Auto Trans fix Group Buy - MV Automatics

[Hotwire]

Knew they would get quicker by the 4th car. My car was 2.5 days, yours is 1.5 - nice!

Steve, yes that *may* have been @ a northern auto workshop :tongue_smilie:

 

[Temptation]

Hmmmm, went in yesterday at 1230 and picking it up at 430?! Too good to be true!

Wow that was quick...

 

[eddyvr4]

Thanks Tom, i may need to organise a ride along with you or someone else with the kit sometime to see how the tip shifts compare to mine..

 

[triggs]

Wow! Its Sooo much better. First is definetly noticeable and even if you are just coasting along the change from 3rd to 4th can be undetectable. Its somehow fixed my idle problem whatever they did and sounds good too! Money well spent, even for the piece of mind.

Didnt get much trans information out of him though even when i wrote it down but i do know that for my "OLD" vr4, the wave spring only broke in one place.

Would reccomend them to anyone once again! =)

 

[Hotwire]

Glad to hear that others are happy with their cars too.

Eddy, if you want to catch up and go for a drive one lunch time let me know - can pop back into the city to pick you up no worries.

 

[Guest]

Can anyone help defining the process of tig welding the pins in place to a novice? I can tig weld but not exactly sure of what i need to do and how to get to it. Cheers.

 

[Guest]

These are the three pins that are being welded in place. You just need to ensure that they are correctly tightened, then neatly weld the heads to the planetary carrier face.

If necessary, grind/dremel the welds back to ensure they don't foul on the planetary reverse sun gear. You can see an example of the quality of welds required on the three curved slots between each pin.

It might sound obvious, but remove the planetary carrier from the transmission to do the welding. It has to come off in order to reach & inspect the wave spring anyway.

 

[triggs]

Hey just wondering if anyone had noticed something with thier trans and gear changes. I have noticed that when you back your foot off the accelerator just before a gear change, that it shifts alot smoother and quicker. It eliminates that little issue from 3rd to 4th.
The car doesnt jerk or anything while doing this but was wondering if this is bad for the car if i was to continue doing this.

 

[Hotwire]

you are simply reducing the load during the shit - I cant see it being a problem.

 

[Dave45]

you are simply reducing the load during the shit - I cant see it being a problem.

Unless you are constipated lol.

 

[Guest]

hahahaha

 

[Slinz]

Hahah congrats, that was outstanding.

 

[Hotwire]

oooops, of all the places to make a spelling mistake :lol:

 

[Temptation]

GOLD =)

 

[smedsvr4]

hey guys im gonna be takin my galant upto to mv automatics in the next few wks to get that $1400 done to my car, just wondering if its worth getting external trans cooler as well???

 

[twisted32]

That is a no brainer.

Yes if you want it to last.

 

[smedsvr4]

ahhk cheers man

 

[Slinz]

As above you probably should have done that already, especially here in Adelaide. There's a good guide in the how-to's if you want to tackle it yourself - I can't comprehend anything mechanical but I managed to do it fine.

 

[smedsvr4]

haha nah i dnt wanna screw sumthin up lol ill get mv to do it while they do the rest wen i send it in

 

[ASH STEEVO]

WHOAH!... this looks like what imin for... as ive now got 2 legnums and both auto trans dont feel 100%.
where is MV Automatics??
and there still a group by going on?? im keen.