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Hi all I've just gone through the pain of swapping the gearbox on my Trophy. The thing now won't start. It cranks for a few seconds on most tries of the key (sometimes you get nothing, but most times you get a few seconds) but never fires. It ran fine before the work started. The work has...

Hi all I made a bit of a nasty discovery on the Trophy this weekend and was wondering if anyone else seen similar. The monocoque where the outer rear seat mount for the driver's seat locates has fatigued and failed. (confusing sentence that one!) I noticed that the driver's seat was slightly on...

Hi all I was wondering if anyone had any tips on de-pinning the sachs dampers DIY style? From what I can see there is a grub screw holding the adjuster knob in place, and a pin drilled in to the top. So... remove the grub screw, remove the adjuster, remove the pin, put it back together again...

Hi all I've come to swapping out some rear discs and pads, and can't get the new disc to seat enough to bolt the carrier back on. The pads are hard up against the OUTSIDE of the disc with space between the inside pad and piston (wound all the way back). The issue seems to be a split...

Hi all My Trophy came with a spare pair of Koni rear dampers which are obviously used, but seem in fair enough condition. I want to go about fitting them in the next week or so, but have realised that they are slightly different to eachother and wanted to get the group's thoughts on how to move...

So... strange (and possibly alarming) story! Driving in to work this morning, whilst going over a speed bump, I heard a thud and metal clank on the tarmac. Looking in my mirror, I saw something bounce on the road behind the car. Now I'm not 100% sure that this actually came off the car; it...

Hi all I have a crunch going in to third once the gearbox has warmed up which makes me think a rebuild is needed. As I need the car, I think a replacement JC5 130 is needed. First and foremost, does anyone have advice for buying a recon box from somewhere who will take the existing box as...

Hi all Selling the personalised plate off my Trophy to fund another project. Have had a few valuations of it done and its coming in around £700. Before I put it upon one of the number plate broker sites, I thought I'd offer it to cliotrophy members first. Easily reads "TROPHY". Currently on...

Hi all I have a crunch when selecting third and fourth gears, and all signs are pointing to a synchro. Does anyone have a known good/refurb'd gearbox for a Trophy? Failing that, any recommendations on where to have my gearbox refurb'd? And failing THAT, any pointers on a refurb kit for the...