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Author Topic: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels  (Read 7140 times)

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Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #15 on: 15 June 2007, 22:55:26 »
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Now if anyone else was acting quite as smug as Jaime is right now, they would be in serious danger of the post count diminshing rather rapidly for being a smart a*se! ;D
I can talk, as I've screwed my AR25 ::)

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Oh yes, James was right to try the AR25 at the time. It was the most cost effectiive means of problem solving at the time.

I am suprised it died quite so quickly though.... James, you been doing F1 launches from the traffic lights again??  ;)
The original post implies some element of hard driving, but even so, I suspected it would fail very quickly...
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Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #16 on: 15 June 2007, 22:56:49 »
alternative is buy a spares or repair 3.0 and swap the box and strip the rest of the car ( if you cant get a box pronto)
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Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #17 on: 15 June 2007, 22:57:04 »
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Just found this one on ebay?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-OMEGA-AUTOMATIC-MANUAL-GEARBOXS-ALL-GOOD_W0QQitemZ200118247910QQihZ010QQcategoryZ10404QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Hmmm if the guy knows so little about gearboxes for the Omega that he thinks there were 2 for the 3.0  :-? and that the AR25 will only fit the 2.5  ::) then I wouldn't be buying off him!
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Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #18 on: 15 June 2007, 22:57:21 »
Had he same thing happen years ago on an Mondeo.....no forward gears....forward clutch had burnt out....tho smell of burning atf fluid was present....reverse still worked tho.

Lease company decided to scrap the car than pay £1400 for a new box.....4 yo and about 85k miles  :o
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Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #19 on: 15 June 2007, 23:00:02 »
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Had he same thing happen years ago on an Mondeo.....no forward gears....forward clutch had burnt out....tho smell of burning atf fluid was present....reverse still worked tho.

Lease company decided to scrap the car than pay £1400 for a new box.....4 yo and about 85k miles  :o

Can't say I blame them, I wouldn't spend £1,400 on a Mondeo.... ;)
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Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #20 on: 15 June 2007, 23:03:47 »
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Had he same thing happen years ago on an Mondeo.....no forward gears....forward clutch had burnt out....tho smell of burning atf fluid was present....reverse still worked tho.

Lease company decided to scrap the car than pay £1400 for a new box.....4 yo and about 85k miles  :o

Can't say I blame them, I wouldn't spend £1,400 on a Mondeo.... ;)

Neither would i  ;) .....funny thing was 2 weeks earlier the lease company paid £440 for 4 new tyres  ;D
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Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #21 on: 15 June 2007, 23:14:58 »
Ive worked it out James.....get another ar25.....it'll be fine  :y

BUT chuck that nasty 3.0L away and fit a 4 pot  :y ;D
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Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #22 on: 15 June 2007, 23:17:56 »
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Now if anyone else was acting quite as smug as Jaime is right now, they would be in serious danger of the post count diminshing rather rapidly for being a smart a*se! ;D

Oh yes, James was right to try the AR25 at the time. It was the most cost effectiive means of problem solving at the time.

I am suprised it died quite so quickly though.... James, you been doing F1 launches from the traffic lights again??  ;)

It's OK... I've spent enough time with Jaime to appreciate his slightly smug sense of humour...  :)

Yes, I agree, I should have an AR25 sat here waiting.

I also agree, that having now lost my only mode of transport, I am completely  :-Xed.
If I can't get a box - may have to buy an eBay wreck to run about in tomorrow.

I am going to have to let some people down this weekend.

I am also getting a LOT of stick about the fact that I'm on the Forum on a friday night.

So I am now going to open a bottle of glenfiddich, and see how long it takes me to get to the bottom  >:(
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Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #23 on: 15 June 2007, 23:20:10 »
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Yes, I agree, I should have an AR25 sat here waiting.
No no no no no no no no no
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Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #24 on: 15 June 2007, 23:22:19 »
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Yes, I agree, I should have an AR25 sat here waiting.
No no no no no no no no no

Whooops. Typo. Meant to be AR35.
Head is a bit mixed up :(
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Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #25 on: 15 June 2007, 23:26:55 »
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Yes, I agree, I should have an AR25 sat here waiting.
No no no no no no no no no

Whooops. Typo. Meant to be AR35.
Head is a bit mixed up :(
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Get your head straight before buying a box, or we may be having the same thread again next month ;D
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Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #26 on: 16 June 2007, 00:50:49 »
How about this AR35?

It's from the Same guy I bought the leather seats off in Nottingham

Ideally could do with someone in the area to grab it for me though  ::)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vauxhall-Omega-MV6-3-0-V6-Auto-Gearbox-Only-84K-Miles_W0QQitemZ330134618355QQihZ014QQcategoryZ10404QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #27 on: 16 June 2007, 07:37:53 »
what was wrong with your previous  gearbox?
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Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #28 on: 16 June 2007, 09:00:00 »
His previous gearbox had an electronic problem, most likely an internal solenoid that meant it ceased working properly. :(
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Re: Broke down on M4 - No Drive To Rear Wheels
« Reply #29 on: 16 June 2007, 09:12:28 »
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Now if anyone else was acting quite as smug as Jaime is right now, they would be in serious danger of the post count diminshing rather rapidly for being a smart a*se! ;D

Oh yes, James was right to try the AR25 at the time. It was the most cost effectiive means of problem solving at the time.

I am suprised it died quite so quickly though.... James, you been doing F1 launches from the traffic lights again??  ;)

Hmmmmm.......I wont mention that I was in agreement with Jaime then :-X
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