Danxr Member 67 Member For: 16y 3m 5d Gender: Male Location: Perth WA Duncraig / Wanneroo Posted 08/02/13 09:52 AM Share Posted 08/02/13 09:52 AM After Tranny cooler failed I've got my replacement gearboxcar: Falcon BF series 2 xr6 turbo with the 6 speedcar worked like a treat before facing the death sentence from the tranny coolerofcourse the tranny cooler failed instantly killing the gearbox ect ectwell got a new/2nd hand gearbox chose the lowest km one was removed from a 2010 fg xr6turbo with 17,000kms paid $1500installed it this morning got it up and running no worries but now the bloody thing is stuck in 1st gear will not changethe p-symbol keeps flashing and doesn't even goto manual mode but when you select all the gear selections they all flash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 8m 14d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 08/02/13 09:54 AM Share Posted 08/02/13 09:54 AM Lol did u change the mechtronics unit attached to the valve body from your old zf ?There paired with the tcm your new zf is looking for its old tcm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 13y 6m 18d Gender: Male Posted 08/02/13 10:00 AM Share Posted 08/02/13 10:00 AM ^ correct.... Need to swap your mechantronics (valvebody) but before you do it needs to be cleaned/rebuilt thoroughly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danxr Member 67 Member For: 16y 3m 5d Gender: Male Location: Perth WA Duncraig / Wanneroo Posted 08/02/13 10:01 AM Author Share Posted 08/02/13 10:01 AM Lol did u change the mechtronics unit attached to the valve body from your old zf ?There paired with the tcmyour new zf is looking for its old tcmOh sh*t damn no one told me that well that just sucks I guess now that its in the car I don't think there will be away of changing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danxr Member 67 Member For: 16y 3m 5d Gender: Male Location: Perth WA Duncraig / Wanneroo Posted 08/02/13 10:03 AM Author Share Posted 08/02/13 10:03 AM Can the gearbox be reprogrammed / coded into the car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 13y 6m 18d Gender: Male Posted 08/02/13 10:05 AM Share Posted 08/02/13 10:05 AM Not by ford unsure about the aftermarket... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danxr Member 67 Member For: 16y 3m 5d Gender: Male Location: Perth WA Duncraig / Wanneroo Posted 08/02/13 10:10 AM Author Share Posted 08/02/13 10:10 AM Not by ford unsure about the aftermarket...aftermarket???because my old gearbox did 300,000 kms and I dont want to use any parts from my old one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 13y 6m 18d Gender: Male Posted 08/02/13 10:11 AM Share Posted 08/02/13 10:11 AM Well then I hope someone can program it for u! Cos a new valve body is $3000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danxr Member 67 Member For: 16y 3m 5d Gender: Male Location: Perth WA Duncraig / Wanneroo Posted 08/02/13 10:41 AM Author Share Posted 08/02/13 10:41 AM so I assume its all the same with all the 6 speed boxes I.e if you swap a bf 6 speed with a bf 6 speed will the valve body need to be changed aswellhaha just took the plastic sump off my old one and few springs and ball bearing fell out in the white milky oil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 8m 14d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 08/02/13 10:47 AM Share Posted 08/02/13 10:47 AM Look this is what ive found out from a bit of reaserch over the years1- swop valve body to old one 2- get the ecu/tcm from donor car and a " mate" that works at ford and go for gold in changing it all over ( ecu/tcm ) and reprogram everything 3- buy new mechatronics/valve body ( yes $3000 rrp ) Look its a bitch either way but this is the crap that has to happen I dont know anyone that can hack the tcm to accept a new mechatronic unit yet Oh and 4- diff bush replacement Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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