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sounds more like valve body springs, but Posted by bryan [Email]  (#542)  [Profile/Gallery]
(more from bryan) on Fri, 16 Mar 2001 15:35:43
In Reply to: Don't lose faith yet - could just need minor repairs.., Aaron Gilbert, Thu, 15 Mar 2001 19:31:23 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
do the governor seals as well. I think a lot of auto ZF's get replaced when it's really just the governor seals and/or broken valve body springs.
Good luck finding a shop though....I spent more time finding somebody who would a)do exactly what I told them to b) at the price i KNOW it should cost then it took to do the work myself, which is what i ended up doing.
AAMCO agreed to do it, after a test drive with the mechanic and telling him what I thought the problem was, he concurred, said that sounds exactly right. Then the next day they said "oh, this morning it took too long to engage drive, you need a whole new trans after all" I explained that that was normal for a ZF and even showed them where it explains that in the owners manual. They really then started to put the full court press on me to have a new trans put in, i just said 'gimme my keys'.
These days i have more money than time, but i just tore into it, took about half a day. 25K miles later, still works perfect.
Try doing that, lots of info on replacing governor seals and valve body springs online. Also completely flushing the fluid and a new trans filter won't hurt.
To be honest though, playing armchair mechanic, if it won't shift right manually, or it feels 'soggy' between shifts, you could very well be looking at a new trans.
It sounds expensive relative to the purchase price of the car, but a couple things to consider....that's probably why you got it for such a good deal....saabs have pretty poor resale value, usually because there is something expensively wrong with a 7 yr old and up car. I paid $2900 USD for a very clean 88 S with a seized compressor and the ABS light on. fixing that plus other mechanical and cosmetic upgrades was equal to 125% of the purchase price of the car. Sunds expensive, but now i've got a car that runs, drives, and looks like new, is fully paid for, and I just have to keep up on the maintenance and the occasional odd repair. Since this is a work car, i actually MAKE money on it now. It's ALWAYS cheaper to fix a used car than to buy a new one, and with a little money and TLC your CD will be nicer to drive and safer than 95% of the new cars you can buy today.
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