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Man I used to own one of these, same colour and 4 door, license plate was KT. Is it Auto or twin stick manual? Have some spares lying around and maybe even a carb kit. Pm me if you need anything and ill have a look.

At work we check belt tension by twisting the belt 90 degrees on the longest side, if it twists anymore than this then it's too loose. Hope that makes sense...

That one on its own on the back of the intake manifold is usually blocked off with a bolt but as far as i know the cordia turbo guys use it for a boost gauge.

Hey guys Could anyone in Blenheim lend me an engine stand over the easter weekend?

Got the correct oil level? The oil that came out, did it smell burnt? The metal dust in the sump, was there clutch linings in there too?

$2000 is being safe, if the planet needs replacing then it can be around that amount. Aussie assembled falcons and valiants run a different bw35 as the planets are larger compared to the english bw35's so i'm told.

Sounds like it's gone into failsafe if it feels like taking off in 3rd gear. Being in failsafe its probably an electrical problem. If you know someone with a scan tool they could check for fault codes. May be solenoids.

Sweet, good to hear. There's another filter in the trans but you can't get to that one unless you overhaul it.

Hey, how'd you drain it? Does it have the spin on filter on top of the trans? Takes about 7.8L dry fill

Basically you hook the transserve machine up to the trans cooler lines, fill the machine with however many litres it takes and it will flush the old oil out, flush the cooler and torque converter at the same time. The level will have to be correct to start with though as it only replaces what you put in eg 6 litres in, 6 litres out. Check the level with the engine running in P or N. The pump will fill the converter. Dropping the pan (to replace filter etc) and depending on transmission size will only give you about 3- 3.5 litres out of 7,8,9 litre systems Can you get a trans model code? if so i can find out at work how much oil it will take.

The Synchro hubs and some bearings from the 4 speed might swap too, you'd have to have a measure up

Try getting Synchros from a 4 speed box, i was told they were the same