Anybody fix ZF transmissions ?

[discostew]

Who would you take a ZF trans to get it repaired? Rover just got replacement units for us. I have always heard some people fix them but I've never found anyone who I believed when He told me he could do it.

 

[lordhelemt]

I have no first hand experience in rebuilding a ZF but I was under the impression it was a fairly popular transmission. I seem to remember the bmw folks having good insight in rebuilding/modding these units

 

[LRDONE]

The transmission in my D1 is about to pack it's bags and head south. I'll be tearing it open soon. I'll do a write up.

 

[gmtech]

discostew works at landrover dealer? do you guys re build any transmission at landrover?

 

[StangGT5]

I have no first hand experience in rebuilding a ZF but I was under the impression it was a fairly popular transmission. I seem to remember the bmw folks having good insight in rebuilding/modding these units

BMW and Audi forums are good resources for ZF rebuilder reviews. There's obviously Ashcroft, but you're shipping from overseas.

 

[kris812]

My Trans vent was sealed shut when I took the rover for a bath in a river and got stuck.

Long story short clutch plates fell off from the water ingress and neutralized. Found a local shop to rebuild it for a couple K.

Said it was also used in a BMW 323 or something so yeah BMW forms might be better to search.

Personally if I had to do it over again, I'd just swap to a manual.