Probably worth keeping the info there, it might be true for our gearboxes too
Seem to remember in one of your earlier posts you said something about getting the repairs done under warranty. What are your chances Dawso?
Doing it with new parts wouldn't be cheap. Then you have the issue of shipping - only way you'd be able to do it reasonably would be in a shared container using someone like Japan Parts Direct or Import Monster. I still contend the most economical way to do it would be buying a parts car - you'll probably make enough selling the parts off to cover the cost of the manual conversiondo a manual.. im pretty sure someone here can help you source the bits straight from japan..
Well no-one was even close
When they dumped the oil today the pulled chucks of metal from my box....
Apparently it is parts off some reverse gear cusioning band. It is also a common problem with Mitsi AT's
Thoughts are that chunks of this floating past sensors and through gears are causing my issues
Its gonna cost $2500 to fix it
And i have been advised to not leave town in it
What about a 2nd hand autobox from New Zealand? These popup from time to time on tradme.co.nz, sometimes even reconditioned. Also big wreckers like www.kempys.co.nz may have them. A transmission weighs quite a bit though, but I guess you could have have it sent via surface mail.
Especially those comments that you've found. I've seen this spring too... to the detriment of snickells (Steve) this year of course.
Up to you re. the manual conversion. I personally think our cars, being really highway cruisers and not sports cars are better suited to tiptronic transmissions anyway.
Up to you re. the manual conversion. I personally think our cars, being really highway cruisers and not sports cars are better suited to tiptronic transmissions anyway.
I've done a lot of km's in both types and I think that manuals are much better on the motorway. The only time you could possibly argue the auto's are better is if you are driving around in the city all day every day and never venture out of 50kmh towns
Dawso, i have an auto trans you could have cheap in a month or two...if you are interested and have the time??
That's why he got the half-cut
As I said in the other thread, really great work putting all that together Dawso