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Title: Defected from the Dark Side
Post by: meegaveesix on 12 March 2007, 12:34:08

Hello all

I've migrated from VXON following the sale of a Calibra and being given an Omega.  I had a 2.016v a few years ago and always regretted getting rid of it.

Now I've been given an R reg 2.5V6 with an autobox issue that I'm very happy with.

picked up an AR35 last week to replace the current box, now I just need to pluck up the courage to change it over - damn aren't those things heavy!

Title: Re: Defected from the Dark Side
Post by: Elite Pete on 12 March 2007, 12:54:16

Hi and welcome to the forum :y

Title: Re: Defected from the Dark Side
Post by: RossPhim on 12 March 2007, 13:01:57

Welcome to the forum dude!   8-)   :y
You need our very own admin, man, Laidback.
Seemingly he can balance an AR35 on his chest.  ;)

Title: Re: Defected from the Dark Side
Post by: tunnie on 12 March 2007, 13:05:10

Welcome  :y

Whats the problem with the gearbox? - It maybe the selector switch thats the problem!

Title: Re: Defected from the Dark Side
Post by: Bo Bo on 12 March 2007, 13:25:43

Hello & welcome  :)

Title: Re: Defected from the Dark Side
Post by: meegaveesix on 12 March 2007, 13:52:55

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Welcome  :y

Whats the problem with the gearbox? - It maybe the selector switch thats the problem!

Hi Tunnie

I haven't got underneath it to have a goor route around on the fault yet.  the guy who gave it to me had lost heart in it, he claims he'd had a transmission light come up on the dash, cleaned up the connector on the side of the box (apparently the weatherproof shield had disappeared long before) and that cured it.  It came back a couple of months later, he took it to a grage, the garage claimed to have rebuilt the box and its never been right since,  The guy took the garage to small claims court etc but was told in the interim not to drive it so it sat still for a few months.

It still drives in the manual modes, although when it gets warm it tends to take a few seconds to engage the gears, the revs rise and then it seems to slip in, accompanied with a faily strong smell of ATF.

I've been reading up on this and have many things to check, the selector switch being one of them, fluid level etc, but seeing as I managed to get an AR35, I figured that considering the other one had been played with I might just as well be better off fitting a gearbox that I know is in good condition.  I could change the fluid and filter and everything else and still find that the gearbox is on its way out, so I thoguht it best to have a backup plan.

Not sure on the selector switch as it does flicker ever so slightly when you move the selector from Park to Reverse and occasionally in other gears - however I'm convinced that its something a little more terminal.

Any thoughts because I'm a total newbie to all of this?

Title: Re: Defected from the Dark Side
Post by: Auto Addict on 12 March 2007, 16:52:34

Welcome to the forum :y

Re-post your problems under the General Help section, you will get a better response.

Title: Re: Defected from the Dark Side
Post by: Martin_1962 on 12 March 2007, 18:11:05

Hello & Welcome :y

Title: Re: Defected from the Dark Side
Post by: MikeDundee on 12 March 2007, 19:05:12

Hi and welcome to the Forum m8  :y

Title: Re: Defected from the Dark Side
Post by: TheBoy on 12 March 2007, 20:13:44

Welcome to the site :)

Title: Re: Defected from the Dark Side
Post by: SuperGlider on 12 March 2007, 21:13:14

Welcome to the site, good luck with the auto box change.

S.

Title: Re: Defected from the Dark Side
Post by: DaveL on 13 March 2007, 09:09:15

Hi and welcome to the Forum m8   ;)
You will see more light here and it will not be at the end of a tunnel.
 8-)
DaveL

Title: Re: Defected from the Dark Side
Post by: The Barge Captain on 13 March 2007, 16:27:01

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Now I've been given an R reg 2.5V6 with an autobox issue that I'm very happy with.
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Hi Meegaveesix.  Unusuall to find someone who has an autobox fault that they are happy with  ;D

Title: Re: Defected from the Dark Side
Post by: Markie on 13 March 2007, 17:59:54

welcome to the forum  :y

Title: Re: Defected from the Dark Side
Post by: Chopsdad on 13 March 2007, 20:12:10

Hello and welcome.  Hope it works out for you  :y

Title: Re: Defected from the Dark Side
Post by: hotel21 on 19 March 2007, 23:16:46

Howdoo and welcom to the forum.   :y