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Post Sun Oct 22, 2017 10:09 pm

Does the Zone have a favoured gearbox go to guy for the Getrag 265 ?
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Post Sun Oct 22, 2017 10:38 pm

Depends, geartech in thornton heath. Have mixed reviews about them.

Another place is in Bexley can remember the name ment to be good
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Post Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:19 am

What needs doing to the box as I had my auto box rebuilt by a guy in Acton who came recommended.
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Post Wed Oct 25, 2017 10:59 am

Doing a full rebuild, so ideally looking for someone with a good knowledge of the manual Getrag box.
The guy in Bexley sounds interesting, not least because he is local.
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Post Wed Oct 25, 2017 11:36 am

Kent Gearboxes near Brands Hatch are well recommended in M3 circles. He did my 265 but I've not used it since. He's an old boy who knows the gearboxes very well and loves a chat.

Address: Unit 1/Skein Enterprise Park, Sevenoaks TN15 7LB
Phone: 01732 824618
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Post Wed Oct 25, 2017 8:46 pm

Brian,

+1 for Bill at Kent Gearboxes.

Has rebuilt both my 265s and also a couple Lsd. Very good pricing as well.

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Post Wed Oct 25, 2017 9:42 pm

Thanks all. Bill at Kent Gearboxes sounds the man for the job.
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Post Wed Oct 25, 2017 11:11 pm

All gears in Nottingham rebuilt my dogleg box.
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Post Thu Apr 05, 2018 1:21 pm

Hi guys trying to reheat this. I've got a dogleg 265/5 in bits that I want rebuilt. Are Kent Transmissions still trading? just tried number and it seems defunct. Any other reports of Geartech or the Bexley place... they're quite local to me so I'm keen on that aspect.
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Post Wed Apr 18, 2018 12:47 am

Missed the last post to this and just had the same problem, called today to hopefully drop the box of tomorrow and just a dead number.
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