Thread: L322 madness

Still on the hunt ..
Hoping to find a a hse td6 in black with a replaced trans for under 20k...

They are out there, be patient and you'll find the right one.

Originally Posted by Pancake35

Still on the hunt ..
Hoping to find a a hse td6 in black with a replaced trans for under 20k...

do your research on the replaced trans, just because it has a "dealer fitted new unit" with a dealer receipt to show doesn't mean its a good one!

Originally Posted by jsp

..... just because it has a "dealer fitted new unit" with a dealer receipt to show doesn't mean its a good one!

Can you expand on this please JSP?

Originally Posted by Grumbles

Can you expand on this please JSP?

I bought my L322 after doing lots of research and passing up on quite a number of cars. In the end, after a year, I settled for one which wasn't the exact trim I was after but the price was right and the service history impeccable, notably a dealer fitted replacement trans at full new price just over 10 thousand k's before I bought it.

I had it serviced twice by TRS and was all good until it started playing up 60 thousand K's later to which I investigated to find the dealers use reconditioned units from a large Victorian based firm, if the car is not still under factory warranty.

As Bacicat, Strangerover, Justinc etc hopefully agree, rebuilds aint rebuilds unless done properly! The firm who reco'd mine have a policy of stripping a trans and only replacing "out of factory spec" parts as they are a large core swap type model of transmission repair business.

When my unit played up it was seen that line pressure was just starting to dip below the minimum spec, and whilst the main pump was still within spec, they machined it and replaced parts at my request. Most of the rest of the trans was worn and a full rebuild was done, sad as it had only 72K on it, but who knows how many k's some of the parts had on them before they were re-used in the reco.

This isn't to scare you, just to point out that unless you can talk to the shop who did the reco, and you know what exactly they did to it, don't expect 200 thousand k's out of a car which has recently had a trans done. Budget for issues.

I believe they can be reconditioned and give another 150 plus K's, but my local land rover independent says its not worth the bother and to buy a lower kilometer unit from a wreck and take your chances and get the same life span.

So did they say 'dealer fitted NEW transmission', or 'dealer fitted reconditioned transmission'?

i.e. Did they lie?

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Originally Posted by Strangerover

So did they say 'dealer fitted NEW transmission', or 'dealer fitted reconditioned transmission'?

i.e. Did they lie?

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Who is they?

person I bought the car of said new, the paperwork says "supply and fit replacement transmission", $9k in 2009. The paperwork is the dealer invoice. I don't blame the previous owner or dealer at all, my frustration is not pointed at the dealer but the transmission company who supplied the dealer.

Its not about he said / she said, just advising to be careful and check the history of a rebuild, as just because a car has had its trans done recently doesn't mean its going to last a reasonable timeframe. I would budget in some cash for this no matter what the history of the car.

Originally Posted by jsp

just because a car has had its trans done recently doesn't mean its going to last a reasonable timeframe

Absolutely. Mine had a trans rebuild and the TC replaced at an unspecified time in the past. Now it's losing pressure and 5th is slipping once in a while, triggering a soft trans failsafe fault. Turning it off and on again fixes it for now, but a full rebuild done properly is on the horizon. My trans guy insists it's going to cost $5.5k no matter what's wrong, including a HD TC, HD clutches and full Sonnax kit.