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Sorry to post anew, but I’ve trawled through the posts on SMT issues, without finding what I need.
We have a 2001 MR2 MK3, imported from Japan to UK in 2005. 54,000 miles on clock.
Slight jerkiness when starting off from rest in 1st or reverse developed quickly to losing all drive sometimes when accelerating from a rolling start in 1st or 2nd. Pretty scary when you have a truck up your a?&e
Our local garage, not MR2 specialists, but have seen a few SMTs go through there declared the SMT unit dead, and a replacement cost of around £4500. No overhaul or repair possible. The car’s worth £2000 in good running order.
My wife loves the car, so I’ve been looking into the option of converting to a manual, finding Damo’s post on how he did it an inspiration. But, having read in more depth the posts on SMT problems, I’m not sure the SMT unit should be written off yet. Converting to manual will still be costly, and quite time consuming, so if the car can be repaired that is by far the best option.
I’m technically competent. I see references to people connecting their laptop to run diagnostics etc. Is there a reference document that I could follow to diagnose exactly what the problem might be with the car? Could our garage have put the wrong type of fluid in without realising it needed special fluid? Are there some basic tests I can run, visual or otherwise, that I can do and then post them back here for more advice? How do you interface between the car and a laptop?
Grateful for any help or advice.
We have a 2001 MR2 MK3, imported from Japan to UK in 2005. 54,000 miles on clock.
Slight jerkiness when starting off from rest in 1st or reverse developed quickly to losing all drive sometimes when accelerating from a rolling start in 1st or 2nd. Pretty scary when you have a truck up your a?&e
Our local garage, not MR2 specialists, but have seen a few SMTs go through there declared the SMT unit dead, and a replacement cost of around £4500. No overhaul or repair possible. The car’s worth £2000 in good running order.
My wife loves the car, so I’ve been looking into the option of converting to a manual, finding Damo’s post on how he did it an inspiration. But, having read in more depth the posts on SMT problems, I’m not sure the SMT unit should be written off yet. Converting to manual will still be costly, and quite time consuming, so if the car can be repaired that is by far the best option.
I’m technically competent. I see references to people connecting their laptop to run diagnostics etc. Is there a reference document that I could follow to diagnose exactly what the problem might be with the car? Could our garage have put the wrong type of fluid in without realising it needed special fluid? Are there some basic tests I can run, visual or otherwise, that I can do and then post them back here for more advice? How do you interface between the car and a laptop?
Grateful for any help or advice.