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Nigel 
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 Posted: 17-January-2009 at 13:25 |
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Its done, he has it back, and so far, so good. As if by fate, I've also done a service call to ZF GB, which is in Nottingham, I have contact details for us, they will deal with us direct etc. I'll do a proper post with all the details, its a fantastic factory ! |
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Posted: 17-January-2009 at 21:34 |
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That's good news Nigel - had no end of trouble with my old auto.
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Posted: 18-January-2009 at 18:14 |
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Any more details Nigel? What was wrong? How much did it cost to fix? Andrew |
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Be exclusive and drive a Petrol 5 Series!
Current '13 62 F10 535i MSport Auto Previous '04 04 E60 545i SE Auto '03 53 E60 545i SE Auto (Stolen) '98 S E39 523i SE Auto |
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Nigel
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Posted: 18-January-2009 at 19:44 |
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Andrew I/We don't know what was wrong with it, and we don't actually know whats been done to it, it was knackered, and now its working (I'll let you know how it goes, so far so good) It cost just over 1,000 I believe , including vat, and was done here : http://www.drivertransmissions.co.uk/index.html You may also like to have a look at this : http://www.bavarian-board.co.uk/forum_posts.asp?TID=43712&am p;PN=1 |
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Posted: 23-January-2009 at 18:31 |
Thanks Nigel. In that link above you mention that BMW are not allowed to use ZF GB meaning prices are then 5k and not 1.5k. You are quite correct. This is why it is a complete waste of time taking any stricken BMW with a fault in its transmission to BMW. They cannot do anything with it other than put a new tranny in at a cost of 5k! However if you take it to an Automatic Transmission Specialist, he can utilize ZF GB and fix your tranny using bits sourced from ZF GB. When my E39 tranny failed, the specialist I used was a ZF agent and I had to wait on bits being couriered up presumably from Nottingham. Thanks for keeping us posted Nigel, good info there re ZF. Andrew |
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Posted: 23-January-2009 at 19:37 |
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most of these cars (if they're not the new ones obviously)
are now better off going to the people that specialise in the area that's the trouble rather than BMW as it's hard to find techs in the dealerships that can diagnose and repair items on the older car! |
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