On the D2, if you do the job yourself (or get a non-expert to do it) you won’t get all the old fluid out and there are a a few reports of things going wrong after a DIY gearbox fluid change. I’ve had my fluid changed at least 3 or 4 times by Mackies in Glasgow, who are ZF ‘box specialists. They have a special machine which reverse flushes the box via the oil cooler and filters the oil through a very fine mesh filter to make an assessment of the health of the box (no bits in the filter is good, brass bits suggests bearings on their way out and so on). They also rebuild ZF boxes and insist on a regular oil service to maintain the guarantee. The cost is a bit under £200 IIRC and, if you get there early morning, they’ll be done by earlt afternoon.
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2002 Final Edition S8. Ebony black with Silver Grey leather and myrtle wood trim. Current mods: solar sun roof, 20mm rear spacers, 15 mm on front, red brembo callipers, 6k headlights, rear view camera, engine remap, alloy dash dial rings, alloy navi rings, tt/phaeton pedal upgrade, (and custom matching foot rest) dension ipod interface & parrot hands free kit (both fully hidden), av input, tv in motion switched thro' PF switch in blanking plug right of steering column, Audi 'quattro' sill covers, repositioned centre console switches, radio clock, .
Planned mods: auto-dimming rear view mirror, dash cam (as steamship's), fit the ski hatch, refit philips drl's (or maybe not - nope, definitely not - horrible botch!).
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