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Re: Mysterious intermittent lurching
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:05 pm
by FalcoColumbarius
They are a decent bunch there at Japanoid.
Falco.
Re: Mysterious intermittent lurching
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:42 pm
by deLOOKA
Hmm, i missed you again. We were there Tues 530 to p/u Delooka.
David's Pajero. Would that be with the nice wood grain console?
Isaac
Re: Mysterious intermittent lurching
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:06 pm
by The Pinkfingers
deLOOKA wrote:Hmm, i missed you again. We were there Tues 530 to p/u Delooka.
David's Pajero. Would that be with the nice wood grain console?
Isaac
I was there in the morning. And yes, it does have a wood grain console...

Re: Mysterious intermittent lurching
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:22 pm
by The Pinkfingers
Still waiting...
Dropped it off at Japanoid Tues Aug 26. They took the tranny to a specialist shop for the overhaul, with instructions for it to be ready Wed Sept 3. They call the tranny shop when it's not back Wed, and the tranny shop says, "Oh we haven't looked at it yet" (keep in mind this is a several days long job). On top of that, the guy who does these particular trannies is leaving on vacation!!
So Japanoid said, "Thanks but no thanks. We'll take our business elsewhere," and today took the tranny to Burt's Transmissions in New West (anyone know them?).
So still driving a Pajero around, and missing our bus.
I'm just praying that this indeed fixes the problem! Can't wait to get in back.
Re: Mysterious intermittent lurching
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:28 pm
by konadog
OUCH! Bummer Pink - I feel for ya and sure do hope you get your bus back and in proper working order SOON! Hang in there buddy...

Re: Mysterious intermittent lurching
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:23 pm
by The Pinkfingers
24 days after dropping it off, it's back! Finally.
Apparently in the transmission the inside of the casing was scratched, so an o-ring was not sealing properly. Fluid was getting by and was trying to engage 2nd gear, thus the lurching when we were stopped.
Go figure.
Re: Mysterious intermittent lurching
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:32 pm
by konadog
24 days after dropping it off, it's back! Finally.

Awesome! You must all be very pleased. Nice to figure out the source of the issue too. Happy motoring

Re: Mysterious intermittent lurching
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 6:24 pm
by mararmeisto
Any indication of how the scoring developed? Worn gears? What was the end cost?
Re: Mysterious intermittent lurching
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 9:56 pm
by mriguy
so pinky, did you need a whole new transmission? or just the casing?
Re: Mysterious intermittent lurching
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:16 pm
by The Pinkfingers
mararmeisto wrote:Any indication of how the scoring developed? Worn gears? What was the end cost?
No indication that they told me, but I will email them and ask. The end cost was $0. It was still under warranty.
so pinky, did you need a whole new transmission? or just the casing?
As it was under warranty, they did what it took to stop the lurching. At first they were going to replace ours with a used one from Japan, but I was a little leery about that because we have a 94, and theirs came from a 92 or something like that. When I asked if they were identical (because there are some changes to the 94 delicas), they weren't sure. So they decided to get ours "reconditioned." I'm not sure what that entails, but I don't think it's the same as "rebuilt."