The end is near!

[Simjag]

Hi all,
My S has been slipping gears 2-3 for about 6 mths and been trowing a fault code up for the same about every 6 weeks.
Yesterday and today it has now coming up with P0783 shift malfunction. The gearbox changes have feel worse over the last week.

So I think the end is near for my jaguar!

[Mr Lawrence]

Oh dear.

wont a flush and reflash sort it??

[Simjag]

3 hours ago, Andy the tyre man said:

Oh dear.

wont a flush and reflash sort it??

Hi,  fluid changed a few weeks ago but made no difference.

[Mr Lawrence]

 Oh.  What about a 2nd hand box?

[The Voices]

Second hand gearbox at the right money might be worth a look ?

It looks as though you have put a lot of time and effort into your upgrades so would be a shame to sell or break it.

Probably not worth much if you sell it needing a gearbox, most private buyers expect perfection !

If you put a gearbox in and get a few more years out of it, the repair 'pays for itself'

[Simjag]

I don't think the car is worth a repair as it's done 180k and every panel has a bad scratch or lacquer peel and it's £300/400 + fluid for 2nd hand box.

[Russ68]

What a shame Simon, could you buy another one, and swap your upgrades on to it? You're not thinking of leaving Jaguar and the S-Type behind I hope!

[Simjag]

On Monday, September 26, 2016 at 9:32 AM, Russ68 said:

What a shame Simon, could you buy another one, and swap your upgrades on to it? You're not thinking of leaving Jaguar and the S-Type behind I hope!

Cheers.  This is my 3rd S, maybe time for a change!

[The Voices]

How about a nice XJ ?

[Simjag]

Well I've been trying to manage this problem and have found the 'gearbox fault' which is followed by locking if self in 3rd doe's not happen within 30 mins of a cold start but as I travel for a hour each way to work it causes me to have to pull over and restart.
The fault only happens on 3-4 changes when driving normally if I use a heavy right foot it doesn't happen which isn't possible in traffic.

So after 30 mins from a cold start if I drive into a 40/30 mph limit I have to put level into 3 and only back into D then road speed is back is 50mph and I can floor it. Same applies to roundabouts and junctions.

Now today the fault happened less than 5 mins from cold start which doesn't help as I trying to make it last to after