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(Message started by: micky5 on Jun 4^th, 2010, 1:50pm)

Title: gearbox service
Post by micky5 on Jun 4^th, 2010, 1:50pm

Hi, i want to give my scorpio a gearbox service and was wondering wheher to do it myself or get it done via a garage, any idea what a garage would poss. charge...... thanks

Title: Re: gearbox service
Post by tonyboy on Jun 4^th, 2010, 7:31pm

If your talking about an oil and filter change, the filter, gasket, O rings, from ford will cost about £48. The oil is about £19 for 5 litres, Thats about £86 . If the garage does it for you it's about 2 hours work. so thats ( what ever they charge an hour ) say £70 ph . Thats £226. Then theres the chance they wont know what car they are working on and totally knacker it up . ( do something they shouldn't do, like put the wrong grade oil in, or too much oil, or not enough oil. Forget to put the filter back in). Some of these garages don't know what a scorpio is... So to your question i would have a guess at about £300 for a oil and filter change.............
Which car have you got......

Title: Re: gearbox service
Post by scorpio_man on Jun 4^th, 2010, 8:20pm

hi there

an autobox place should do it for about £100 to £150.

i paid £100 a few years back.

hth

Title: Re: gearbox service
Post by micky5 on Jun 10^th, 2010, 10:55am

Tonyboy, i have a 2.3 Ultima....is it easy to do yourself?

Title: Re: gearbox service
Post by gozz on Jun 10^th, 2010, 11:49am

Yes,just messy ! best to leave it to drain with the pan off overnight,don't forget that there is always a lot of oil left in the valve block and torque convertor,the coolers should ideally be flushed out to remove any debris as well.
GOZZ.

Title: Re: gearbox service
Post by a900one on Jun 11^th, 2010, 7:12pm

If you look back a page you will see a thread about changing the oil.

Title: Re: gearbox service
Post by Chieftain on Jun 11^th, 2010, 8:16pm

£78 all inclusive and the garage also owned a Scorp so felt very happy about it, good price as well used to pay double that back in Gloucester

Title: Re: gearbox service
Post by tonyboy on Jun 11^th, 2010, 8:50pm

Have a look at this (http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=Advice;action=display;num=1269643317) there's a lot of advice from other members... Bob £78 that is cheap . The parts cost more than that..........

Title: Re: gearbox service
Post by Chieftain on Jun 12^th, 2010, 7:55am

Yep, he also found a fault with the mount and fixed that all inclusive, and I know it was a good job as I hung around and watched and all that should have been done was done, dead happy.

Title: Re: gearbox service
Post by te_ess on Jun 12^th, 2010, 5:09pm

19 gbp for 5 litres of original Ford Autogear-fluid? Here in Germany they are asking about 100€ for it !

Title: Re: gearbox service
Post by Stixy on Jun 12^th, 2010, 11:30pm

I drill a 10mm hole in the lowest part of the oil pan (taking great care to only just about go through the oil pan) and leave it to drain overnight when possible .

Then when the oil pan is off for the filter change i weld a nut around the hole i have drilled then with a short bolt and copper washer i have a drain bung for next time .

A lot less mess ;-)