A quick update for those of you on the edge of their seats worrying about the clan Lucan and whether their LSE will remain as part of the local scenery.... Thanks to your advice and then excellent advice/service from Ashcroft Transmissions (if I may??) and El Supremo Mechanico we're back in...

Thanks for that - I think!! TBH if it needs a new box I'd be just as happy paying to ship one from the UK and have it fitted out here, mechanico isn't a simpleton, he just doesn't "do" autobox repairs (he recommends an exchange box for economy reasons every time). He's going to look at it on...

Thanks for the prompt reply! We're in Galicia, the far Northwest corner, nearest town Viveiro, which is where the car has gone. I have since been looking on the Ashcroft transmissions site, but haven't looked at their Torque Convertors section. Knackered output shaft seems a likely culprit...

With no warning my LSE has lost all drive, it occurred as I went to pull across a main road, a bang and zizzing/high pitch grinding noise and that's it. I've tried all combinations, ratios etc and nothing happens, if I put it in gear and blip the throttle the noise returns, and then if I put it...

Well it made me laugh.... as did a few of the other ones...it's a slow day here.

Driving Saabs.....I'm so sorry.

I wondered where that Micra went...thanks for the advice, I shall delve in there tomorrow.

Elvis has taken him to the glue factory :D

Much like the P38 that is getting hot when towing up hills, my recent purchase 93 LSE gets hot under load on big hills, not towing anything. Temperature rises to just below the red quite quickly in hot weather, now it's raining it isn't so high... The A/C fans mentioned were the first point...

Evening all, I recently picked up a black LSE on evilbay to avoid the dreaded MPV purchase, and a worthy machine it is proving to be. Also a rather hot one so I'm off to find some (hopefully helpful) tips and if anyone so much as hints at headgaskets I'm going to sulk in the pub til morning :D