Gearbox rebuild.
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Nigeyy
Legendary Member
- Location
- Massachusetts, USA
Just want to second well done! I replaced the valve body on my car for about 100 quid and 30 mins of work (had to remove the battery and undo some bolts and that was it) -I was so fortunate it was so easily accessible!
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keithmac
Guru
For the sake of 6cm I had to pull the front of the car to bits unfortunately, bumper/ lights/ crashbar and subframe etc..
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keithmac
Guru
Well, there may be a twist to the tail...
Volvo call my gearbox an MPS6, exactly the same unit (identical) to my Kuga Powershift 6DCT450, same gearbox made by Getrag.
Ford and Volvo buy filters from IBS Filtran and put them in branded boxes.
I bough some "Volvo" filters, they appeared genuine in proper boxes etc, looked the same.
I've just bought 5 Ford filters (£22 each, local dealer wants £40 each!) and compaired one to my last "Volvo" filter.
The filter housing on Ford is Matt and much stiffer.
The filter cartridge ends are on Ford are shiny (matt on "Volvo").
Ford have a feint red line in the middle the filter cartridge medium.
The bypass valve on Ford is 1/3 rd as stiff as "Volvo" xxxxxx. Ford will bypass oil much easier in case of filter failure or blockage.
After taking a new "Volvo" filter to bits, the filter medium is supported by nylon mesh, Ford use stainless steel mesh to stop the filter collapsing.
So I've come to the conclusion I've been sold knock off Volvo filters!.
This wouldn't cause the entire problem but deffinitely some of them..
Volvo call my gearbox an MPS6, exactly the same unit (identical) to my Kuga Powershift 6DCT450, same gearbox made by Getrag.
Ford and Volvo buy filters from IBS Filtran and put them in branded boxes.
I bough some "Volvo" filters, they appeared genuine in proper boxes etc, looked the same.
I've just bought 5 Ford filters (£22 each, local dealer wants £40 each!) and compaired one to my last "Volvo" filter.
The filter housing on Ford is Matt and much stiffer.
The filter cartridge ends are on Ford are shiny (matt on "Volvo").
Ford have a feint red line in the middle the filter cartridge medium.
The bypass valve on Ford is 1/3 rd as stiff as "Volvo" xxxxxx. Ford will bypass oil much easier in case of filter failure or blockage.
After taking a new "Volvo" filter to bits, the filter medium is supported by nylon mesh, Ford use stainless steel mesh to stop the filter collapsing.
So I've come to the conclusion I've been sold knock off Volvo filters!.
This wouldn't cause the entire problem but deffinitely some of them..
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keithmac
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Well she managed 450 miles, wife text me last Monday morning to say it had started playing up again!..
Narrowed the fault down to Clutch Shift Modulation Solenoid 1, but these aren't available as a spare part..
Found a new unit for £1060 so bit the bullet and bought it. Unfortunately these come "blank" so I had to fit my orignal Gearbox Controller to the new solenoid/ valve body pack.
Took Wednesday and Friday afternoons off work and had it stripped and back together in 8 hrs this time.
Time will tell, 40 miles on it now!.
Narrowed the fault down to Clutch Shift Modulation Solenoid 1, but these aren't available as a spare part..
Found a new unit for £1060 so bit the bullet and bought it. Unfortunately these come "blank" so I had to fit my orignal Gearbox Controller to the new solenoid/ valve body pack.
Took Wednesday and Friday afternoons off work and had it stripped and back together in 8 hrs this time.
Time will tell, 40 miles on it now!.
I call bullshit here, you'd hire a smelly northerner to do it for you.
Nibor
Bewildered
- Location
- Accrington
Are you implying a clean northerner would be any less capable of such a task.
Almost. That would involve liaising with a dirty northerner which fills me with horror. I’d use an intermediary.
No but finding a clean northerner would be like wanting unicorns to do it.
