Hi guys, just tried driving away at traffic lights and no drive. Car revs but no movement. Had it towed and machanic quoting 7k for new trans. Tow truck driver suggested diff problem. I don’t trash this car so supposed! What do you guys reckon?
Dead gearbox.
Our VE Calais has gone through 2 of those shitty 5L-60e gearboxes.
The first time had intermittent occurrences of those symptoms and then one day my wife (who is the most beautiful person in the world. In. The. World.) never made it around the roundabout, which was a large main road roundabout.
A poor rebuild and two years later. Gone again. Still under warranty but they had gone out of business.
If you have a series 1.5 or series 2 you’ll have the 6speed gearbox. I’d be looking for new crate ones from Holmart or Eagle if the quote is $7k. A year ago, there were some new ones for as little As $2k for a while.
If it’s a series 1 Calais, it will be a 5speed auto and they are a crap gearbox. Parts are hard to come by for them and so that may well be the expense.
Our second rebuild cost us $5k.
Heat killed it the first time and heat might well do it again unless I learn how to use AN fittings and get a huge cooler onto it. There are
VF cooler kits around that fit but can be expensive (my rational brain says, a gearbox rebuild is even more!)
