dave8888 Member 111 Member For: 14y 4m 26d Gender: Male Location: Surfers Paradise Posted 07/11/12 01:44 PM Posted 07/11/12 01:44 PM hey guysnot sure where to look for answers im a noob but this is whats happened....driving down highway passing a truck doing 120km/h and I hear a little noise and "transmission failure" comes up, car is just revving and rolla to a stop. car wont start just turns over making some noise.I know its not gonna be good.. but what has happened?I have to get it towed to coffs harbour ford dealer tomorrow im stuck in the middle of no whereits a 2008 fg f6 auto with 330rwkwthanks guys
Trent0 The Toxic Rocket Legacy Donating Member 574 Member For: 16y 4m 26d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 07/11/12 02:18 PM Posted 07/11/12 02:18 PM input shaft? ZF tune? 1
jas98 Member 1,053 Member For: 14y 1m 28d Gender: Male Location: Maryborough Qld Posted 07/11/12 03:11 PM Posted 07/11/12 03:11 PM similar thing happened to me BA but they have different G box, was sh*t cloging the filter as 3rd gear clutchs broke up etc or something, as when it was cleaned it shifted up untill 2nd then would not engage 3rd, also happened when I was doing the same this as you. but as said the input shafts on these f*ck up allot........and I hate to say it its expensive, I was told 8k for a ZF
dave8888 Member 111 Member For: 14y 4m 26d Gender: Male Location: Surfers Paradise Posted 07/11/12 08:52 PM Author Posted 07/11/12 08:52 PM wow 8k!
Paulie2256 Legacy Donating Member 7,441 Member For: 17y 9m 28d Gender: Male Location: SE Melbourne Posted 07/11/12 08:53 PM Posted 07/11/12 08:53 PM Dave, better off getting the box rebuilt. They are cheap to build. Let us know what ford say.
dave8888 Member 111 Member For: 14y 4m 26d Gender: Male Location: Surfers Paradise Posted 07/11/12 08:57 PM Author Posted 07/11/12 08:57 PM wow 8k!
dave8888 Member 111 Member For: 14y 4m 26d Gender: Male Location: Surfers Paradise Posted 07/11/12 09:38 PM Author Posted 07/11/12 09:38 PM is that for a new gear box.. cant they repair them?cheers
djqc Member 291 Member For: 14y 11m 11d Posted 07/11/12 10:34 PM Posted 07/11/12 10:34 PM Don't go through ford. Get a shop that deals with zf's to do the job. Budget between $3500-$5000 for a rebuilt box with extra clutch packs and a strengthened input shaft.
FG50T Member 568 Member For: 22y 7m 6d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 08/11/12 06:36 AM Posted 08/11/12 06:36 AM How much throttle were you using? Sounds like input shaft which is not that much in comparison to a new gearbox.
Bulletime Legacy Donating Member 937 Member For: 15y 8m 11d Gender: Male Posted 08/11/12 07:06 AM Posted 08/11/12 07:06 AM Might be hard for him if he's travelling and been towed to Coffs Harbour. Hopefully there's someone there that can help him out and get him going again.
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