Hey all,

Was talking to my mechanic mate and he reckons that magna boxes' are caca... I dont care what he thinks because so many people say this and that about magna and yet it has been the most reliable car ever for me. So im just wondering, who has the highest, or who has seen the highest kms on a 3rd gen magna gearbox? Auto and manual?

Your mate's full of caca. My TR manual box had done 210,000 when I sold it. Was totally flawless, never gave a hint of trouble, could probably do another 200k.

Edit: just realised this is in the 3rd gen forum. Oh well.

my auto box got replaced at around 250 000 k's (TE)

My 2nd gen has done 260,000 clicks on its first auto box, still going alright.

My 3rd gen has done 200,000 clicks on its first manual box, no where in sight will it need replacement, but the clutch is a different story (of my own fault).

***STUPID QUESTIONS***

How can you tell when a manual gearbox is on the way out?
What's the average life expectancy of clutches with NORMAL driving?

My TF 216,000kms auto box is still going strong. It might die eventually at about 260,000 but thats still a while away and i wont have the car by then.

Tom

My 97 TF has 252,000 on the auto and is still running fine.

if/when my tranny dies im gonna rip it out and do a full manual conversion :badgrin:

I have 113,000 in my TJ Advance non tiptronic.

Apart from needing a service it has no issues at all.

265000 on dads KH and still goign liek new.. the gearbox and everything else too!

When i had the TF, the auto trans shat itself at about 146,000ks, but there was something dodgey going on there. My TH had done 64,000 but its still flawless, hopefully it keeps working for years to come, dont want to pay $2700 for a recondition

Dads 2nd Gen in car heaven now

did 398clicks on the first Engine / Gearbox

gearbox was fine

engine died so he replaced it then it got written off about 2 weeks later

damm that sucks photographer..

I suppose the life expectancy dependson how youtreat itmy patents TR got 168000kms on it before the clutch needed to be replaced ( actually come to think of it it was the clutch master cylinder not the actualclutch that needed replacing ) if you look after your trans and get it serviced as per scheduleyou should do alright.

260K auto original TS box :) Treat it right and they are fine.

mine done 97000 on orignial oil Time to change but it depends how you drive it the first 54000 it was a rental car i just started working at budget when it went off fleet so it could of been change, 54322 on march 2004 now 97121 june 2005 i like to drive

What's the recommended service interval for autos?

For my TJ I was told a good full service every 100,000km's was good to make sure it kept going well.

old TE V6 with mods and driven every day, and the auto gearbox is still ok @ 360,000Kms

I feel so much better now, I have "only" 163,000kms compared to alot of you guys who are way past the 200k mark with the original box! :D

old TE V6 with mods and driven every day, and the auto gearbox is still ok @ 360,000Kms

360,000km !!! :shock: , wow great effort mate, car still drives fine? :P

My TH manual is on its 3rd gearbox in 5yrs. 1 was the standard box, the other one was with a LSD fitted. The current one seems to be doing better than the other 2 gearboxes. :badgrin:

your mate is wrong buddy...

34500 on mine and still going strong w00000000000000000t

:bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl:

235,000 but some think wrong with 1 st gear it some time dose not kick back to first when u stop so it takes of in 2nd apart from that still goes good


dose any one know what the prob could be or am i up for new box ?

360,000km !!! :shock: , wow great effort mate, car still drives fine? :P

Yep, bloody quick off the mark, revs it tits off and still handles great. When it was on a dyno the guys from dyno dynamics were really impressed the way it reved so easily.

Sold it in march to a mate and he is very happy with performance and handling.

Have upgraded to AWD TJ and slowly starting the build up.. already done the system, 18's and willl be lowering the car this weekend :)

Perfect timing for this thread guys because i think my gearbox has packed it in

driving to work thismorning and it started slipping abit at take off so i just took off alot slower from then on and it started slipping more, once moving gear changes where fine.

got to work

coming home

got about halfway and it started slipping dramatically i wsa having to take off like a *** deseased grandpa, takes about 20seconds to get to 50km/h any faster than that and itd slip
5 minutes later it started changing rapidly and the neutral indicater started flashing

i pulled over and when to turn on my interior light only to jerk my memory that it blew a few days ago, so reading my manual by my fully sic sony erricson built in light, it described neutral indicater flashing is a warning lamp for the automatic transmision, have it checked out by an authorised mitsubishi service centre as soon as possible, the automatic transmision is malfunctioning, i think the idiot who wrote that was malfunctioning, OBVIOUSLY i looked up automatic transmision because mine was malfunctioning, im not gunna look it up because i want a fries with my *** big mac :nuts:

ANYWAY

i stoped for about 5 minutes and then started off again really slowly, after much coffufle and running of stop signs i managed to get home, JUST.

anybody know what the problem is and dont dare say its malfunctioning, im gunna take it into a transmision specialist tomoro morning but i thought id just check it out here first.

any ideas people.


help greatly appreciated.