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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 09:13 AM
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I don't know any personally in your area, your best bet is to ask around or do a net search, ask in the ford dealers as dealers don't repair auto boxes, they use outside people as well.
What you want to do is find somewhere then get a mate etc to tow your car a few mile from home, then call rac aa etc that hopefully you're a member of, don't know if they'll take your car from your drive if you have home start ?, to a repair place.
The boxes are not the worst in the world tbh, there are far worse, they did have problems with earlier boxes, but mainly 94-97 the cltuch drums broke, the fordward clutch drum shattered, there was a diaphragm that split on the high servo losing ALL pressure and giving no drive, it's a pita, but can be done with box in situ, you'll be amazed what can, just make sure you use somewhere from recommendation, I used a place in Erith kent for a auto mondy box that lost 100% drive around 10miles after I fitted it, this was due to a seal/pressure loss problem, whilst there they even kindly snapped my aerial off the roof, and got the paint on the roof blistered, assume they parked it under a ramp with another leaky car on top, that was complete overhaul then as they didn't want me back after I had a paddy in thier office, was really pissed as car was booked in travelled 100 mile on piece of crap transporter and they said could I come back the next day, and this is for a problem of thier creation by not changing the parts in the service kit they had charged me for, £874 I think entitles me to be pissed.
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