Gidday guys:)

[stav]

I am getting the feeling that these are not very good people for warranty. Anything to get out of warranty by dodgey workmanship.Its giving me the sheets . I just shop around and get one.A new one would be nice but dad said he was quoted 300 for one.

[AaronEF8]

$300!

IIRC Ford wanted $110 for one when I bought mine, I ended up getting one from Motor Traders in the Ford packet for $100.

[stav]

Grrr.I thought so much.It appears these guys are taking me for a ride.For 100 I will go visit my little mate at ford.Since I have been using genuine parts I havent had to redo anything.

[stav]

Medium to wide open throttle is fine.Sometimes intermittentantly at light throttle on freeway easy cruising the box seems to drop to 2nd gear and the car jolts for a second and then keeps driving on..wierd problem.However after all this time Ive learnt to have things break so..its one more piece hehe

Sounds like the inhibitor switch? Are you familiar with these? They're a small-ish white plastic component hanging off the passenger side of the box, they have two plugs sticking out 120 degrees apart. It acts as the inhibitor to stop the car starting in R or D (3, 2, 1), and also dictates gearchanges. When it's on its way out it does random things like 4th to 2nd at 100kph

It's a 10 minute job to replace, the part costs $120ish. Just be careful when putting the replacement inhibitor switch on, it you push the metal dowel in which it surrounds, you're stuffed (so don't force it on, it should slip on with some firm guidance).

A few days after having the oil topped up the problem came back.I contacted the gearbox bloke and he also said ..inhibitor switch. I changed it 10 days ago and the problem has not happened once.10 days seems like a fair run to say its pretty much fixed.Good info Commando

[Malakai]

I missed this thread... work getting in the way of forum goodness FTL.

That 0.00 was a bit of a freak reaction time eh? Good work!

Welcome aboard.

[stav]

hehhe 0.000 . Freak reaction time..I am not sure. I do have a freak quick reaction time inherently with alot of things...I wish my brain kept up with my reaction time as I would probably be a squillionare by now. lol