Ford Training

[Clio 16valver]

Well as thursday arrived my boss decided that i should go on a level 1 course at daventry ford college next week so i agreed to go there on the understanding i completed two tests. Well these soon turned into five and are bloody hard! automatic transmissions are so difficult to get your head a round! I've been told when i get down there that your tested again and if you fail then your sent back home...crap! looking forward to it though.Have you been on similar courses chris?

 

[Chris H]

autos are a pain due to the valve body, the rest of is straightforward.

Most improtant thing to remember is autos when not moving just create a lot of heat.

Some boxes are better than others, some have very strange quirks, older beemer autos are best left in drive when at lights etc, the shafts weaker than the bushings so in nuetral it wears the shaft, in drive it slips on the tougher clutches.

autos have come along way since 2 speed powerglides.

 

[bidderman1969]

scared to death about my Rover auto gearbox going, although apparently, they are good boxes

 

[mals]

It's a Rover though, you can pick a spare up for about 20p now!

 

[Chris H]

they have stronger values now than they ever did IMO.

 

[bidderman1969]

It's a Rover though, you can pick a spare up for about 20p now!

where? where? where? ............ i'm there! :lol:

the 75's aint that cheap to run, i can tell you, lol, can even show you the bills!!! hee hee hee