I seem to have acquired myself a 1997 Seat Ibiza 1.4. Only problem is it's gearbox is knackered. I was going to drive it round for a bit and just let it whine away until I found a cheap box to put in it. However the box decided to lunch itself within about 0.5 miles of me driving it. There is no longer any 4th gear and there's a lot of grinding in the other gears. Doh.
It looks like a piece of piss to change and other than that it seems a nice car, but I'm getting confused by the designations. A bit of googling reveals this is an 085 box, but what other cars can I raid one of these from? A lot of the VAG gearboxes seem to be refered to by a 3 letter code, can anyone give me a low down of what these mean and whether they're still
085 type boxes? And is there any to avoid, for example is the box from a 1.0 weak and crap or will it be ok on my uber powerful 1.4 SPi??2nd hand breaker boxes with 30 day warranties seem to be around the £150-£200 mark with delivery, which I can live with but the cheaper the better if anyone knows of a good source?
Ta