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Originally Posted by captain paul
Oh well, auction over, abs pump to IOM, box to Sean from Bishop's Stortford.I let the box go due to Sean's proxy bid being over my budget. If I had bid my budget £201 then I would still have no box and it would have pushed Sean's bid up another £75, only person to gain would be the vendor. Meanwhile I will attempt to repair my own box, have a Chilton manual and a van full of tools and several clever mechanics for advice.
Anyone elses opinion welcome, will pull away only in manual, once on the roll will drive ok in auto, sprag?
Cheers all,
Captain.
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Captain, I don't know enough about how an auto gearbox works to answer your question. If you ask this question of Harvey in Coff's Harbour, Australia, user name OAB_AU, send him a PM, Harvey will give you a considered answer of what may be wrong.
I can tell you this; if you have to pull away in MANU, then this indicates first range is not working. MANU automatically [excuse the pun
] starts in second range to avoid slippage in mucky conditions. It is likely your car is driving OK, using only three ranges, 2, 3 and D.
To me, this would indicate one of your clutches has seized, the one that operates first gear, I don't know enough to guess which one.
BTW, I drove my first SVX for nearly a year using only 3 and D!
The engine is torquey enough to pull away OK from a standstill in 3, a good trick really. I marvelled at how it could pull from zero to 100 mph in one gear. I got the tranny rebuilt then.
Joe
