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I think i took it a little hard and now after some salt pan action my gearbox has shit itself.
All previous comments on the wonderful strength of these mitsubishi gearboxes has now been retracted :(

when cold, it doesnt engage the gear properly until 2000rpm when it suddenly grips and throws you forward, a flare inbetween second and third gears, and fourth slips when under load :( ](*,) ](*,) ](*,)

will let you know what the outcome is when i get it back from mitsubishi..
im planning on getting it there *hopefiully* tomorrow otherwise its gotta be friday. aparently the worse that could happen is a brand new gearbox for $1800 (sob!)

any ideas what this could actually be, as the planetary gear seems ok since all of the gears are actually there - it just doesnt grip them properly! once they are engaged it seems ok except under heavy load then it slips.

GuRu

:::Announcement:::

The salt pan day at the Magna Meet 2003, has been cancelled due to some mechanical 'technical difficulties'

any salt pan action has been suspended until further notice :cry:

Sorry guys :cry: GBM wanted some salt pan too, but never wanted another gear box...

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GuRu.. man, i hope it gets better soon... on the bright side, i hear you got some videos to show me :badgrin: :badgrin:

im sorry, thats something i shouldnt be bringin up in this time of sadness :cry:

hahaha ouch thats gotta hurt maann!

lucky i didnt go! hahaha

im sorry ben but in a situation like this u just have to laugh :D

although when u said $1800 i stopped laughing :cry:

Speak to you tomorrow mate.....good luck and i hope u dont have to replace the box

Sounds like a clutch issue, is it auto or manual?

you got a lil TipTronic, dont you guru :?:

Sounds like a clutch issue, is it auto or manual?

I agree, doesnt sound like a gearbox.

More like the clutch is stuffed or the clutch plates need re-aligning..

he has a tranny.....granny spec tiptronic

I didn't think you were driving it that hard to stuff the gearbox though, as you originally thought - It might just need a change of the gearbox fluid and maybe the belts tightened.

I'm booked in today to get a new set of tyres at lunchtime today. I think we definately have to look in the Trading Post and buy a salt-pan car (Datsun 180B or similar)

BOOYA - I don't think you should be cancelling the salt pan so soon. You've got a manual it will be fine. Each to their own, if you just want to have a high speed run - cool, if you want to do some drifting even better - just not with the auto box.

thank god i didnt go :)

[quote:442db690f1]BOOYA - I don't think you should be cancelling the salt pan so soon. You've got a manual it will be fine. Each to their own, if you just want to have a high speed run - cool, if you want to do some drifting even better - just not with the auto box.[/quote:442db690f1]

i withdraw my cancelation... full steam ahead for the saltpans.. by the way, how many of ya got manuals that are comming on the magna meet?

ive got a manual!

I've got manual!

guys i dont think its any reason to stop the salt pan - although i wont be doing it :) haha it took me a full 3 - 4 hours under the car to get all the sand out of all the crossmembers and suspension / chassis bits.. then another hour or two on the outside around the trims etc..

She has gone to mitsu today so ill let you know the outcome :(
fingers crossed.
and yes i have some good video - although i didnt really take it that hard.. i did notice however that some of the gearchanges before i went there were rough and i was going to get the box serviced so perhaps it just accelerated an existing problem...

cu

auto is cool yes?

blah i want a manual

pardon my stupidishness :lol: but what the hell is a salt pan , too me it sounds pretty stupid is it another word for skidpan or am i mistaken im sure it couldnt be a sand or a salt flat cause if it is ..............someone needs a bitchslap to the face :badgrin:

I am assuming it is a saltlake - dry of course - and there is no way i would be taking my magna on it!!

but again all for themselves - a skidpan however - thats a whole different ball game!!

Manual

I am assuming it is a saltlake - dry of course - and there is no way i would be taking my magna on it!!

but again all for themselves - a skidpan however - thats a whole different ball game!!

Manual

Yes im am getting worried that it is a saltlake

heheh good boy manual, as for you other crazy nutters :badgrin:

Just wanted to clarify **Ball Game** it depends on how big your balls are as to how much your push your car!!!

Manual :D

no its a beach but its a big open space where the water only comes up at the tide i think...

anyway yer it took forever to get all the sand out of everything so some lessons have to be learnt the hard way i suppose.. now to find a $200 datto to go burning around it in :) hehe see if we can roll it!

GuRu

buy my gemi off me and use that!

no its a beach but its a big open space where the water only comes up at the tide i think...

anyway yer it took forever to get all the sand out of everything so some lessons have to be learnt the hard way i suppose.. now to find a $200 datto to go burning around it in :) hehe see if we can roll it!

GuRu

hahahahah if that's true you got what you deserved :lol:

buy my gemi off me and use that!

haha ill give ya $50

[quote:2623a56f79="Fooya Racing Technology"]buy my gemi off me and use that!

haha ill give ya $50[/quote:2623a56f79]
Does this mean we're storing the car at your house :lol:

But everyone, its one of those things you have to experience. Theres a bit of water if you hunt for it (obviously more in winter). I'll put the photos myself and ben took on my FTP site later this evening and upload.

yer except its salt water though - bad, bad, evil stuff :)

hmmm salt is baad mmkay! :(

yer except its salt water though - bad, bad, evil stuff :)

I get scared driving along near the beach..

Im so paranoid i wash my car the next day..

All i can think of is salt in a nick of paint.. and there starts a wonderful rust reaction.. :oops:

ive just banned gbm from sunday drives to the beach.... holdon! i dont live near any beaches :S oh, well, better still ;)

i should have a bomb for teh magna meet, yr 12 muck up day :D

if it isnt thrashed or crashed

OK
well after a $918 repair bill my magna came back to me with a rebuilt gearbox (mitsu pait 75% of parts as a goodwill warranty) - thanks mitsu!!
BUT now occasionally the traction control light starts to flash and doesnt go away till you switch off, then back on again..

i hope this isnt the start of more problems.
it goes back on friday, and we will see what happens after that.
Im starting to think about trading my baby for a manual (eventually)!
argh!

Aparently when they re-assembled the car when re-mounting my POD filter they got some computer attachment hooked up to the pod, and under hard acceleration it was catching on the accelerator somethingorather and disconnecting the traction control computer causing the error to show up.. so all fixed !

Ben