Mossyfunk
05-09-2013, 06:13 PM
Hi all.
I'm currently f%#@ed and far from home and could really use some advice. I bought a 1996 TS Magna Exec V6 manual about 9 months ago and have had a lot of issues.
First it had a stuck valve in the engine and got that fixed new head gasket and all... Then I needed a new radiator for warranty on the work. Next the slave cylinder failed and had that and the master cylinder replaced. Next I needed new front and rear suspension, and about 2 weeks after that throw bearing went and I got a clutch kit put in. I was staying the night in Sydney and the next day I had no reverse or fifth gear, had a snapped selector cable. After a giant mission to find second hand selector cables (including a fruitless mission from drummoyne to Londonderry to find out they infact didn't have the part though they told me on the phone they did :-\ ) finally a friend found some for $77 on the north coast and posted them. I returned to the mechanic in drummoyne who charged me $200 to change the cables only to tell me that i still had no reverse or fifth and that when the cable snapped it damaged something inside the gearbox and that I need a replacement. I was told that there was a transmission available from a wreckers but they couldn't even tell me what condition it is in and told me it would cost at least $1400.
I'm really at the end of my rope and I feel like this mechanic's trying to take me for a ride given the labour charge on changing the selector cables. What are my chances of finding a gearbox in good nick? Or one with a less dubious source... I have spent so much money on this car I figure I may as well fix this but I am by no means wealthy and I don't know much about car mechanics and I'm starting to freak out a bit. If anyone has any advice or knows where i I could find a replacement part it would be very much appreciated.. I'm just really not sure what to do. Thanks :-)
I'm currently f%#@ed and far from home and could really use some advice. I bought a 1996 TS Magna Exec V6 manual about 9 months ago and have had a lot of issues.
First it had a stuck valve in the engine and got that fixed new head gasket and all... Then I needed a new radiator for warranty on the work. Next the slave cylinder failed and had that and the master cylinder replaced. Next I needed new front and rear suspension, and about 2 weeks after that throw bearing went and I got a clutch kit put in. I was staying the night in Sydney and the next day I had no reverse or fifth gear, had a snapped selector cable. After a giant mission to find second hand selector cables (including a fruitless mission from drummoyne to Londonderry to find out they infact didn't have the part though they told me on the phone they did :-\ ) finally a friend found some for $77 on the north coast and posted them. I returned to the mechanic in drummoyne who charged me $200 to change the cables only to tell me that i still had no reverse or fifth and that when the cable snapped it damaged something inside the gearbox and that I need a replacement. I was told that there was a transmission available from a wreckers but they couldn't even tell me what condition it is in and told me it would cost at least $1400.
I'm really at the end of my rope and I feel like this mechanic's trying to take me for a ride given the labour charge on changing the selector cables. What are my chances of finding a gearbox in good nick? Or one with a less dubious source... I have spent so much money on this car I figure I may as well fix this but I am by no means wealthy and I don't know much about car mechanics and I'm starting to freak out a bit. If anyone has any advice or knows where i I could find a replacement part it would be very much appreciated.. I'm just really not sure what to do. Thanks :-)