Have a look around on acuralegend.org or even post up on there iv found it to be better when iv had problems and the people are very helpfull most moved from here and no longer are on this site.
Is this is whats wrong with your car ? How did it go at the mechanics, they find anything?
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Started 3 months ago by OL-Original Legend 1988
now i have searched the forum but i cant find anything on this. how do u clean the solenoids, where are they, and how hard is it???
please help
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OL-Original Legend 1988 replied 3 months ago
the mechanic doesnt do transmisions, he sent me to a automatic trans
specialist. the car is there now, they are running some diagnostics. hope
it wont be too expencive
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Travis_Gib0 replied 3 months ago
Thats good, hope all goes well, let us know what the outcome is.
Btw if you dont mind me asking were abouts in adelaide are you, im in happy valley/aberfoyle park
Cheers
Travis
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OL-Original Legend 1988 replied 3 months ago
im in hallett cove...
the mechanic gave some bad news... there are metal particles in the oil and the oil itself was burnt...so that means the gear box is on its way...(((
thats about $1400 for secondhand with fitting
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Travis_Gib0 replied 3 months ago
oh ok thats good to know fairly close by
Thats not good SHEEESH $1400. is that one from a wrecker or something? you could try and find a wreck for sale or a realy cheap beat up legend and get the tranny out and wham it in yours if its cheaper i dont know.
let us know what you end up doing whether it be your getting rid of it (may need some parts) or fixing it or whatever.
Goodluck ...
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OL-Original Legend 1988 replied 2 months, 4 weeks ago
im never selling it....
i was however thinking to get another beat up sh!t box and let the legend rest a bit, while i save up money for the repairs. or i might just fix it in the next couple of weeks.
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Travis_Gib0 replied 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Yeh me too i love it ever since my mum bought it back in 05 iv always wanted it and now i have it .
yeh that sounds like a plan hope its back on the road soon
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jimmyjoe replied 2 months, 3 weeks ago
You say he tranny has metal particles in it and also ask about cleaning the selonoids. Use the search function and try cleaning the selonoids now that the car is down, sounds like a good cleaning may take care of alot of your problems.
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90CoupefromCanada replied 2 months ago
Do a search on this forum.. There are plenty of writeups on this.
To access the two of them, you gotta remove the air filter housing to see it. The two units are located below the air intake ducts. Total job time was about 6 hours. the hardest part was getting the air intake ducts off. The cleaning itself was no more than one hour.
Also there is a fellow who posted how to clean ...
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OL-Original Legend 1988 replied 2 months ago
theres no more problem coz the mechanic is getting me new ones, i also got
a reconditioned gearbox installed
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