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wickedteen
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well my gearbox is only four months old and it has died yet again,
but thanks to ACC in cheshunt who will now not answer my calls as they dont want to honour there warranty, good luck to anyone who goes to these idiots for a 2.9 cossie ultima gearbox repair cos they are confirmed to be crap at what they or should i say what they dont do............
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Jonnycab
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Re: gearbox has died
« Reply #1 on: Jan 17th, 2007, 2:43pm » |
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Maybe a quick call to the office of fair trading is needed 
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wickedteen
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they only fixed it last time when they got the court summons, maybe this time i shall follow the court summons through, if anyone listens to BBC three counties radio they are also helping to resolve the matter with this idiotic so called gearbox specialist.........
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Re: gearbox has died
« Reply #3 on: Jan 17th, 2007, 5:52pm » |
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 do you think it would be wise to take it back there, you should try to get your money back.  wont say anymore or i will get banned
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wickedteen
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they are supposed to be picking it up tomorrow, but everytime it came back before it wasnt working
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Re: gearbox has died
« Reply #5 on: Jan 17th, 2007, 10:10pm » |
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why how many times they had it, if it comes back faulty again ask the guy what he would if was his car  when my box was done it cost me £750 and eighteen months later the car started jumping i took it back he tested it and it turned out to be the maf i asked him what i owed him and he said give me a drink. not many old boys like that left
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wickedteen
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so far i have replaced the MAF and the VSS, cos they said they were faulty, but this turned out to be total crap, they also said that everytime my car arrived the MAF was disconnected.
some one just sent me a message that there scorpio is booked in tomorrow at ACC, WHAT EVER YOU DO DONT DO IT, THE BEST PLACE I HAVE FOUND SO FAR IS HERT AND BEDS GEARBOXES in luton, they take your gearbox out and modify it so it will last at least 1/2million miles, they have done extensive research on these as they were the ones that ford got to see what was going on.
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wickedteen
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well today the car got picked up for repair, but i wonder just what excuss they will come up with this time.................
MAFF sensor unplugged..................
VSS SENSOR NOT WORKING CORRECTLY..............
or maybe its the wiring loom...............
could possibly be leaves on the tyres.....
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Re: gearbox has died
« Reply #8 on: Jan 19th, 2007, 8:26pm » |
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well come on then did you get it back then
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Re: gearbox has died
« Reply #9 on: Jan 19th, 2007, 8:30pm » |
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well did ya, how about a convoy of scorpios ending at the gearbox place.
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wickedteen
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well as i expected they never call you to tell you how things are going ,not only that but someone else has recently takin there scorpio in there and it is now no better then when it went in, so maybe i should get those court papers ready, AGAIN.............
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Re: gearbox has died
« Reply #11 on: Jan 19th, 2007, 10:59pm » |
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By the way it sounds the autobox recon is just inferior in general. If it was my car I'd be too uneasy to use it...you pay them for work and they have a legal obligation to carry out that work to a high standard. Easy for me to say but you should get it out of there and take it to a proper specialist, one above board enough to write a statement citing the faults found with the 'box and then go back to them armed with a wad of papers and legal backup asking for your money. A garage (friend) of ours did this once after another garage tried to sting a woman for a new wiring loom on her VW Golf, all because she had a bad earth on the brakelight circuit
Also, I'd get the car out of there pronto, it wouldn't be the first time a bonehead mechanic has damaged something out of malice.
Best of luck with it .
Regards, Bruce.
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wickedteen
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well when it came back last time i had to replace one of the cats, good job i had them spare.
i have already presented them with court papers once and if it isnt right this time i shal serve them with intent this time.
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Re: gearbox has died
« Reply #13 on: Jan 23rd, 2007, 6:03pm » |
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    no car yet which smiley fits were is our daily update
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wickedteen
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not phone call or anything im so annoyed with them, they are just a bunch of thieves............
so as you guessed no car back as yet
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bertie
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cut your loses and get the car back!
I've got a 24v autobox, torque conv, starter etc complete 58,000 from new........... FOC to you. You just need to collect it from Sunderland...................
Simon
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wickedteen
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cheers mate i may take you up on that when i get my car back, is it already removed from the car, cheers
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wickedteen
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hmmmmmmmmmm well i got a call this morning to say that the car is fine!!!!!!!!
he said that the problem was the gear selector switch, there such a thing, can someone please explain this a little bit more as i cannot see how a gear selector switch would make the gear slip at about 100mph to 120mph, but i shall take it for a swift run down the A1 between junction 9 and junction 10, if anyone fancies a quick run thats where i shall be about 11am, cheers all
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Re: gearbox has died
« Reply #18 on: Jan 24th, 2007, 11:57am » |
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hi there
yes, there is a gear slector switch (called tr or pringle).
you say 'gear slip' at really high speed   , are you saying slips out of gear? ie no drive at all?
if so, then yes the tr switch could be to blame as i can fool the ecu into thinking it's in neutral, etc. this is the bit you need to make sure it's in park for the manual conversion.
hth
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wickedteen
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it was still accelerating but you could feel it slipping and see the revs going up
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