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as most of you know ive had a few troubles with my car since i brought it over... (fuel pump, exhaust, SVA man, more exhaust, etc) but now i have met my greatest problem... my auto box died one morning...
Ive just got the report back from the auto specialist and its worse than I thought it would be! the lockup solinoid malfunctioned... so thats a gearbox rebuild (£1000) but to cap it off he thinks that the auto ECU is also up the spout!!! (no error codes on the diagnostics - so he checked it another way and came to that conclusion) another pile of cash! I really dont know what to do... i could only just afford the car whrn i got it here, then had the nightmare of buying a new exhaust and stuff... ive had the car insured for the past 3 months and not been able to drive it...
I am properly stuffed...
you may say - should have bought a uk sourced car, but with my budget I wouldnt have stood a chance at the dealers, so it would have been a private sale, ive driven this car 400 or so miles backwards and forwars to tests etc (SVA centre 120 mile round trip), no hint of a problem...
I am gutted... and scared to hell... I dont have the budget for a new box...
Help guys... what are my options???? rcon gearbox? (£1000) manual conversion?? (£????) second hand box??? (where from?)
Ive just got the report back from the auto specialist and its worse than I thought it would be! the lockup solinoid malfunctioned... so thats a gearbox rebuild (£1000) but to cap it off he thinks that the auto ECU is also up the spout!!! (no error codes on the diagnostics - so he checked it another way and came to that conclusion) another pile of cash! I really dont know what to do... i could only just afford the car whrn i got it here, then had the nightmare of buying a new exhaust and stuff... ive had the car insured for the past 3 months and not been able to drive it...
I am properly stuffed...
you may say - should have bought a uk sourced car, but with my budget I wouldnt have stood a chance at the dealers, so it would have been a private sale, ive driven this car 400 or so miles backwards and forwars to tests etc (SVA centre 120 mile round trip), no hint of a problem...
I am gutted... and scared to hell... I dont have the budget for a new box...
Help guys... what are my options???? rcon gearbox? (£1000) manual conversion?? (£????) second hand box??? (where from?)