bitnix
Active Member
Hey guys,
It's been a while. So here is the deal. My gearbox is started to give up on me. Here is a scenario:
I drove to my friends house night before and randomly when I wanted to reverse the gear did not engage but after restarting the car it was okay. I drove home that night no problems what so ever. The next day I drove about 5 miles and I get TRANS FAILSAFE PROG on the dash then the gearbox goes funny. When I stopped at a set of lights when I started to accelerate it was moving very slowly of the line (I presume reason being in failsafe mode). I got to where I needed to go and once the car has cooled down I drove normally about 1 mile to my garage to leave the car there.
Plugged in the computer I got error 55 saying something to do with gear 5. I don't think it was the most reliable diagnostic reading anyway.
I had a friend who recently done a similar gearbox and he said that the clutch basket is lose and when the car gets warm and the gearbox obviously metal expands and the clutch plates are not pressed together correctly.
Anyways I got the old gearbox from that BMW to take apart and play with. I got Sonnax round the corner so parts are local.
Questions:
1) I'm ordering refurbished gearbox to change it on Saturday. Do I need to do any programming after the box is changed?
2) Do I buy one with a refurbed TQ too since I never really had a problem with the gearbox and it wasn't driven to its death. I had the oil and filter change with cooler flush done few K miles ago there was no debris on the plug nor in the oil. I don't think my problem is to do with anything with TQ or valve block.
Prompt responses would be appropriate.
I will fix the old gearbox regardless and sell it and will become proficient in rebuilding them.
I will update the:
Range Rover L322 Project Thread Mods'n'Fixes
Later.
J
It's been a while. So here is the deal. My gearbox is started to give up on me. Here is a scenario:
I drove to my friends house night before and randomly when I wanted to reverse the gear did not engage but after restarting the car it was okay. I drove home that night no problems what so ever. The next day I drove about 5 miles and I get TRANS FAILSAFE PROG on the dash then the gearbox goes funny. When I stopped at a set of lights when I started to accelerate it was moving very slowly of the line (I presume reason being in failsafe mode). I got to where I needed to go and once the car has cooled down I drove normally about 1 mile to my garage to leave the car there.
Plugged in the computer I got error 55 saying something to do with gear 5. I don't think it was the most reliable diagnostic reading anyway.
I had a friend who recently done a similar gearbox and he said that the clutch basket is lose and when the car gets warm and the gearbox obviously metal expands and the clutch plates are not pressed together correctly.
Anyways I got the old gearbox from that BMW to take apart and play with. I got Sonnax round the corner so parts are local.
Questions:
1) I'm ordering refurbished gearbox to change it on Saturday. Do I need to do any programming after the box is changed?
2) Do I buy one with a refurbed TQ too since I never really had a problem with the gearbox and it wasn't driven to its death. I had the oil and filter change with cooler flush done few K miles ago there was no debris on the plug nor in the oil. I don't think my problem is to do with anything with TQ or valve block.
Prompt responses would be appropriate.
I will fix the old gearbox regardless and sell it and will become proficient in rebuilding them.
I will update the:
Range Rover L322 Project Thread Mods'n'Fixes
Later.
J