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Happy Little Vegemite
ozzy get a Vin document sheet from your dealer everything is on it plus day and month of manufacture. You might be surprised.
Richard
Richard
Hi Richard,ozzy get a Vin document sheet from your dealer everything is on it plus day and month of manufacture. You might be surprised.
Richard
ozzy great van but the plate is politcalHi Richard,
This gets me thinking do i really want to know, or are you trying to tell me something i love my van its the best one i have had so far
Arrr god knows whats going on nowNo, that's the VIN plate sticker. So nothing else on the base? I'm sure yours is Euro5 Ozzy.
I think I see the problem now:
"TSG480" is infact DC's 6 speed 'box but only for the V6 manual. Maybe I mistakenly took it to mean that it was the auto for the V6 and also the 163bhp 4 pot?
Yes, it's simple: the misunderstanding appears to be mine - a mix up of TSG480 / previously unrecognised manual for V6 / auto for V6 / auto for OM651 info from the brochure. My apology to everyone. From what I can now tell the auto does appear to be the NAG380 - which has five ratios, although I thought I counted six when tried earlier in the week.
Good grief - what if I should count six ratios in the morning...?!
Actually the V6 Auto G40 TSG 480 has six speed ratios True Blue! they really have six ratios:Arrr god knows whats going on now
i did just find this, if you look on page 2 it says about gear boxes there
http://www.newvanwarehouse.co.uk/images/Euro5.pdf
Arr but is that 5 forward and 1 reverse =6 i deffo only have 5 and its not the true blue version!Actually the V6 Auto G40 TSG 480 has six speed ratios True Blue! they really have six ratios:
Richard
Arr but is that 5 forward and 1 reverse =6 i deffo only have 5 and its not the true blue version!
Chris is sending me the vin sheet so will keep you posted.
It's sometimes difficult for me to count gear changes with my '02 5 speed auto. Depending on conditions, torque converter lockup in 2nd can feel like another gear.Good grief - what if I should count six ratios in the morning...?!
ok i guess i'm back looking for a 6 speed manual thenNo, that's the VIN plate sticker. So nothing else on the base? I'm sure yours is Euro5 Ozzy.
I think I see the problem now:
"TSG480" is infact DC's 6 speed 'box but only for the V6 manual. Maybe I mistakenly took it to mean that it was the auto for the V6 and also the 163bhp 4 pot?
Yes, it's simple: the misunderstanding appears to be mine - a mix up of TSG480 / previously unrecognised manual for V6 / auto for V6 / auto for OM651 info from the brochure. My apology to everyone. From what I can now tell the auto does appear to be the NAG380 - which has five ratios, although I thought I counted six when tried earlier in the week.
Good grief - what if I should count six ratios in the morning...?!
Agreed TH - I did a couple of night time standing starts out of rest areas on the French autoroute this week to get to the bottom of it and was convinced of "six" over "five". I figured it out by holding it in fourth then seeing how many higher it would go from there - answer: one (as any fule kno'...). The torque converter lock up you describe feels identical to a shift change. In my defence I've still only done nominal mileage in it and a full slush 'box is a new thing for me.It's sometimes difficult for me to count gear changes with my '02 5 speed auto. Depending on conditions, torque converter lockup in 2nd can feel like another gear.
Wow, i can now take a deep breath in that i have the same box as you however i did do the research before i got mine and i did read that there was a new manual box to go with the euro 5 and that the auto was not changing.Agreed TH - I did a couple of night time standing starts out of rest areas on the French autoroute this week to get to the bottom of it and was convinced of "six" over "five". I figured it out by holding it in fourth then seeing how many higher it would go from there - answer: one (as any fule kno'...). The torque converter lock up you describe feels identical to a shift change. In my defence I've still only done nominal mileage in it and a full slush 'box is a new thing for me.
"As we were!"
If you're lucky, might be lower maintenance than your Sprintshift experience - no dual mass flywheel to replace. What sticks in my head is an Ebay listing for an '02 here in the US several years ago with 560k miles that had been used for interoffice mail delivery. Reported to be in good shape except for slipping 3-4 shift. Had been slipping since ~250k miles!Ask me in about, ooh I don’t know – maybe another 800,000kms?
Mine also acts the same and I believe it's depending on engine temp and meant to warm the engine faster. Was some talk about it being meant to warm the tranny, but mine doesn't do it if I first warm the engine with the aux htr. I don't think it has anything to do with torque converter lockup, just that the transmission control module is holding on to gears longer than normal warm. I don't like it either, but I do believe the designers know much more than I do.Something I do notice though: from a cold start I seem to need to rev the engine higher than I would like to in order to get drive through the 'box, it's as if the converter isn't locking early enough. Only say the first two or three manouevres whilst I move out from where I might be parked. Commonplace for a full auto?