying to knock it self out of
> > Reverse!

> Very expensive fix. Means replacing the gearbox. Allow 500-1000 quid for
> this job if a garage has to do it.

Maybe not that bad. A recon box is £215 from Canley Classics, and a
halfway competent garage shouldn't take more than half a day to fit
it. Worth doing the clutch at the same time though.

OK, 500 quid-ish.

Don't buy the car!

Ian


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