Thanks Pete,
Tony Law won't do them any more and H&S want £1400 for a set of manis and a cat... (Compaired to £800 odd from Janspeed)... I wonder if they are worth that much more than Janspeeds?
Anyway back to the car, Yesterday on the way home there was a clunk from under the car, I thought nothing of it till a few miles up the road when I lost the ability to change gear... Or rather change effectively, the gears were there but I had to almost push the stick into the respective bumper to select them.
A quick look under the car and I could see the issue:
Turns out that this box has had a few threads stripped from some bolt holds, some of them have been repaired with a size smaller hexicoil (or something) but the steady bar mount had not been.
On further investigation I realised that its just the first half that was stripped and the std bolt was only just biting (had a spare bolt).
I couldn't find another specialist washer needed for the retaining bolt to hold the bush in place, so I have got three various sized washers and built up the "dish" that way, then used a longer bolt to bolt the steady bar back into place. Hopefully that will hold till I find a spare correct washer (this is my every day car as well remember!)
Gears have been restored, but now its making my question the gearbox itself... I think its fine, but when you have two or three smaller issues with something you do question the box as a whole!
Also noticed that the lower ball joints need replacing (I did notice when changine the box but it got to late and I didn't have them) the new ones have turned up now... so I will do them as soon as possible. - Does anyone know how easy it is to change them?