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It's worth the money, honestly.
Sometimes when pigs fly, there are some for sale on here....
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P38A 2.5 auto gearbox fault, no power
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Sometimes when pigs fly, there are some for sale on here....
I'm after a used one but like you say they're like rock in horse ****, saw a hawkeye for sale but I've heard they're not as good
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Nothing like as good. As a matter of fact in my view, crap would be a fairer description of Hawkeye.
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The Hawkeye is a "somewhere near" set but the nanocom is pretty damn good and worth the money.
Go on, bite the bullet, it also fits snug into the glove box.
We were out mooching in the woods the other week when the car dropped to its knees with an eas fault. Out with the nanocom and reset in minutes... There actually wasn't a fault?
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I have had a Nanocom longer than anyone else on here. I know what it is capable of. Some say it can't do what i say it can do. They are wrong. But i am not going to argue with them, let them think what they want to think no skin off my nose.
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The proof is in the pudding as they say ey' Tony.
Well guys I purchased a nanocom and the fault on the gearbox coming up is solenoid power fault.
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Something in the valve block then. Whomsoever you get to look at it make sure they know what they are doing.
Is it an expensive job, not something that could be done diy or is it worth replacing the box
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There are four solenoid valves in the box, two shift solenoids, a pressure regulation solenoid and a lockup solenoid. As said get someone who knows what they are doing. Not an average DIY job i am afraid. Valve block will need removing to sort it.
Henry_b
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It is DIY if you read the correct sources don't follow rave for god sake.
I had a gearbox on the bench out of a 4.0 Gems that had be rebuilt, only issue was it would put you through the windscreen everytime it changed gear, turned out that one of the valve and spring combinations in the valve block was backwards.
The tech had been following RAVE which i'm not surprised at, the gearbox rebuild section is a joke.
Also worth noting, your tranny is probably due a rebuild if it has been slipping for an extended period, the clutches inside are wafer thin, so any loss of line pressure will cause detrimental damage.
Any recommendations on who could do it or do you reckon it's worth just replacing the box as a whole, I reset the fault with the nanocom and it hasnt played up since, also I noted the battery was reading 11.9v without the engine on just second notch, then upto about 13.9 with engine running and all electrics on. What are the recommended voltages and do you think low power to the solenoid could be caused by a bad battery
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Change the battery low voltage is a system killer. And possibly what caused the fault in the first place.
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As said low voltage is a killer, and probably caused your fault..
11.9 is a dead battery, time for a new un.
I'll try swapping the battery and see if it's that however it's just thrown the fault again and the car would hardly move forward
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Did you swap with a new battery?
Fully charged?
You need a serious battery with these vehicles
Fully charged?
You need a serious battery with these vehicles
Yeah I'm showing good voltage and still throwing the solenoid power fault, strange it's not telling me which one it is, need a gearbox specialist I assume then. Might be cheaper just getting a used box
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Might be able to get a refurbed box off Ashcrofts. @jamesmartin might know someone up that way who could be trusted.
Well I've still not managed to fix the fault, ive put a new battery and made sure the alternator was still throwing good voltage, which it was.
Fault is still solenoid power fault, ashcroft weren't interested in just doing the solenoids they were pushing a recon box for north of 800 quid...
Still cant decide whether to take the plunge and try and get the valve body with all new solenoids swapped or if it's an electrical problem still.
Fault is still solenoid power fault, ashcroft weren't interested in just doing the solenoids they were pushing a recon box for north of 800 quid...
Still cant decide whether to take the plunge and try and get the valve body with all new solenoids swapped or if it's an electrical problem still.
