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driving home today my zf gearbox just crapped its self :blink:

it slips in every gear my cars un tuned although has 19inch wheels sway bars bilsteins and kings springs and just run out of warranty about 2 months ago

(1) any ideas of what could cause these problems its weird its slips in every gear and I can hear it slipping aswell

ive had autos befor and they didnt lose all gears at the same time :ermm:

whats the average rebuild cost these days for a zf anyway at least ive got plenty of oil anyway since I bought 20 ltr just today since I was going to changethe oil this week

(2) it has about 95000km on it what ya think my chances are of getting ford to chuck in for the rapair costs or half maybe

zero is my guess but do you guys reckon its worth a try

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You could try Ford, if your service history is spot on, and you have a good relationship with your dealer then they may submit a goodwill request.

But I doubt Ford will pay.

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yeah ive got a good service history but im still thinking ive got no chance might give it a try but worse thing is the cars never really been driven that hard

any ideas why it would lose all gears ?

also whats the cost of a rebuild and are better parts around yet or just standard ones still

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Not good news especially that its not modified. Is your oil level ok?

They are a good box but they still fail and obviously in standard form also. Maybe just bad luck.

I would try your Ford dealer first and as said previously if your service history is up to date they will put in a goodwill request to Ford and hopefully they will contribute.

Goodluck mate.

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You better make that two of us. We had it in our shop loading it up to test the coils & obviously put abit too much load on it for to long & its damaged something. Didnt push it any harder than we would at the drags but I spose anything can happen at anytime.

Its blinking like its in a limp home mode but it wont drive at all. Nothings visually damaged underneath so thinking internals. Gonna leave it til tomorrow & have another go. Letting it cool down last time it happened down the track seem to do the trick.

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that's pretty cheap for a ZF. A 4spd with cooler and stally is about 4g so 5g isnt too bad as they are a pretty involved trans.

:spoton: u get gold parts put in your 4speed am I missing something :blink:

3k included stall and cooler for a 4speed

I was under the impression 5-6k is the go for zf

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Yeah mate,gold plated internals lol so the oil can look at em. Mine cost $3200 including stall,cooler and drive plate plus the bigger servo etc. Some people have payed 4g and even more,especially if the box has been dead on arrival like this ZF.

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