Thread: Please help us replace our much loved D3....

Originally Posted by justinc

Never in the world of transmitting drive from an engine to the surface of the road will a t4ansfer case cause those symptoms. By not addressing the transmission issue at the same time as the transfer leak they have created a lot more work for themselves and wasted everybodies time...😠😠😠

Jc

Eek not good for them then.

You know what will happen next. They've already said they will flush the trans if im still not happy. Which most likely still isn't going to help as like you said it needs a recon...

For the money they are spending trying to avoid a rebuild, they could have paid for one. On the plus side, you have a nice non-leaking transfer case!

To put an end to this thread I thought i'd update.

Our D4 will finally have a fully rebuilt transmission and torque converter by the end of the week! Wangara Transmissions started stripping it down last Monday and reckon it will be all back together by around Wed/Thur, they were just waiting for some parts for the converter on Friday=).

Driving away with:

New lower control arms
New Transfer Case
Replaced diff fluid
Rebuilt Transmission and Torque Converter

After approximately 4 weeks in the shop since we bought it in May we can't wait jump in and drive into the sunset(Once we fit a bull bar of course)

My Bro took a 2008 TDV6 HSE for a test drive the other day.He rekons it had the same tranny issue.I told him to look out for it,he has a tdi D1 auto that had a stuffed tranny so knew the feeling of the locking/unlocking TC to look for,tells me the manual says to keep the tdi in 3 not D below 70kmh to prevent it.
Anyhow he said the HSE had plenty of issues,airbag fault,original juke box on the back seat replaced with aftermarket unit,178000ks so belts needing replacement.Its in a yard on Albany hwy Kenwick,albany numberplates.One to avoid.
Andrew

Andy if they fix it properly before he buys it he gets a bargain. I don't regret ours at all. If anything I'm better off than my budget was ever going to get me for a D4.

Im trying to talk him into digging into his pockets a bit deeper,I know of a D4 3.0 HSE coming up for sale
Andrew