cheshire911 said:Glad to hear you have a solution. I have MIke at S&C on my door step and often pop round for a coffee and chat and see the curios on the ramps as well as whats in for gearbox rebuild, which is why I know he does a lot of this work and knows his way round the intricacies and the remarkable things people have attempted as bodge ups - truly amazing...
I cant speak for your chosen repairer, but Mike does mention that he makes a series of modifications which he does not disclose the details of that make the solution a lasting solution. I believe him and am of the view this is not marketing hype.
Clearly, you have embarked on the best solution - a full gearbox strip and rebuild. It is the only solution because the dog teeth have become chipped on 2nd gear synchro or rounded off thus reducing their contact surface (normal being only a mm or so for the bite surface) and the 2nd gear synchros on a 996 turbo are different shape to that on the other gears which makes that gear particularly prone to damage.
Anybody buying a Turbo that has had a G-Box detent spring fitted by a prior owner is just waiting for a much bigger bill down the road and I do hear tales anecdotally of people fitting it prior to selling it.
Glad to hear that you are sorted. This is a problem that is irrespective of mileage. Mike sees it on cars with less than 30k miles as well as higher mileage examples.
Managed to get up to see Matt on Friday and was more than impressed with the set-up at Fearnsport. They do all rebuilds in-house and only seem to deal with GT2-3 and Turbos, they do loads for Motorsport etc as well so I'm very happy with my choice of garage. Looking forward to getting it back now!