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No worries mate.

@npt unfortunately it’s not an issue I’ve come across before, but I’m happy to open it up and see what’s going on.

Does the gear lever return to the centre on its own when wiggled side to side?

It’s unlikely tbh mate. It’s not happened yet, and that looks more like it’s fatigue.

Well yeah you’re gonna have to pull the box out then mate. It shouldn’t have caused any issues having the lsd fitted, no. I also wouldn’t bother with a 5th gear as you don’t get in it on track anyway. And having had a megane 5th, I personally didn’t think it made enough of a difference.

If it’s crunching, it needs to come out and be rebuilt. End of. But, if you can pull the selector lever all the way down when underneath it, you may be able to lift the rod pictured under the end cap up. The gearbox is trying to select 3rd gear, so if that rod gets knocked inside the box you...

The 3MO sequential is a decent box mate and the aftersales back up from them is also extremely good.

Oh well that’s a bit s**t then! Lol! Genuine Renault items are still available anyway?! You’re looking at whatever the cost of the quaife diff is, plus £300. TL4 boxes generally only need the synchros on 3rd and 4th mate.

They’ll be the standard Renault items

Well that’s an interesting noise! If it drives with no whines from the box, it can only be the clutch. And why they didn’t look inside the bell housing through the clutch fork opening is bemusing. It’s literally just a case of disconnecting the cable, pop the rubber out and see what you can...

Will do mate

I might still have a pair off my old cup tbh, but I’d need to check and confirm.

I’ve got a pair of synchros for the TL4 in stock. They were brass in the 197, then redesigned to be steel for the 200. Renault then realised that the steel ones were just as s**t, so went back to brass.

10lb of s**t in a 1lb bag = goes like a stabbed rat! 😂😂 You got a lightweight flywheel fitted as well bacon? I can’t remember now if you do or not.

Yeah seen he’s got stock of the Spanish made diff bearing.

Chesman Engineering in Coventry is bang on the money for the machining. Not sure if they do porting as well, but worth an ask.

Wheels are a very personal choice as well mate, so what works for some, doesn’t do it for others.

@Advikaz never rated mine on 15’s personally. I think they’re overrated! 15’s 16” superleggeras were where it was at for me!

This is the reason why they’ve been fitted into a test gearbox mate. They will be inspected regularly so I can measure/monitor any wear going on. If they don’t work, I’m personally not prepared to try and introduce bronze bushings into the design as it will only weaken the fork. Jc5 forks don’t...

Nope.

It is, but f**king how much?! Jesus! That’s daylight robbery mate.

Tbh any decent gearbox place could sort it. 👍🏻

It’s a strip down job to do the bushes and seal properly. End of. No other way. The seal they’ve fitted needs to be all the way in the box as well. I’d imagine it’s standing proud and not letting the box select reverse. Reverse gear is selected by pushing the lever all the way into the box and...

Good question! The original forks for 1st/2nd and 3rd/4th are made from sintered bronze. The fork for 5th is made from cast aluminium and has nylon fingers on the end of where it sits in the selector hub - similar to the setup on the fork for 1st/2nd. With it being the fork under the least...

That could be a multitude of things mate ranging from the power steering pump, the alternator or the water pump. Personally I don’t think it’s the water pump as they make more of a metallic noise. Check your power steering fluid level and see if it looks burnt. After that, you need to drop...

West Midlands.

No but @Tom Johnson is - aka fulcrum motorsport. These forks are a collaboration between me and him.

Which synchros are you after?

Yeah. I’ll pm you now 😘

Just my pants over the top of my jeans. 😂😂