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radautoworks:
Fellas? Help? Before I do something silly like windshield wipers lol.


Cc ......

You will be surprised how many people are struggling with wiper blades....

diportivo:
why cant this machine do European cars

You wicked sha

justfash50:
Thank you Gazzuzz and radautos

Your insights have given more options when deciding on my next line of actions.

@weyrepey or so

It is good to type with your brain active.

Why do we always walk around with daggers

EgunMogaji:
Oh they’ve beat me black and blue already on here. Just last night someone called me s backyard mechanic

Very little of my client will come from Nairaland so I’m content with just beer parlor talks on here mostly

A wise decision. Too many e-warriors in here.

radautoworks:
I wonder about this professional thing myself because from day one I've said we just want the entire car repair environment to change. I have received a few pot shots which I've ignored because of this goal.

Take a look at the links below and then tell me who seems to have a problem here. This has been a consistent theme.

https://www.nairaland.com/4672565/how-much-should-expect-pay#70358455

Was looking for the link to our original repair post he referenced but I can't find it.

Even in this thread I've said to let it lie multiple times but no.

If you really think you can change the entire repair environment here, more power to you. You are trying hard to drive your vision, but I think you are beginning to over do it. You reply to everything, emphasising how prepared you are, how you did not come here to joke, etc. To be honest, you may be unconsciously doing yourself some disservice. The taste of the pudding is in the eating.

Somebody already said the easy thing to do is to pick faults, and I echo that. You can never probe an anus without coming up with poo. I remember the story about the tortoise who went to steal from his in-law's house. He let the case turn against him because he pursued revenge excessively.

You have a business model; work with it, and ignore what others are doing that works for them. No need for this endless jabs. You CANNOT solve the auto repair problem in Naija; you can only carve a niche for yourself.

Ka Chineke mezie okwu!

Oooops:
Pls any nairalander has an idea where I can get a Brainbox that will work for my car? I need assistance pls.

Lalasticlala pls help me!!!

This man sells computers @ Ladipo

08033057297

Compliant:
Okay thanks very much

To get very reliable mechanic here in Abuja na die , most are just try your luck even in the so called apo market.

The last gearbox got bad and i just bought the present one less than 70days and could you imagine I was even the one telling the mechanic to check the radiator for leakage after Oga GAZZ.UZZ told me in his previous post.

Really appreciate your contribution on this

Pls how much can the torque converter go for and pls is the torque converter thesame as the converter attached to the gearbox?

I got the last gearbox for 80000 and I hope the price is fear?

What of the price Oga good radiator

Thank and sorry for my too man question

The leakage that caused your problem is the separator between the coolant part and the atf part in the radiator. It may or may not have been there at the last transmission replacement, so may be unfair to callout your mechanic on that. A safer option is to install external cooler.

Yes, the converter is the one attached to the gear. It should be between 10-15k used. New radiator should be around 30k.

Good luck.

Compliant:
thanks very much and may God continue to give you more knowledge

i contacted kazeem to check the radiator and he was surprise to see that the water is actually from there, now he is talking of servicing of brainbox and working on the gearbox

kindly advise pls

thanks

This has nothing to do with the computer (brainbox).

You will need to replace the radiator, and may need to install a bypass cooler (for peace of mind). Either way, you will need a new radiator.

On the gear, you can have it rebuilt and the torque converter replaced, or replace the gear itself.

Water is never good in a transmission.

Easy, easy, easy.... calling out Radautoworks and Gazzuzz especially

I would advise you both post no more here, as it is getting a little personal.

Now, there is a difference between a repair and a rebuild. When you replace few components like was done on the Corolla in discuss, it should not be called a rebuild. Rebuild and repair do not have same warranty, because you can only warranty the replaced part.

If a full rebuild is carried out, the warranty should not be less than a year.

Most times, a Tech's marketing capacity plays a critical role in swaying the customer's decision. If I can get higher warranty on replacement than a repair or rebuild at same cost, I will go with replacement.

Both approaches come with considerable analysis before deciding. Know when to repair, rebuild or replace.

Peace.

lillyontop:
You just said flip a coin is that an advise I expected you to say something better and elaborate on the issue nobody says you don't know anything about car..... Just need facts and reasons why I should go for a particular one, I wanted someone or people that are used to the car to give advise that's all if I had wrote Honda and Toyota people would have come including you to say why you think Toyota or Honda is easy to maintain or stuff different from each other that's all I asked

Google will help you better. Carcomplaint, Edmunds etc. From there you will get variety of reviews from actual owners instead of NL.

Again, heed Oluwaseunla's advice above, you will not regret it.

Specialist900:
I visited Briscoe service centre in abuja only to find gallons of empty 20w-50 engine oil in their dumpsite. I was shocked. And then imagine how much customers pay to have their cars serviced in such centres only to be rendered poor services

To add to that, many of them don't change the filter. Shitty techs sell replacement filters released by the shops. Boils down to BS supervision.

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oluwaseunla:
Thank you cards, food, executive chair? Wow! Just wow! Lucky you.

LOL! Tell us your own joor. I am sure you are not one of those whose faces are 'rebuilt' by customers...

So FIFA should overrule our Supreme Court? Them dey craze.

Inception:
My brother,

The vehicles sold as brand new for the Nigerian market are :

1. Basically watered down variants of the American counterparts ( imagine a 2012 KIA optima with only driver and passenger airbag, Manual seats, OBD 1 capability , and a mere ABS system only?!, where the american spec comes with a more powerful engine (GDI), driver, passenger, curtain airbag as standard, Bluetooth capability as standard...

2. Most car parts( Engine, Transmission) you get today are sourced from the US/canada, compared with fewer ones sourced fom Japan/ Korea.

This implies the ones coming from the Asian countries to be more Expensive( although they are usually with much lower mileages and in some cases better quality )
3. More as i remember...

Funke!

Rebuilds are not charged by the 'books' though, because it is non-standard job.

Personally, I see the job hours on those 'books' as bloated. For instance, you can see a VB R&R at 7hrs! It is highly improbable that the job wont get finished within allocated time.

obekediamondfuto:
I just have this odd feeling that the engine is not in top shape.... dunno y but it's there


op oya, how much are u selling last?

But that engine is hard to destroy o...

CC Gazzuzz

kingreign:
the seller said 07 model, so its 6speed U660E.

No it is not sir. I have worked on one of those.

You can also ID it yourself in many ways, one of which is on the screenshot below

obekediamondfuto:
baba, what are u saying na, I should go ahead with the project? I'll buy and u will help me fix the gear then over to Gazuzz for factory restoration then I resell!

good deal?

The gear is not the problem if you ask me. Once the engine is good and there are no other intermittent issues, you should be fine. About 200k should get the AC back. I see shocks and tyres as consumables.

weyreypey:
how much is u151?

Between 180k and 190k used.

You guys should take it easy with this guy. Bad transmission is not the end of the world. If the engine is good and transmission and AC are the only issues, it is not a very bad case. Moreover, this car is fitted with U151, and not U660.

GAZZUZZ:
excellent!

I once went to the market to buy that transmission, the seller showed me 2 units still attached to their engines, one of the transmissions did not look stock, I was inquisitive and told them to detach the transmission from the engine, I noticed on the torque converter, there was a sticker that stated transmission was rebuilt in 2017 @ over 200,000 miles, I did a quick vin check, and noticed the difference between sale mileage and rebuild mileage was less than 10,000miles. I grabbed it quickly and it's running fine till date. Seems the accord, MDX and other variants of V6 for that same year required a rebuild around the 200,000 mile marker

LOL! Oga Why you go grab the rebuilt one na? Shebi una talk say used sure pass But that must be the torque converter rebuild date, and not that of the transmission. It means the transmission rebuild date is even more recent than that.

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oblo:
If you have time and mony for a complete teardown then by all means go ahead... But I seriously doubt if you can remove the gunk from all nooks, crevices and passageways. Abi u wan use laser?

There are parts washers....

AutoElectNG:
Final set of tests was aimed at confirming definitively that the step motor was out of order

First, we checked for resistance between CVT unit connector terminals.

Expected value is 30 ohms of resistance, we found 22.5 and 23.3 ohms of resistance respectively

Second, we checked for resistance between CVT unit connector terminals and ground.

Expected value is 15 ohms of resistance, but we found 12.0, 15.3, 15.5 and some other value, note not so clear

So we confirmed beyond a shadow of a doubt that we were dealing with a component fault and not a wiring fault

Is this resolved now?

A good rebuild is better than used.

If somebody who just lost a powertrain is arguing that used is better, remind him he had a working used unit just days ago. If his vehicle was in an accident and the powertrain sold as working used, the new user would have ended up with a broken powertrain pretty soon.

Quality rebuild is only cheaper in select cases, where used ones are at bottom prices.

In transmissions for example, it's better to rebuild if you can find quality skill. Many transmissions are updated because of defective design or poor parts. Some are know to blow converters, crack drums, sheer off splines, vent poorly. There are regular updates to address these. There are Nissan CVTs that won't just go beyond 80k from factory. They need to be improved to get going.

If you buy used, how do you know if it has been updated? Used is faster, but anything can happen.

Something is not just right with our petrol here. From low octane numbers to absolute contamination.

One thing to also consider on the discoloured pump assemblies is that most Nigerians drive their cars below half tank, with a large chunk of these only entering the petrol station when the low fuel indicator comes on. A close look at some of those assemblies shows discoloration at the upper part, meaning that the exposed part takes the heat (pun intended)

Mrcharming:
@Lilkech, what is paper clip method? The car is i4 and the ATF is Honda Z1 which was recommended in the car manual. Kindly recommend a competent techie with advance diagonistic equipment in Abuja, if you know any. Thanks all.

Be very careful with paperclip method, as the least you could get if gotten wrong is blown fuse. If there are codes set, a good scanner will pick same.

You still have not told us why you think second gear is being skipped. Is it being commanded?

Mrcharming:
Dear all, my Honda Accord 2010 model skips the second gear and makes a loud thud. This usually happens when the engine is hot. I have scanned it but it did not return any error codes. Pls, what could be the problem? Thanks.

How did you confirm it is skipping second?

At what AT temp does this start? Any recent repairs? Look for a competent tech.

lilkech:
Is your fuel pump good? When last did you reach that side?

Echo

A good scanner will also show if there is weakness in supply

efe35L:
Thanks bro. Can u suggest a reliable one in lagos?

Take the offer above or alternatively, look for autologic on here.