S3 Gearbox whine

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Alex

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• Dec 18, 2005

• #1

I've got a 1975 S3 with whine and rumble on 1st thru 3rd, silent on
4th. Am I right in assuming the layshaft bearings have gone?

TIA

Alex

 

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EMB

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• Dec 18, 2005

• #2

Alex wrote:
> I've got a 1975 S3 with whine and rumble on 1st thru 3rd, silent on
> 4th. Am I right in assuming the layshaft bearings have gone?

That sounds like a fair diagnosis.


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EMB

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Dec 19, 2005

• #3

On or around Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:13:25 +1300, EMB <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Alex wrote:
>> I've got a 1975 S3 with whine and rumble on 1st thru 3rd, silent on
>> 4th. Am I right in assuming the layshaft bearings have gone?
>
>That sounds like a fair diagnosis.

depends on how much whine, though. Rumble sounds iffy, whine is normal
unless seriously loud.
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In Touch: Get in touch with yourself by touching yourself.
If somebody is watching, stop touching yourself.
from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.

 

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Alex

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• Dec 19, 2005

• #4

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 07:37:43 +0000, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On or around Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:13:25 +1300, EMB <[email protected]>
>enlightened us thusly:
>
>>Alex wrote:
>>> I've got a 1975 S3 with whine and rumble on 1st thru 3rd, silent on
>>> 4th. Am I right in assuming the layshaft bearings have gone?
>>
>>That sounds like a fair diagnosis.
>
>depends on how much whine, though. Rumble sounds iffy, whine is normal
>unless seriously loud.

Oh, the whine is loud alright. Sounds like a badly worn diff only
about twice as loud.

Alex

 

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Larry

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• Dec 19, 2005

• #5

Indeed I was tempted to post the standard retort "they all do that sir" at
least mine does, whines all the time, and when it gets really stroppy jumps
out of second. I think it has to get seriosly bad before its worth tinkering
with unless you have nothing better to do or oodles to spend on it, which I
don't have at the moment


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Larry
Series 3 rust and holes



"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On or around Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:13:25 +1300, EMB <[email protected]>
> enlightened us thusly:
>
>
> depends on how much whine, though. Rumble sounds iffy, whine is normal
> unless seriously loud.
> --
> Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
> In Touch: Get in touch with yourself by touching yourself.
> If somebody is watching, stop touching yourself.
> from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Dec 20, 2005

• #6

On or around Mon, 19 Dec 2005 20:54:11 -0000, "Larry" <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Indeed I was tempted to post the standard retort "they all do that sir" at
>least mine does, whines all the time, and when it gets really stroppy jumps
>out of second. I think it has to get seriosly bad before its worth tinkering
>with unless you have nothing better to do or oodles to spend on it, which I
>don't have at the moment

mine jumps out of first quite easily and third sometimes, both on over-run.
Almost certainly detent springs, I might even look into fixing it one day.
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Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Nessun maggior dolore che ricordarsi del tempo felice nella miseria"
- Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321) from Divina Commedia 'Inferno'