DOH!

First quote from Parts Gateway... =A3345

Sheeeit.

Aye, just a bit. Some Capri parts are starting to fetch silly money now=20 too.

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Err £345 for a gearbox and you regard that as high? The last gearbox that I bought was about £1500.

You couldn't re-build a broken box properly for anything near that - so it it's a common failure market forces rule.

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There are a couple of W123 owners and some in the garage trade who might=20 know where to find you one.

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From a scrappies for an old Merc, yes.

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Old being the operative word.

Given how few there are left on the roads, we can only asssume that most were destroyed many years ago.

Depending on what's wrong with it - it may be worth having it repaired.

Try Dronsfields in Glossop. They tend to not be drastically expensive for bits like this.

Their quote is 390 quid!

Yes but was it for a second hand scrap yard gearbox with indeterminite mileage and longevity? This is a rough-around-the-edges 1982 W123 Merc so it's not worth spending hugely on TBH.

Arrgh! I'll ask around, I've got to know someone who'll have bits for that.

Thanks :) It's got the 4 speed manual. I assume that a 5 speed would drop straight in though.

Is that one of the online breakers gateway things?

My Clarton lunched its gearbox a few years ago. An online breaker mishmash website quickly provided me with 2 scouse blokes promising me a gearbox. Neither of which materialised.

I got one from a Senator in a local breakers yard for less than half the £300 and £350 the online lot were going to charge.

Hurrah for local business.

Fuck that. I'll stick with Fords. Crown wheel on parents Mondeo decided=20 to exit stage left about 6 weeks ago. =A3100 got a gearbox and another=20 =A3200 got a garage to fit it.

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General agreement in W123 since these were new is that the gearing of the 5 speed is somewhat 'off' and the cars are nicer to drive with the

4 speed...

Merc boxes don't often break, unlucky...

DId have an R reg escort lunch it's cogs all over the road, only 50 quid for a box though...

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Well it has done 264,000 miles. Got it back from SWMBO's brother's driveway today. It will actually move in 2nd, 3rd and 4th gears. 1st and reverse just make a godawful noise and the car doesn't move.

If I can't find a decently cheap solution to fix it by the end of the week I'll ebay it 99p no reserve. And possibly buy a motorbike instead, since I've passed my DAS and the weather's nice :)

But with Merc manual boxes you wish they would, terrible things IMO.