by nighthawk » Thu Aug 05, 2010 4:41 pm
Got my wife to drop my Mu of at a local Mechanic today as I work away from home. Rang him yesterday and told him that my overdrive light flashes from time to time and ask if he's got a scan tool, he said he has. So off the wife went, got a phone call few hours later by her, saying the mechinc could get no signals so he didnt charge her for that. What pisses me of, he told her that he checked the fluid levels in transfer case and auto box and said that they looked fine, as for the light flashing, he said that he didn't have the addaptor to suit the Mu ecu for the box and that no one would. Told my wife that it could cost up to 5 f....ing grand to fix and said I should get rid of it. last time I went to a Mechanic was when I was 18 so nothings changed in all those years. Question now is 1; how hard is it to read fault codes which i have a copy off(thanks geeves) 2 if it is what i suspect is a stuck solonoid in the box, can you free them up? and or get replacments? as my light only flashes from time to time and diss ingages the kick down capabilities somehow. even with engine off and keys on, it flashes sometimes.Dont really want to get rid of the Mu as I have busted a lot of knuckels to let it go that easy and it is a nice truck all around . cheers Volker