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jay s
02-05-2006, 19:02
thought i would add my 2pence worth to this hybrid dilemma that's going on, was driving home from kent yesterday, going down roads i was not familiar with. as it was late was booting it to get home, anyway as i was going down this road i did'nt see two very deep pot holes. hit the first one which knocked the car sideway a little then hit another straight away. when i hit the second one i heard an almighty bang from the engine bay followed by a load of rumbling and knocking. quickly pulled over to see what it was, lifted the bonnet and saw the engine leaning to one side :( . went to check the gearbox mount to find the pin that goes through the mount broken in half, leaving half in the lower mount and the gearbox resting on the subframe. was able to do a 10mile trip back round the m25 to my mates house but had to start in 3rd as i could'nt get it in 1st or 2nd. had to use my mates is 200 to get home and leave him with my busted hybrid. ordered the new parts today which will be here tomorrow so should be back on the road. ramble over.

Andyvalver
02-05-2006, 19:04
:shock: Unlucky fella, what ****in weekend for hybrids

Lunner
02-05-2006, 19:07
Richy's did this and it ****ed part of his diff

jay s
02-05-2006, 19:10
oh ****, i hope its ok as i don't fancy buying a gearbox aswell :(

Lunner
02-05-2006, 19:12
nah it was a bearing or something he just replaced it

richy
02-05-2006, 19:13
Richy's did this and it f**ked part of his diff

yeah it made extremely loud knocking noises(like someone hitting car with a hammer) and ended up with snapped driveshaft end and diff clips/cup etc

MattyH16valver
02-05-2006, 21:57
Bad news m8....glad I was working on my car on monday instead if driving it now...never knew what would have happened.. :lol:

big hp
02-05-2006, 21:57
unlucky jay. Think i'll leave my car in garden :shock:

bass_direct
03-05-2006, 18:08
shit man! hope it gets sorted ASAP

jay s
03-05-2006, 18:10
got new parts today so im going to fix it now, i hope that gearbox is ok...

midge
03-05-2006, 21:18
another one down, i tryed getting my manifold off today to get it welded, that was fun.

steveos_16valver
03-05-2006, 22:26
..........through the mount broken in half, leaving half in the lower mount and the gearbox resting on the subframe

thank **** for subframes...

bass_direct
04-05-2006, 00:00
any news jay?

jay s
04-05-2006, 00:27
all done now, gearbox seems fine, drove 25miles home and it did'nt explode so thats got to be a good sign :D . was a bit of a bastard to do though, took a while to get it all in line but done it in the end. think im going to take it easy till fcs now.... oh and stay away from pot holes :evil: ( why do we pay road tax :? ?)
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a117/jay16v-/DSCF1436Medium.jpg

bass_direct
04-05-2006, 01:32
good stuff man!

s80wkr
04-05-2006, 22:16
:lol: Unlucky with the damage

I would have readily swapped a busted hybrid for my old is

Best worst car I ever had!

MattyH16valver
04-05-2006, 22:35
glad u sorted m8...u got the widetrack etc fitted yet?

jay s
04-05-2006, 23:43
nah, not got the stuff fitted yet, just waiting for the coilovers to come then cars going to hillpower on the 13th and i will be getting it back just before fcs...

thought the is 200 was a good car, not very fast on take off but they are not for that, so comfy and smooth to drive, good build quality. got back in the clio and it felt very cheap in comparison.

JonnyK
05-05-2006, 00:55
my weekend ws bad too lol! snappd a clutch cable GRRR all fixed now though :lol:

dan290888
05-05-2006, 09:26
still coming to southend tommorow jay?

northy
05-05-2006, 09:26
glad to see you had this sorted out jay

claim on the council for the damage mate

a lad at work got a new tyre out of em when he hit a pot hole !

jay s
05-05-2006, 20:15
lol, forgot all about southend :oops: , thanks for the reminder dan. im still going :D

northy, i thought about ringing the council, but they would probably tell me to **** off! how would i prove that i hit them 2 potholes? ( oh and im going to transfer the money for the track stickers this weekend, i'll let u know when its done :D )