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Old 21 May 2008, 10:56 AM
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Howdy all, been a few years since I've been on here. I have a 2002 STi Prodrive 6 speed MT. All the gears are fine, but when I put it into 6th it will jump out after a few seconds usually if I back off the power and back on? If I keep it held into place its fine and drives no problems, but as soon as I take my hand away it'll be out after about 5 seconds of driving. Whats went wrong, how much we talking? And am I in deep $#!7

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Old 21 May 2008, 11:00 AM
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Sounds like either the selector or a weak sync, dunno the cost, it depends how easy they are to change really

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Old 21 May 2008, 11:45 AM
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oh no, that doesn't sound too clever!!! Any other gearbox gurus on here thats ready to depress me even more

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Old 21 May 2008, 12:30 PM
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Dont worry too much, i dont know how these gearboxes are accessed, it could have an acess plate and the syncro could be very easy to change

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Old 22 May 2008, 06:01 PM
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Speak with David at API - heard lots good things about them and I'll be there in couple of weeks for mods.
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Cheers for the advice with API, I have just send them an email explaing whats happening, hope they can figure out whats went wrong and its not too serious of a problem! Anyone else got any ideas?

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Old 23 May 2008, 09:00 PM
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just had my 5th replaced and all the syncros done on my 6 speed box, dropped the box of at api monday morning and they finished it yesterday, the box has to be taken apart to get to the syncros and from what i can see its a very time consuming job on these 6 speeds
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also have you checked all your engine/gearbox mounts
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Maydew, just out of interest what sort of price are we talking for that sort of job. Just so I know how much to expect.

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