Knackered Engine - dilemna of what to go for next?

much of it sitting on the driveway

 

those gearboxes dont just snap, but they do wear off. dont need to sell it.also you might want to have a refresher in basic math.

 

Maths.

 

I have a 6 rib gearbox as fitted to 2 litre type 4 engines. Still going. Managed to snap the clutch cable on the way back from Brighton Breeze though, but the box is fine. This is one area where VW rather over-engineered, as a standard VW gearbox in an air-cooled is capable of putting up with far more than standard power. Such a pity they made Mk4 Polo gearboxes out of cheese........

 

The highlight is this:

The 8-point rule has nothing to do with whether you need an MOT or not, and failing to get at least 8 points is the only thing that will trigger an IVA. Changing the engine only loses you ONE point out of a possible 14.

If you change to Subaru, then this will increase the power to weight ratio by more than 15%. This will mean that you won't be exempt from MOT, according to the draft guidance on the definition of 'substantially modified'. However seeing as I (like others, I suspect) will still stick my bus in for an MOT every year, whether it is legally required or not, in the interests of keeping on top of safety issues, no change there, and it's £40 a year. Whoop-di-doo. (The government commented in their consultation on MOTs that it was perfectly allowed for people to put their vehicles in for 'voluntary' MOTs, in fact many of the pre-1960 owners do now).

 

I did

 

On the contrary. In nearly 30 years of owning late bays, I have driven this van more over the last five years than all the previous 25 years put together. I did have some teething problems at first and for a while I wondered if I had done the right thing, but since sorting them out we now just load the van up and head off whenever the fancy takes us with the confidence that it will start first time and will get us there, and in a timely manner. That peace of mind has made a huge difference to our enjoyment of touring holidays, going to festivals and generally camping with friends. I love driving it and do so at every opportunity.

Are you perhaps basing your assumption on your own experience?

 

so would you say that in the last 5 years you done what, 10000 miles?

 

i thought so. impressive. don't worry about your gearbox, at that rate it will last another 5 years.

 

just search for thread "lost 4th gear on highway . . . need help" on samba you have few stories there. the only sh*t is the stuff that comes from your yapper.

 

classy

 

you are an idiot

 

pat yourself on your back

 

Baysearcher in "On Line Argument" shocker.

 

The above Samba thread is referring to transmissions on US vanagons fitted with 2.5l Subaru engines. The early Vanagon transmission had an inherent weakness due to changes made to accommodate a larger input shaft, sometimes referred to as 'Sudden Death Syndrome'. I'm therefore not sure it is relevant to this discussion.

I've seen posts where failures have occurred on transmissions that have been modified to reduce the cruise rpm, but I would also discount these as evidence that the standard T2 transmission cannot take the torque generated by a standard N/A 2.0l Subaru engine. Of course there will be many transmissions out there that have been neglected, mistreated and/or poorly serviced, so never say never.