I just found a Febi part number for the leaky gear selector kit similar to the one I purchased through a supplier in France. http://www.tnd-france.com/etanche_e.htm looks like one of them is copying the other...the TND kit cost me £53 euro the Febi kit is much cheaper on ebay.
Febi 47222
here is one supplier, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FEBI-BILST...YAL4t#shpCntId
May be useful to some one.
Last edited by Jeff Ninebar; 20-01-2017 at 10:58.
Thanks, that is great info
I was only looking at the french kit a few weeks ago my spare box is/was weeping.
Might be worth a few kits for the shop?
Good stuff. My gearbox has been weeping for years (only a bit) so I should probably invest in one of these. I assume it's a gearbox off job to fit mindMatt, yes possibly speak to Dale?
I think it be done without removing or dismantling the box
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The nice thing about this kit is the box stays in place, it can all be done very easily from under the car. just disconnect the selector rod and pop the rubber o rings and other bit on as per the instructions.
http://www.febi-parts.com/article.ph...rchInput=47222
look at the technical info on the item and it has instructions.
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£16.47 I can get it into the shop for, plus the paypal fees which put it to about £17.26 plus postage.
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Dale, nearly all gboxes are worn now so I think these are a must! Get em in!
sounds like a good deal! are you getting them direct from Febi or a UK supplier?Originally Posted by Bigfoot
Yeah, £17.25 delivered from Latvia via eBay so members might be happier to buy them from RTOC shop, even though that would be plus post.
Are we allowed to resell them? Are we allowed to use their fitting instructions?
That eBay seller is paying less than £16.47 if that includes delivery, and his 10% eBay fees and PayPal fees and leaving a profit.
I would be up for buying one if you get them in the club shop
Just spoke to Febi, no stock in Uk or Germany, we have in the company, highest bidder takes it
Lets not forget the reason why people join and pay to be a member of RTOC. If we have to absorb some postage costs, then so be it.
I would have thought this would be very popular to stop that little weep.
If they'd been available I'd have fitted one in the late 1990's then changed the O rings every few years, as needed.
Would this also fit the other gearboxes? Clios, etc?
Dale are you saying MPD have some and no-one anywhere else? Did they say the restocking time and price?
I would agree to get a few in the shop now and let people know. Then more if they sell and adjust the price down or up accordingly.
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If supply is difficult, it wouldn't be that difficult to make your own kits up. It's only a couple of parts to have laser cut out and a couple of splits seals.
That would be good but then you'd have to deal with the law suit as it's patented. Says so on that website in one of the links.
Unless they agreed to allow you to make it under license?
Really a patent for that? I would be amazed if they actually did have one, hardly seems worth it for such a primative part.
We had this on a mini forum, a guy claimed to have a patent on a blanking plug for a dizzy hole in the block.
It days it here: http://www.tnd-france.com/etanche_e.htm
He doesn't quote a patent number.
Yeah I saw that, they don't look like the biggest of companies from the looks of the website. There must be a way to find out patent numbers without contacting the manufacturer?
Can we not put an order in with said company?
We have 1 in stock. Febi had them in October time for when it was ordered, but they are currently out of stock and they didn't say when coming back in.
Buy the lot. Bump the price up slightly just to cover our costs
Renault used to make a 2 part seal kit for this problem so not a new idea its just the Renault one can not be got any more.
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