paulc

Good luck, still waiting for a chance to change my gearbox over!

I would take the strainer out and give that a good clean as well. I was stunned how much brown gunge was stuck in there.

Cheers

Cheers, my number is 07790 133872

Unfortunately I will be at work, is Saturday or Sunday ok??

That's good for me, I'm in Horstead just north of Norwich.

Yes please how much and can you deliver?

Cheers everybody, I'm coming to the same conclusion! Recon gearbox!

Well after gloating that my gearbox was all sorted, things rapidly went downhill Friday night! Driving at a reasonable speed gearbox changed down, as the speed increased the gearbox tried to change up, there was a loud thud and the gears would not change up. Got off the road pulled up in a petrol station, stopped had a look for any obvious problems, but couldnt see nothing, no leaks from the gearbox. Went to reverse out, not a chance, a screeching sound but no movement!! Car would still move forward, so once again the car was low loaded back home. Anybody any ideas?? Is it worth change the gearbox oil again?? Any suggestions would be gratefully received, my thoughts at the moment is to source another auto gearbox Cheers

Cheers mate, now the weather is warming up I'm looking forward to taking the roof down, feel the rush of air on my bald head!!!

Many thanks, really chuffed. Must admit its not something I have really thought about in the past, but after seeing how much gunk builds up in the strainer I will certainly be cleaning it out again. As Jeff suggested I think I will give it a couple of months and change the oil again. All the best with yours.

Really chuffed, opened up the gearbox, took the strainer out and gave it a good clean, full of brown gunk!! Put it all back together, gearbox works like a charm, difference is incredible!! Gear change is very smooth, no more jerking, acceleration is spot on! Would like to thank everybody for their advice, absolutely spot on!

Hopefully going to open mine up this weekend and see what state the strainer is in. Hopefully it will cure the fault if not I will have to go through the diagnostics. What slightly concerns me is my car is low mileage, less than 45,000 miles but I understand it stood still for a number of years when imported into Ireland. My previous 300zx had over 100,000 on the clock and the gearbox was as good as gold. We will see.

Some great cars, thanks for posting

Many thanks