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Author Jambo's BMW E36 ///M3 Convertible * *Sold - Now Broken!!*
Shrek
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6th Jul 12 at 15:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Sounds like a good time to me.
3CorsaMeal
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i'd buy that LOST boxset off you to help the smg fund
Jambo
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6th Jul 12 at 16:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
£45 on Amazon blud.
Colin
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6th Jul 12 at 17:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Buying mine to keep as a spare?
Jambo
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Possibly Colin possibly
taylorboosh
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U should
Jambo
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Ok so STILL no progress.

Its not the pump and not the selector.

So looking possibly to either give up and buy Colins or send it to another garage who can fix it.

FFS!!
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Sack teh garage off, absolutely PATHETIC.

I am so lucky to have a decent indy 5 mins away that dont fuck about like this.

seriously jambo, sack them off
Jambo
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They are a good Indy, they have just never worked on SMGI before. They are doing me a favour but I can't carry on much longer without a car. Need this resolving.

It is looking like this is the end of the line, Costs to fix are looking like £1k+ So i think i need to buy Colins

SetH
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I dont have the full picture, how are they doing you a favour?

It sounds like they do not have the expertise/skill set to fix your issue and they should have stated this from the start rather then trying to wing it.

Anyone else close to you that you could use?
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9th Jul 12 at 12:27   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'll eat my own tackle if you buy Colins
BeetleGav
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9th Jul 12 at 12:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
buy colins!



bet you wont though
Tomnova16
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9th Jul 12 at 12:31   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
pow has said this before

http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
Ian W
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Sounds like it needs looking at somewhere who have experience with it.

Fair enough for them to have ago but its taking far to long.
Jambo
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They are good, they have no experience with the car/system. SMGI IS very rare! Only in production for 2years and not many of them about. The car was not booked in as such they have been working on it here and there but only charging me if they have fixed it. So its just a product of circumstance and the only one i can affrod at the moment. Its in good hands, just frustrating.



[Edited on 09-07-2012 by Jambo]
3CorsaMeal
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rip it out and fit a vxr gearbox
Ben G
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bad news. i know dealers are an absolute rip off but surely they would e able to diagnose the issue quicker than it's taken the indy's?
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hopefully it will all work out mate
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quote:
Originally posted by Tomnova16
pow has said this before [/quote

Still haven't eaten my meat and two veg either
Jambo
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
bad news. i know dealers are an absolute rip off but surely they would e able to diagnose the issue quicker than it's taken the indy's?


Dealers would be even worse, a lot of them have not even heard of an E36 SMG let alone seen one.

It is Birds or fix it myself by the looks of it.
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Give the box a clout with a bit of 4x2, that's what I'd do in your position!
Jambo
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Im going to have a PMA and hope iot will be fixed by this time next week.

Looked up all the wiring diagrams at work today so short of me having to draw them i will get them to them
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Is smg1 worse in auto than 2...
Jambo
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What do you mean John?
kennySRi
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Could you not just try and find a gearbox and fit it? Would be cheaper than trying to find the fault with the current one and fixing that, or could it be something not to do with the box?

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