Anybody got a spare 97-99 Five speed gearbox they don't need?

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Yep, I think I killed mine last weekend. The car was laying down some fast laps out at Chuckwalla and felt great, right up until she wouldn't shift out of 4th gear.
My crew at 911 Design is looking at her today to eliminate possible linkage or shift mechanism issues but I suspect it is internal and terminal.

A nice used one with <50K miles and clean oil would be great.

[BYprodriver]

You might check with Hergshimmer in Lake Forest they had a few for sale several months ago.

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Yay! the gearbox is A-ok. On inspecting the linkage from stem to stern they found a rock wedged into the linkage up on top where I could not see it. That jammed the shifter and once freed everything works fine.

Moral of the story: If you stay on the track surface you are less likely to have issues like this. For off road rally driving, choose a different car.

[The Radium King]

congrats. having said that, i'd love to know if you got any good leads on a 5-speed, as I am in the market too.

ps, ever checked on frontwd audi a4 or vw Passat boards? both use the same audi 01a 5-speed transmission (same as the boxster) and they have found that the rear torsen differential from a v8 audi fits in there just fine ...

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Originally Posted by The Radium King

congrats. having said that, i'd love to know if you got any good leads on a 5-speed, as I am in the market too.

ps, ever checked on frontwd audi a4 or vw Passat boards? both use the same audi 01a 5-speed transmission (same as the boxster) and they have found that the rear torsen differential from a v8 audi fits in there just fine ...

Brad Roberts said he has a couple but I don't know if he ships to the great white north. Shoot him a PM.