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14 minutes ago, Puffwagon said:

The ford manual reckons your tcm is probably rooted.

 

But probably isn't if you swapped them over.

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Thanks,  that document will come in handy.

 

6 minutes ago, Puffwagon said:

But obviously it isn't if you swapped them over.

Yea it works fine in the other car.

 

I had some fluid spill out of the convertor when I took it out and thought nothing of it. Just read up that to fill the convertor you hold 2000rpm for 30seconds? Tried that but no change.

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It'd be a good idea to top it up with the correct method but maybe that's not going to help the issue.

 

If the tcm isn't initializing then you'll need to find out why. Is it hardware or software related? 

 

I don't know enough about it to recommend a course of action off the top of my head but it can't be too hard to figure out. 

 

Maybe other members will have some idea of what's going on.

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At first I thought it was software but from my research it might be hardware related. I may have damaged the oil pump alignment tabs on install as I had to pry apart the box from the engine to move the loom that got caught under the coolant temp sensor but I left the converter bolted up to the flex plate when I did this. :slap:

 

I have a third spare ZF sitting in my shed so will just install that one or maybe just change the oil pump. Will report back sometime next week.

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It sounds like you'll get it sorted.

 

It'll be interesting to see what is happening, how it happened and if possible how to avoid it in the future. 

 

Good luck with it mate. 

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Busy day today, reluctantly removed the box and as suspected I fuked the pump ring gear when I had to pry apart the box from the engine to pull the caught loom away. Probably would've noticed the wedged loom if I had a hoist and not doing it on my back with 2 car jacks and bits of timber :ermm: .

 

Anyway I installed the other zf I had sitting around and the car is running great. Haven't driven it for a while as I rebuilt the turbo and was mucking around with this issue so it's good to be back on the road again. Still need to swap the mechatronics around as it currently has a ZF tune on this TCM that is meant for the other box and I just want the factory tune in mine. 

 

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