jakester

I was advised by Mike at MV to use Dexron 3, so, I am running Castrol TQ D3 and it is really nice and smooth.

A new belt?, sorry to sound a bit daft, but, what sort of belt?

Is anybody else having an intermittent issue with the box not changing up after a hard kickdown?, I have had a couple of moments when it will kick down a gear or two then just bounce off the limiter and not change up?, it is fine when driving "normally"

.......and damn was it worth it . Very very messy job to do, lots of things that can go wrong, but, the end result is an autobox that just does not slip between gearchanges, 1st to 2nd goes in with a bang and a thud, 2nd to 3rd the same, 3rd to 4th not so bad, the changes are lightning fast and, I have just had the pleasure of breaking the rears loose on the 2-3 change up, jeseus christ I love this shift kit BTW, did anybody else reset their ECU after installing the VB, I did have 1 slight issue with the box sticking in 2nd and bouncing off the limiter without a change up, but, this could have been boost related (too high), then again, it could be the car just learnng the new shift patterns too. All in all, very, very pleased with it

Cheers guys, I do appreciate your help. I did speak to Mike yesterday, what a genuinely nice guy, very helpful, plan is to now install the VB tonight on the gearbox that is currently in my R33 which is an RE4R01A, will post up the results later tonight Jake

Hi guys, I am hoping you can help me out here. I am in the UK and bought one of the VB's from MV. My mechanic was installing the new VB and, got the welsh plugs in ok, but, when he came to swap over the 4 solenoids he found that the old and new VB's do not match up and I am stuck, looking at the 2 pictures can you tell me what the problem may be?. FYI the gearbox is not the one off my car, I bought it as a spare, and it definately came off an RB25 Engine. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Cheers, Jake. Pic on the left is of the old VB, the new VB is the pic on the right

Just a quick suggestion that I was informed about. My R33 had a misfire under boost, I figured out it was the coilpacks as I had just changed the plugs, I was told that the coilpacks hae a tendancy to get hot and start to fail when the cover is on, so, I took the plug cover off, and, hey presto....no more misfire .