Hello Folks.
On top of having a wheel bearing go this week my gearbox is now playing me up a treat.
I have an 89' BIS Fiat 126 which I've owned for a year. About six months ago I noticed that very occasionally that first gear would pop out if I was crawling or doing a tight parallel park. A friend managed to sort this with some new gearbox oil and I thought that would be the end of it. However, about a month ago it started again, probably popping out of gear every 3/10 times I put it into first gear. Now, it pop out of first everytime, I tried to hold the gear in place while I pulled away and it screeched. For the last few days I've had to pull away in second every time, I can't use first gear at all.
I also noticed that it occasionally takes a few strikes to put it into third. On a few occasions I've actually had to go back down to second as I'd lost my speed/revs where I'd been trying to get it into gear. More annoyingly reverse plays me up a little. Very occasionally I would put it into gear it and it will make a huge screech. I then have to take it back out of gear try again.
From speaking to a family friend who is a mechanic I'm under the impression I need a new gearbox. I've had a look through the forum and my Haynes manual and can't distinguish whether I need to replace parts of the gearbox or the whole thing. From what I can gather a gearbox replacement is a very time consuming and expensive job so it will be the nail in the coffin for my car as given what it also needs a the moment (2 tyres, new rear wheel bearing, new kingpins, new handbrake cables and new bump stops. It also needs a new fuel tank but I luckily got one for £0.99 on Ebay
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Has anyone else experienced similar problems with their gearbox? Anyone got an idea what the problem may be and whether it's repairable? I'm almost sure I need a new gearbox though. Really not sure what to do, my cars only done 48K and is otherwise in great condition but given the work that needs to be done, especially if to include the price of a new gearbox I need to realisitic whether I shoudl rather break it for parts or scrap it.
Thank you for reading and thanks in advance for any replies.
