Torque Converter

[diresquid]

Help! my torque converter (so the garage tells me) has died. Where can you buy them and how much would a new one cost, used but working would be ideal as I have no money like most vr4 owners

[TAR]

post up the symptoms and I'm sure you will get some sound advice on here. It maybe that you don't need one. Otherwise, I'm sure there will be someone selling one.

[diresquid]

car will go into gear if its turned off for a while then move about 10metres and go out of gear, scraping noise while moving. the local garage collected it and the mechanic is telling me he thinks the torque converter needs replaced

[Louis]

Try Zedy1 on this thread or message him

http://www.clubvr4.com/forum/showthr...num-And-Galant

[Davezj]

car will go into gear if its turned off for a while then move about 10metres and go out of gear, scraping noise while moving. the local garage collected it and the mechanic is telling me he thinks the torque converter needs replaced

Just out of interest, have you been doing any work on the car prior to the drive train issue.

[diresquid]

the last work carried out was a replacement exhaust front and centre section and oil change about 6 months ago

[chris g]

Help! my torque converter (so the garage tells me) has died. Where can you buy them and how much would a new one cost, used but working would be ideal as I have no money like most vr4 owners

Join CVR-4 to support the site and get lots more useful info about the car...

And which 'other' country is your home...?

[diresquid]

what would it be worth in its current situation having covered 165k km its in reasonably good condition, brake discs could do with replacing in a year and theres a couple of parking dings, i travel 120mile round trip to uni (northern ireland) and back 5 days a week and it eats my student loan, borrowed my mums car for the time being

[chris g]

what would it be worth in its current situation having covered 165k km its in reasonably good condition, brake discs could do with replacing in a year and theres a couple of parking dings, i travel 120mile round trip to uni (northern ireland) and back 5 days a week and it eats my student loan, borrowed my mums car for the time being

Worth/value depends on how much someone will pay for it...

If you want estimate people will really need pictures and more detailed info about the car inc spec and service history etc...

[diresquid]

im trying to gauge a cost of repair vs worth repairing situation, its only a general idea nothing specific, before it broke down i would have put it up for sale about £2500-3000. does the vr4 use the cts20 model of torque converter or which one should i be looking for?

[Davezj]

what would it be worth in its current situation having covered 165k km its in reasonably good condition, brake discs could do with replacing in a year and theres a couple of parking dings, i travel 120mile round trip to uni (northern ireland) and back 5 days a week and it eats my student loan, borrowed my mums car for the time being

1.0L 12V corsa would be better for that sort of milage, student status, insurance and tax, you would be mad to do it in a Legnum that gets 20 MPG. that would be about £30 a day, £150 a week, £675 a month on fuel alone. it would probably be cheaper to stay in halls of residence at the UNI. No travelling and all your breakfast and evening meals provided.
or go self catering and have loads of money left over for beer.

a win win.

[diresquid]

i am mad, but i bought the vr4 years ago when i was in full time employment and the fuel cost wasnt an issue, i havnt been able to part with it when it came to selling, were too emotionally attached, now im stuck tho

[Davezj]

sounded like you were a young student just out of school.

in that case park the car up until you graduate and get a job again and get something economical to make the run to uni in. comes back to the same point 1.0 corsa cheap to buy insure and tax good MPG and there is no point in putting your foot down as you will not go any faster.

try and get into hypermiling.

it will save you a fortune, oh and if you get it do a LPG conversion it sound get you equivalent mileage of about 100mpg as LPG is half the price of petrol.

[diresquid]

id rather walk than drive a corsa thanks