Neils Frankenstein Ute

[Errol62]

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[FireKraka]

Had been having an issue with the engine in the ute not wanting to rev it would idle but not increase revs, I had used the ute to jump start my daily and thought that maybe I had fragged the ECU so I got the guy that tuned Frank to make a new chip, I put it in another ECU, bugger that didn't work. Bought a new set of plugs and had another set of leads on the shelf, no good, changed the EFI plate under the coils and checked the coils, bugger no good, checked the codes on the engine management by jumping the terminal to get it to flash, bugger all good.

Finally jacked the back up and got underneath, got Robyn to turn the key on, felt the pump kick but it didn't seem to run for the 10 seconds it is supposed to, turn key off and again it didn't run for the supposed 10 seconds.

Went and got a new pump, drained the tank, fitted new pump, BINGO, runs and revs properly now, it shifted into drive and reverse so going to drinve it to see if maybe the engine was playing up and this was causing the feeling that the gearbox was fragged.

I know I'm clutching at straws more than likely the box is still fagged and I'm just wishful thinking

[Harv]

Good news on the pump. Good luck with the box.

Cheers,
Harv

[Errol62]

Good luck Neil. Rather you than me, dicking with all that new fangled hocus pocus. It scares me.


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[FireKraka]

Well I'm sad to say that the box is slipping badly so looks like a gearbox change this weekend

[EK283]

Unfortunate Neil,

Your box damage come from the broken oil cooler on your last outing ?

Just a bit of wisdom here, if you change the box then dont forget the cooler, replace or flush it out under high pressure.

The grit can settle or even wedge itself in the cooling tubes and come out later rendering your second box the same.

Greg

[Blacky]

Unfortunate Neil,

Your box damage come from the broken oil cooler on your last outing ?

Just a bit of wisdom here, if you change the box then dont forget the cooler, replace or flush it out under high pressure.

The grit can settle or even wedge itself in the cooling tubes and come out later rendering your second box the same.

Greg

Same deal with the converter - I think most transmission rebuilders wont warrant a reco trans if the converter isn't rebuilt or replaced at the same time ???

[Errol62]

Oh bugger that don’t sound cheap


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[WesternWagon]

bugga mate


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[FireKraka]

So I bit the bullet took Thursday and Friday off and got into changing the gearbox.

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My old mate Keith came down Friday morning and we got the fragged box out.

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It was a bit of a comedy show with two old farts trying to get the secondhand box in, we only had the floor jack and I could only get the Ute high enough off the ground to manoeuvre the box out.
We almost dropped the box of the jack 3 times and those boxes are pretty heavy with the torque converter on the front.
4th attempt and we got it in, Keith is 82 and without him there is no way I could have done it.

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Finished off everything Saturday morning, by lunchtime I had it on the ground, went for a test drive and BINGO it’s back to running and driving, shifts seem a little soft but it went really well.
My biggest concern was the torque converter but it appears to have survived

[FireKraka]

Now I can go back onto the wagon

[Harv]

Good news

Cheers,
Harv

[Errol62]

Couple of old farts, getting the job done!


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[FireKraka]

Well looks like I spoke too soon.

Drove the ute to work yesterday and it is slipping in 1st and 2nd, maybe the old converter did have crap in it as Blacky said or it was already bad before I put it in.

Have spoke n to a shop who is going to build a gearbox for me and I'm in the process of getting a new torque converter.

Hopefully after spending some cash I wont have anymore issues.

[Blacky]

oh poo - is it a stock converter or a fancy one ? They can be reconditioned