How much is a second hand straight cut gearbox worth??
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How much is a second hand straight cut gearbox worth??

been offered one! and what should i be looking at when buying .eg : wear ??



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Edited by Jimster on 11th Mar, 2005.

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i wouldn't trust a 2nd hand box if i was you dude, best get your mate to sell it to me instead

yeah great but whats it worth??

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Well a new one would cost you in excess of ?800 to buy the gearkit, a decent diff, and all the bearings/gaskets/shafts to complete the job. That would be building it up yourself.

You don't give enough info, what diff, s/c drops?

A brand new Clubman gearkit from Minispares is just over ?300. A 2nd hand box is NEVER worth more than this....Also, which make is it?? If it's NOT MSC or JKD, can you get new gears for it if needed??
2nd hand boxes are not impossible to value unlleess its dissembeled on your kitchen table

thanx how can you find out if its a MSC OR JKD?

i think it includes the sump and everything just need to spaner it on

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lol, i'd hope it included the sump else its just a handful of gears and oil.

if it helps they usually go for about ?250ish on ebay, without drops and with a normal diff. well the ones ive watched have anyway.

whats drops ???

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"Whats drops ???"

Drop gears, or transfer gears. 3 gears, one on the crank called the primary gear, one below called the idler gear, and one on the end of the 1'st motion shaft in the gearbox called the 1'st motion gear.

Phil.

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HAHA! I had somone come into my work with a box hed just made up using minisport straight cut gears. No drop gears and no diff wanting ?850!!! Id rather pay an extra ?150 and get a new one form minisport if i wanted one of them

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I'd rather not get one from Minisport at all ! lol

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A fool and his money are soon parted. There is some real shit punted around on ebay. I've seen a set of pitted, chipped drop gears go for over ?150. Ebay is madness. I would view a straight cut gearbox very carefully as it is likely to have been used by not an old lady.

Bugger off, I'm getting there.

hedge what would you pay for one say as a gamble

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if it helps in any way i've just ordered my new gearbox, here's the quote i had off the chap.

"As well as the gearbox I'd do the transfer case too - replace the idler bearing and fit a new outer race for the pilot nose bearing.

To build up the box with *new* bearings (layshaft, mainshaft, idler (uprated as used on the later cars), differential, nose,etc), a 'clubman' SCCR gear set, evolution x-pin diff, Central oil pickup pipe, layshaft, oilseals, locktabs, gaskets, Rod change anti leak kit, genuine baulk rings & sync hub springs.

Case would be chemically cleaned, threads tapped out and can be painted (if you want)

All assembled with a shimmed up idler gear and supplied with a new uprated clutch oil seal (as used on the later cars) and oil drain sealing washer (see *everything* included!)

Cost would be ?700"

Personally i think its money well spent and is damn good value for a fully built box, i already have my own s/c drops to put on it though. but i'd rather pay someone to do it for me as i don't have the skills/patience to do it myself.


Nick.

sorry to hijack but bud666 who was the quote from as that is ?90 cheaper than the one i got ?

thanx bud will proberly not bother then its not worth the risk to put it in and then it to go!

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excellent price bud666

whos the guy bud ??

thought i would mention
stuart at V MAX SCART on his website does some very intresting boxes 5/ 6 speed SCCR combination of the two

worth a LOOK!

http://www.vmaxscart.co.uk/

That quote was from iclemini from the minifinity forum. I think as he gave me a quote yesterday as well and said he was building one for him.. As for secondhand sccr gearboxs i wouldn't bother i've an old one sat in the shed now thats all pitted and badly worn. Its not worth the hassle.

To answer the question, I would put it on ebay and hope to get about ?250 for it.

If the box was in bits, I reckon I would look at it very carefully (seen a jeweller in action?)

Bugger off, I'm getting there.

yup thats off Dave (icklemini) from minifinity.com well pleased with that price, just need to cut my front end off now so i can get the engine out and box off to be rebuilt.

Minis have got bonnets you know... It's possible to take the engine out of there.. No need for cutting.

yes but i've just given back the engine crane i've been borrowing for the last year. its sods law that i'd need it as soon as the chap asked for it back.

got a clubby front to fit anyway so it's gotta come off all the same.