Hi Sleepyfolk
Thanks for the reply.
Which company did you use in Blackburn and could you please give me details of the cost and guarantees.
TIA
Regards
Mark

Hi Niel50
Thanks for the reply
I live in Torbay, and the box is a General Motors 5 speed so I'm not sure that a ZF specialist would be best?
What do you think?
Thanks
Mark

Second Update Well, my happiness was short lived:( After about 10 days the car lost drive again. Barely driveable, and stalls the engine when cold when I put it into drive or reverse. Slightly better drive when using Tiptronic. The car is up for sale on a number of sights, but I've only had very low ...

Update😀Gearbox is now working. In the end I think it was low fluid, I got 6.5l out of it over a few days and put in more. I used the correct sequence, all be it, with out being able to measure the temperature. When I first checked the oil level, oil came out this was due to the engine and tr ...

Charged battery and read codes.

So, I checked the gearbox oil level with the engine running, it seemed pretty full. Had the wife going from drive to reverse with engine on tick over, oil still came out of the fill hole, so probably not low on ATF.

Thanks for the info guys. I've got insta, but it isn't communicating with transmission. Was hoping to be able to measure gearbox temp, but again nothing. I think that I will try to top the gearbox oil up. I've had my suspicions that the level could be low as it was holding the revs for longer before ...

Merry Christmas, my wife did a mad Christmas day sea swim this morning, I left the car (52 plate , Auto, 3.0 diesel) ticking over whilst we drank hot chocolate. When we set off the car did not want to drive, trans fail popped up on the dash. The car would not drive very well just revved. Thought I ...

Just worked for me, Fantastic :D I had synced my keys without doing the ignition on and off 5 times. This did work, but then both keys lost sync again. I had repaired one of my diamond shape keys, by using a rechargeable battery. Ebay item: 252005632983 this one came with the contacts in the correct ...

Alan

Thank you for the reply and info, much appreciated.

Mark

Hi all Just picked up a 52 reg E53. I didn't realise that it had electronic adjustment for the steering wheel. Anyhow it's not working, electric seats work, but can not set memory on them. There is a loose wire under drivers seat with out a connector. Please see photo. Any ideas gratefully received ...

Thanks
Have PMd you.

Hi all
I am looking for an owners handbook. Online would be fab, could anyone point me in the right direction please.

TIA

Mark

Well here she is, picked her up yesterday.

Thank you for the welcome