Another sad repair story.....

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About six weeks ago I started to have trouble with the auto on my Cat. One Saturday it started to slip and change gear randomly, however the next day it was OK. So about a week later the transmission stops working completely and next thing she is on the back of a tow truck off to be repaired.

After a few days my repairer calls me and says “so sorry but the only one we can find is in a wreckers and cost $2000.00 with no guarantee”.

I get on the internet and find that Cougar auto transmissions are notorious for failing as they were manufactured by Mazda as their CD4E gearbox and were used in heaps of different cars in the USA.

So methinks it shouldn’t be too hard to find a company in the USA who can send me one or even deliver to my nominated freight forwarder in Los Angeles…….Guess what???.......Think again.!!!

I contact at least five companies who advise on their web sites that they remanufacture CD4E gearboxes but they all refuse point blank to export. When I ask why, I just get told “no we don’t do it” and in some cases get told “get your repairer to contact us” but when I tell them I am in Australia they just say “sorry”.

In the end I find someone who will do it and they turn out to be very helpful and very professional so I can highly recommend……www.portlandtorque.com total cost was U$1830.00 delivered to Los Angeles, freight and handling will be another A$350:00 and import GST = A$250:00.

My gearbox finally arrived over the weekend and I picked it up and delivered it today installation is quoted at A$600:00 with another $350:00 for a transmission cooler.

So hopefully will be back on the road next week cos I am sick and tired of getting the bus to work every day.

This is my story........sad but true.