Hi

 

Ive put up another post about the transmisson prob im having with my zed non turbo. basically its staying only in first gear.

 

Vod...thanks for you other replys and offer of help...is there any chance you could come and give me gearbox a service first..i can get the car to cheltenham and leave it at my mates ..least abit closer?!

 

If theres anyone eles that can give me a hand id much appreiate it as in mot mechanically minded lol.

 

Cheers 4 now

 

Matt

Hi

 

Ive put up another post about the transmisson prob im having with my zed non turbo. basically its staying only in first gear.

 

Vod...thanks for you other replys and offer of help...is there any chance you could come and give me gearbox a service first..i can get the car to cheltenham and leave it at my mates ..least abit closer?!

 

If theres anyone eles that can give me a hand id much appreiate it as in mot mechanically minded lol.

 

Cheers 4 now

 

Matt

 

I would but my car is currently off the road due to rear end damage. until i can get my other bumper on the car, im not going to drive it matey.

sorry for my spelling mistakes guys.. lol

Hi mate

 

Ok understandable will see if i can get it upto you. how much were you asking for the autobox you have?

seriously mate it is not a hard job - i have very little mechanical knowledge, and was worried i would not be able to, but was able to do it.

 

Basically jack the car up and get it on some axel stands then get underneath - between the front wheels and back a bit (under the gear shifter and box) you will see a black metal cover with a big bolt on one corner - this is the drain hole. 17mm i think (or 19mm) undo and let fluid drain in to a plastic container (needs to be at least 5 litres in size as 5 litres will come out) once all the fluid is out you can start removing the bolts which hold the sump(black metal cover) in place. 10mm bolts. once you have unscrewed them all (about 16 of them) you take off the cover revealing the underside of teh box and you will see a flat metal filter with another 4 bolts to remove.

 

Take it off and then clean out the filter using brake cleaner or petrol and replace everything as it came off. - hopefully this will allow you to drive a bit - do a few miles and then repeat the process.

 

It really is quite simple. I have a "how to" guide with pics of this job if you want. Give me your email addy and i will send it over so you can see.

 

You will probebly get at least a few miles out of her maybe enough to get it over to Vods?

Hi mate

 

Thanks for that . ive got a whole weekend to have a go at it this weekend so will give it ago. it does sound quite simple. i have not got axle stands but do have normal car ramps.will these do?? have you know of a fault like mine before?

 

please email to m_kent@hotmail.co.uk

 

cheers

 

Matt

matt, it doesn't sound too dissimilar to what was happening with mine, it would rev high but with hardly any drive at all - just crawl and wouldn't change out of 1st. It was also making quite a high pitched whirring type noise.

 

Car ramps are fine but really you want to try and get the car level if you can, (to be honest mine was not level) likewise the front of the zed might be too low for the ramps so you may have to either extend the ramp with some wood or drive onto bricks or wooden planks or something first to raise the front bumper up.

 

I am at work right now, but when i get home later i will email you the "how to" guide. To be honest it wont take you more than a few hours to do the job from start to finish. If you start first thing you will be able to do it twice in 1 day - but make sure you do a couple of miles inbetween changes (this is because the box and torque convertor hold about 8 litres in total, but when you drain the box you will only get about 4.5 -5 litres out. and if the fluid is all crappy then you will want to get it all out.

Hi

 

Ok great cheers for that ..helps alot.. i did check fluid level the otherday and the fluid does look pretty recent ..like cherry colour and quite clean so i dont know if it may have already been tried before i got it?

 

Matt

yeah - clear/red type colour - but they may have changed the fluid and not cleared out the strainer - i swapped the fluid first and it did not help, but when i removed the filter/strainer it was clearly really clogged up and loads of stuff came out when cleaning it out. It helped but did not completely solve my gearbox issues, but i did get a good few hundred miles out of it befor it started going again.

 

Manual conversion for me.... but i will miss the autobox

Yer thats what i think i will have to do when i have the cash 2 do it lol. anyways if you could email that "how to" pictures/diagram over when u get time later that wud be great

 

Matt

well lets hope we can get yours working enough to get you to Vods and then you can have his working box and get it swapped over. I just had to go sort out a fight outside between a load of kids, and am now leaving to go home, so will get the guide emailed over in about an hour or so.

mails sent dude - good luck