Deep Dish V35

turns out the scan tool was not a "consult" so i've organised for another bloke to come plug his machines into the car to see what he can find. System was flushed a year ago using Nulon SYNTAF-4 auto trans fluid and has had not a single sign of any problem until yesterday It has been suggested by another trans specialist that the first main clutch may have died or maybe the trans fluid pump... both require full disassembly. Adam and the boys at Wesbourne Park Auto, cant thank you enough for your time today, even though nothing was found i was given some good advice. Always very helpful. For the record replacement gearbox quote =$1900 full rebuild first quote =$3000-$4000 not including valve upgrade kit

ive seen 2nd hand boxes for around 700.... yep will prob be easiest to just swap the box, then fix this one while its out (if its fixable) car has just been connected to a consult scanner, no luck. it has absolutely no friction in any forward gear. reverse is still good.

well today it doesnt drive at all. Put it in tiptronic and the AT Check light came on, JUST managed to crawl it 4kms to a repairer i trust, Adam. if the valve body has to come out, im getting it modified

had new fluid flushed thru whole system a year ago will get the CEL reset in a couple hours. Whats the chance of it being a kind of limp mode for a fault due to the bypassed EGR sensor?

yep i had already planned to do both today. to me it seems electrical. i can drive along at 25 in D with no drama, but when it kicks back it doesnt engage anything. At the same time I can put it in tiptronic and select first gear with no issue. if it was a mechanical issue, first gear wouldnt engage in either situation. I assume the valve body uses the same system between auto and tiptronic, so im leaning towards it being a faulty relay or wire A funny little side note.... this is not the first time my car has died for some reason when i was heading off to visit a new girl who was DTF (if you know what i mean). So it seems my car might be jealous. Anyone seen the movie Christine??

Why not just spray can the front bar white for now? 5 bucks and half an hour.. it still has to get stripped back before the proper paint goes on either way....

Does anybody know how the 4 speed auto operates? Relays/solenoids/switches/sensors? Heres my situation A few days ago my Check Engine Light came to life. I assumed this was to do with the plenum mods I had recently done. My hand held OBD scanner was unable to identify the issue or clear the fault. But then today.... Shifting from N to D, there was a longer gearchange pause than normal. Half an hour later, shifting from P to D and I noticed the pause was much longer. Then leaving home at 5pm, reversed out, shifted to D... and I get nothing. Engine revs but no transmission load, just like I was still in N.... i check its actually in D, massive pause, then the car moves. So naturally Im a bit worried... Get to the first slow corner, accelerate and the car revs but doesnt go faster... At this point I Shift into tiptronic and thankfully I take off normally. Driving along I switch back to D and all seems normal, until I get to a roundabout.... and the thing wont accelerate out of it. So the situation is: When in D, 1st gear does not engage. You can feel a very weak shudder thru the car, but no transfer of power to the rear wheels. But when in tiptronic, all 4 gears work perfectly. So what im trying to work out is; what part of being in D controls the way 1st gear engages? How is it that I can still use 1st gear in tiptronic but not in D? And has anyone else had this happen? Im not stressed about it.... much

staggered diameter is a good look on a tractor, on the street it looks funny. i guess im just pedantic about things like that

And nobody linked to this? http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/topic/406593-this-is-how-to-measure-your-car-for-new-wheels/

yes, with Z tube

really should be 30 profile rears...

just take the bulbs out and convince them your fog lights are now your only regular and high beam....

ive got chinese ebay specials in similar sizes all round. $110 per tyre. 10,000km so far and no sign of wear. no complaints at all. tell them to stick their profit margin up their backsides.

just the word "popcharger" makes me cringe. its like a word that some ricer made up to make his car sound as special as one with a SUPERCHARGER haha

i warm mine up for about 5 seconds. dont care.

strangely i got that impression

madr33 at the carwash last night

bras are like fake bonnet scoops. they pretend to make something look better than it is /end thread diversion

they were going kneebound. say no more

if only i could post a picture of the haneous things ive uncovered in past encounters

stag front on a n/a 2.5L..... far from perky and firm. more like seeing a big rack in a push up bra.... impressive until you undo the clip and see whats really inside (just having jokes)

you think v series people dont hide in here? lol

by saying tits you mean saggy right?

easy as

the high startup revs have been cured with the full inlet cleanup as per the direct injection thread