need some clearing up ...

[Dez]

I need a few things cleared up in relation to the BA in particular..

my mate is a holden fan, but he isn't 1 of the good holden fans that you'd be happy to have a discussion with, he is so stubborn, and 1 sided, that its frustratingly annoying.

now just a few of the latest things he has claimed, and as i'm not 100% sure of them, i decided to let some experts answer them for me, then i can tell him he is an idiot :P

he says that "ford transmissions are absolute pieces of shit" and that his step dad told him this (trans specialist).

now, i havent heard an abundance of transmission complaints from anyone here...so it seems odd to me. my mum has a fairmont with a lot of k's on it, and the trans is fine!

my brothers ED has like 320K on it, and the transmission feels FINE.


his next comment is this, "ford removed the transmission dip stick in the BA, because the fluid was turning black so quickly, and the customers were complaining. so ford removed the dip sticks on the BA Model so that customers would have to take it to a dealer etc, and not know that the tranny was killin the fluid etc etc etc"


and his final comment, " ford are still using the same tranny from ages ago in the BA, and they just added the sequential bit to it"

now, that last 1 sounds very stupid to me....i dont think ford jsut added a "new bit" to an old transmission and stuffed it into the car that was to save ford australia....

so in summary, these are the statements

1. Ford transmissions are absolute shit ( he says he and his step dad get heaps of customers with BA's and other fords that the transmissions are shit as etc)

2. transmission dip stick removed from BA models because the fluid would go black so quickly and they didnt want owners to know

3. ford still using old transmissions. just added the sequential to it...( and i dont even know if that is mechanically possible)


thanks in advance