Got the Reno Scenic all back together and through a roadworthy. Everything working nicely, with the suspect autodox working after I’d done the valve body/new solenoid thing that usually fixes them from going into limp mode.
And on the way back from the roadworthy it started going into limp mode again. Fuck you Murphy…
Guess ignoring the burnt 160,000kms old fluid and the metal bits in the drain pan was a bit optimistic after all!
Sigh. Box is coming out I guess, and I have a spare recently rebuilt one from an earlier model. Can’t put tailgate straight in as it’s a different final drive ratio, so looks like I’m stripping them both and mixing and matching parts. There goes another couple of weekends