Re: [alfa] Re: 164 compared to BMW, and transmission repairs

[Michael Findlay <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 29/11/2004, at 2:15 PM, C M Smith wrote:
My experience with transmission repairs on the 164 manual box is 
limited to a rumbling bearing in a 1987 Lancia Thema Turbo IE which 
used a similar unit. This appeared at around 180,00Ks and seems to 
afflict the higher powered versions of these cars, whether through hard 
driving or overload is a matter of opinion. The turbo four in the 
Lancia developed 185 HP and a lot of torque for strong mid range 
accelleration, inflicting punishment on the drive train. The repair was 
no trouble to a Euro specialist in Dunedin, New Zealand and came to 
around $1400 with a new clutch which seemed quite reasonable to me. A 
rebuilt gearbox of uncertain provenance is difficult to test and always 
an unknown quantity. They are quite repairable and I would recommend 
this rather than trying the unknown.

Michael Findlay
Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV
Fiat Marea 2.0 Weekend
ex- Lancia Thema Turbo IE
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