Autobox saved from the fire

Following on from a thread I posted a few weeks back about the wiring loom for an auto box self igniting due to it falling across the turbo the insurance company came through and the work commenced on the repair.

Now as the loom is an integral wired part of the gearbox and is not available seperately it was a case of repair only, the auto box fuse had also blown and the ecu for the same was damaged.

Knowing if any internal damage to the gearbox electrical parts was difficult to predict but it was worth a repair try before writing the box off.

So in the pics the loom is shown unplugged from the inner wing and hanging down under the car for easier access, the damage to the cables is clear to see. So each cable was replaced one at a time and insulated.When all of the cables were changed a section of flexible cable conduit was slide over and then two sections of heat wrap I took from an old starter motor cable.

So to the test, with a slight apprehension it was started and tested with 100% success!! with all gears selection and no nasty noises.

An unrelated wiring fault with the tps appeared a couple of days later due to an engine loom issue but that turned out to be a pre-existing issue but at least the auto-box got a clean bill of health.

Jeff