the old girl is finally on the road, mot'd, taxed and nearly everything refited the first outing was a round trip of about 50 miles and whilst approaching home up a relatively steep hill it hapenned... kick down into 2nd followed by a squeel/screech similar to a slipping fan belt. but not quite. :'( my initial reaction is that whatever witchcraft goes on inside the autobox has malfunctioned.... other than giving the box an oil change there's f***all i can do with it!! any ideas? anyone know of a good reliable autobox specialist?? thanks
Is it me or has Late Bay still not quite got working yet? I did a quick reply to this and it vanished. Anyway to summarise. I've got a troubleshooting manual for this - send me a PM and I can email it to you. Probably not much you can do other than check the fluid however. I used Auto Transmissions in Huddersfield. Very efficient, effective but expensive.
What box do you have early 003 or late 010? I have heard that the hard parts for the early are scarce but the later 010 was more widely used on different vehicles so is easier to find. From what I’ve read both do not require any special ACVW witchcraft to repair and can be handled by any competent transmission rebuild shop. If your box is done, I would replace it with the later version if possible. I have an early automatic. So far, so good. It’s got 150k miles on it. Btw, when I first got my bus 30 years ago, it used to surge when shifting from 2 to 3rd like it was slipping. I changed the ATF and it went away. When you change the oil, look for evidence of burnt friction linings. Those kinds of parts are all still available in the master kit for the 003.
Where are you based? Martin Lowe Auto Transmissions in Barnsley are top dog on classic auto transmission repairs. They overhauled mine a few years ago when the mod valve failed.
Changing the fluid would be a quick and cheap first thing to do and unlike doing the engine oil, it does often make a noticeable difference to things.
Fred from the dead - originally posted in 2011 ..... I remember this guy as i bought a beam off him , kindly picked up by @crossy2112 and cleaned out after @mk2zetec dragged it across a gravel drive - nice
Was a bit weird just left sat there on the gravel drive with no-one around. Pikey missed a trick there
