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Box is in running ok only the occaissional rattle from the drive plate. The old one was well past its best as the photo shows. I never had the old box back i was assured that the broken belt would have damaged the box beyond repair. Three of the small springs were in a similar state the large ones w...

Hi I've sourced a box. Fingers crossed its o.k. I going to ask for the old one back to take apart just for interest. If it don't look too bad I will look at refurbing it. I'll let you know how it turns out.

The symptoms were that the car appeared to be losing traction just like wheel spin. Hope I can explain when I changed gear in drive mode it appeared to judder then the revs picked up and all was will until I dropped speed and applied the load again. I'm happy work on the box when its out. But I've n...

Thanks Geof I'll have search. I've found a second hand one but apart from giving it a shake to test for rattles I don't no how to check it.
Ian

I used the jack to put it on the stands. Anyway its died, pulling out of a juction I lost all drive in all gears accompanied by a nasty noise. Ringing around I cannot locate a drive plate, apparently they are out of production and nobody appears to be in any hurry to make any. Looks like it is scrap...

O.K I'll get it up on the ramps as I can't get far enough under the car using my trolley jack.

Crawled under the car tonight socket solid and in good condition. I'm wondering if the hall affect transducer is breaking down as this helps control the ratio.

Mykel. Thanks for this I've searching everywhere for a photo showing the location of the plug. I'll jack the car up tonight and have a look. I'm only 7 miles from Nick but he is normally so busy it can take a long time before he can fit you in. Have you any info on the manufacturer defined monitors?...

Thanks I'll ask around but its unlikely . It is the original CAT and the emissions appear to show that it is working. Are you suggesting that the CAT may be partially collapsed and reducing flow at low revs? If so I could source a second had cat and give it a go.

Two faults that I would welcome advice on. I don't know if they are related. Firstly, at low revs the car does not appear to recognise the accelerate command. What appears to be happening is that the box is doing what it should and changing the ratio while cruising but when I hit the gas it stays in...

Problem sorted. It was the inhibitor switch. Thanks for the help.

Thanks. When the problem 1st happened moving the gear selector worked, now no joy. The reversing light does illuminate. I had assumed that as the inhibitor switch worked in neutral, there was not a problem with it. I had also assumed a 2 wire system from the switch. Do you know if the switch is look...

Advice needed. I have a 2004 stepspeed that will not start in park but will in neutral. No faults show in the diagnostics. All the lights display on the selector. It appears to select park on the box as wheels lock. Lifting the gear stick cover away all cables appear attached and the selector switch...