hi all i have had a quick look at past topics but cant seem to find anything that relates exactly to my problem.

I have a fabia 1.2 on a 05 plate only done 51k. A few weeks back it was getting more and more difficult to engage 3rd and 4th gear so i got out my trusty haynes (aka the idiots guide to being an idiot) and had a go at adjusting the cables. Needless to say i compleatly buggered it up and ended up having to get a friend to sort it. He was at work so could only do a quick job it was fine for a few weeks now 75% of the time when i try to get into 3rd it grinds. if i accelerate hard in 3rd there is a vibration on the gear leaver as well. Some times there is a definate click on engageing 4th and 5th although that is randome and rare. reverse is a little sticky and 1st sometimes jumps back out if im not too carefull with it.

I have taken it to a garage that i trust and they say i need a new box tht it wont be the linkages that cause that.

i fail to see how all this could of been caused in a matter of weeks rather than a slow degrade and only after i tampered with the linkages.

the question is do i try and get someone to adjust the linkages again or try and refurb my own box or by a reconditioned one.

If i go down the route of trying to repair my own box do i eed any specalist tools???

thanks in advance

Coop

It sounds a bit like worn dogbone or console bushes to me.

is there any technical manual for the fabia...ie how to strip the box

ment to ask is there lots of different boxes for the fabia (i have the 1.2 estate verstion) going to have a ring round the breakers today.

coop

ok price check time.... i called round all the local breakers and no-one had a fabia let alone a gearbox. went onto a online search and had three prices back ranging from 300 to 510 i thought that was a little steep and was expecting to pay around the 100 quid mark. Are the prices fair or are they trying to rip me off

coop