nxr06 Donating Members 117 Member For: 20y 8m 7d Posted 28/07/12 12:28 PM Share Posted 28/07/12 12:28 PM Hi lads, changing my stock zf with a supplied rebuilt one tomorrow, I believe that I need to swap the TCM over with the build one to match up with my car?Can anyone give some help or experience with this? what is involved with a TCM changeover????Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 7m 3d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 29/07/12 12:12 AM Share Posted 29/07/12 12:12 AM (edited) when I asked simon from xft about this he said that the valve body of the trans has to match the car so u have to have either the original trans rebuilt or swop over your std valve body into the built box.now what got me confused is the fact that valve body modification is apart of the "built" process so why would u want a stock valve body in there after u paid for a built one ? I take it this is why simon said send your trans for the re build dont get another one from a wreckers etc etcalso ive seen built boxes being sold left right and center so there muct be an easy way of changing over the " vin coded" electronics in the trans or either re flashing the ecu with the new electronics to be coded to your std ecu/tcm module.id love a straight answer aswell ................so I rang the horse and this is what he told me Edited 29/07/12 12:12 AM by JETSNOT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nxr06 Donating Members 117 Member For: 20y 8m 7d Posted 29/07/12 01:40 AM Author Share Posted 29/07/12 01:40 AM thanks for the reply... I have the both boxes side by side now about to fit and not sure what to do.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nxr06 Donating Members 117 Member For: 20y 8m 7d Posted 29/07/12 06:39 AM Author Share Posted 29/07/12 06:39 AM Ok so I have swapped the gearboxes over and changed the the valve body and TCM from the stock box to the rebuilt ZF box. There are 10 bolts then comes straight out. will post a pic later when I get the chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 7m 3d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 29/07/12 06:46 AM Share Posted 29/07/12 06:46 AM this is the issue for me if your paying for "work " to be done to the valve body of the "built " box uve now just lost that " work "that's been done c what iam saying its a issue that need some explaining from these zf builders I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nxr06 Donating Members 117 Member For: 20y 8m 7d Posted 29/07/12 07:03 AM Author Share Posted 29/07/12 07:03 AM its my understanding that the valve body is not (in my case anyway) modified. All the line pressures in the valve body etc can be change via ZF tune, the ZF TCM is apart of the valve body. either way, car ran fine, and I can tell its been modified... will reset all the ZF tune I had and start again to suit the built box..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 7m 3d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 29/07/12 07:17 AM Share Posted 29/07/12 07:17 AM I spoke to simon and again this could be a bit of hot air but he said he spends 7hrs on the valve body alone doing mods and such so that's whats got me thinking I would want the modified body in the box not a stocker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A300srt8 Member 507 Member For: 20y 8d Posted 29/07/12 07:56 AM Share Posted 29/07/12 07:56 AM ask Bruce Heinrich he swapped over Waynes with the box he bought from Adrian and also On dubs changed his over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 7m 3d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 29/07/12 07:58 AM Share Posted 29/07/12 07:58 AM yeh bruce said he swops over the valve body Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_mate Member 767 Member For: 18y 10m 21d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 29/07/12 10:02 AM Share Posted 29/07/12 10:02 AM I had read on AFF, you can swap boxes with exact make and type. So a FG series 1 box should work in another FG Series 1, but wont work in BF or FG mk II and so on. I think Rob Herrod posted something of the sort.Sent from my GT-P7510 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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