If the gearbox hasnt been reconned the MPi gearbox is renowned for crunching in 2nd gear!
Mine crunches in second gear, but only if I'm not careful with the gear change. Doesn't tend to happen now if I get the speed and revs just right.
Very annoying, cant drive as aggressive and when you downshift it is impossible to avoid. It will only get worse as the synchro dies, id get it sorted before it gets any worse. S'pose its how you drive n'all, put it this way, i used to make the most of each gear! If you drive conservatively im sure it can be put up with.. still highly annoying though, and expensive to fix.
It only ever happens on downshift, even then it's still very rare. You just have to take your time with it and treat it like your mother.
Who wants to treat a cooper s like your mother?! lol
Put it this way dude, you will need it sorting eventually and like i said depends how aggresive you are when you downshift and by that i mean at what speed you are doing when you enter 2nd. I just found it dead annoying, and wasnt able to make the most of the engine with the problem.
@ minilover - I got a remanafactured box, which i was recomended, that way whoever you choose to sort it, can completely take apart your box and replace anything else that is worn while they are in the heart of the box. Speak to guessworks.
Oo, thanks for replyI asked him about it earlier
in a word YES. lol
Took minisport best part of a day to do mine (engine out jobbie), i made the mistake of not upgrading my camshaft while the engine was out. Would recommend you get a swiftune sw5-i aswell, great for city driving and country roads.
Tom, sorry for flooding your thread
