fatsatman

depends what you mean by "flush" if you want a true flush your going to use at least 20lt,the box takes approx 6 litres for a change plus another 2.5 if the convertor is dry, to truly flush it would need a fill up then brief drive then drain again etc about 4 times, ive done this before on my 05 camry and its a pain in the *****,messy too.the ws fluid is $60 odd dollars for 4 litre tin so yes your right they werent going to do it for 210$ plus youde be replacing the filter assembly which is $110 from memory.anyone care to correct me on that. FAT

this does sound a little strange , the second handy i put in hasnt leaked a drop and it came from the wrecker with a rag shoved in the torque converter and it was seperated .any idea what theyre charging for labour alone? it should take 9 hours labour start to finish,,,btw for those who r unaware,, this requires the whole engine to be removed.cant change tranny with removing the whole assembly FAT

first thing i did when i put the replacement in was put a separate tranny cooler in,davies craig one for a V8 from supercheap $100, seems to take alot more stop/go (standard taxi use) before it feels sloppy which what i always noticed with the original box.it would get sloppy when it got hot. post mortem on my box showed the main clutch bearing suddenly parted company and shrapnel went through the whole box. r u running LPG? i have landi renzo gas conversion and it always shifts much more abrupt on lpg than petrol.im sure this adds to its demise. we also have 1 operator here who has been operating an avalon for 6 years (same running gear as camry v6) and he got 650k out of his original tranny ,i feel confident mine will go that far too but no hopes held for the aurion,,, personally i think toyota need to take a step back to the prev drivetrain,not as rip ya head off power wise,but much hardier all round. FAT

just adding my 2 cents,sorry for my rudeness here but, R U F%^kin serious? why would you as a taxi operator even THINK about a new tranny? even a rebuild is beyond a joke. im sorry again but $10k is ridiculous. i operate 2 taxis here ,one is an 07 aurion with 395k and the other is an 05 camry v6 it has 565K.the aurion had the gearbox stuffout at 310k (fluid was changed every 70k kms )and rebuild wasnt even an option, as far as replacement goes,a second hand box from a local wrecker cost $1345 with 50k kms warranty (taxi noted) and 8 hours labour.the box had 60K on it when i put it in. sometimes you need to think outside the square. incedently, the 05 camry still had original tranny so YES the aurion gb r nowhere as hardy as the car it replaces,TOYOTA TAKE NOTE. still wouldnt go back to fords where something drops off or breaks daily. FAT

Oooooohhhhh yer baby ,, You the man... thanks DJ ... i been looking for maps that are newer than the april 08 ones i have but the new version of igo too.. what can i say? i luv you ;-)

sorry people,, my units gone to another member already. cheers FAT

Any offers on my necvox/schnieder 8" screen dvd/gps unit,i really need to move it and its in imaculate condition with gps software/antenna and reverse camera. complete with remote,looms and original box. Yeah. I bought mine from fatsatman and it was real good deal. I am still so happy with the unit and thanks to fatsatman. Again, he's offering another great deal too! I got the package in secure, nothing is damaged and including whole thing I needed for the installation. I can guarantee if someone buy it from him, it's a good deal. I just wich if I could get this another unit from him. hehe. BTW, I am sorry to hear that you sold your aurion, fatsatman. You going to get ZR6 soon? Just wondering, why are you selling this unit? You may install it when you get your new aurion is delivered. Anyways, Thanks again, fatsatman.

does anyone know of replacement shocks for the aurion ? have checked my local pedders and they told me nothing available. FAT

Hi Mate, the one ive got my eyes on has factory nav and thats all i really need anyway. cheers FAT Yeah. I bought mine from fatsatman and it was real good deal. I am still so happy with the unit and thanks to fatsatman. Again, he's offering another great deal too! I got the package in secure, nothing is damaged and including whole thing I needed for the installation. I can guarantee if someone buy it from him, it's a good deal. I just wich if I could get this another unit from him. hehe. BTW, I am sorry to hear that you sold your aurion, fatsatman. You going to get ZR6 soon? Just wondering, why are you selling this unit? You may install it when you get your new aurion is delivered. Anyways, Thanks again, fatsatman.

Hi mate, i can give you some info about the unit from caraudiowarehouse,, its made by NECVOX aka punch video corp taiwan,as apposed to the auspack unit made in china,, some people maynnot know any difference,, i have had an auspack unit(you will see earlier in the post that JIN has bought it from me)and for value for money theyre very good,,, however , the nexvox is just that much better quality overall and also its got an 8" screen instead of 7",, only real tradeoff is it has NO ipod interface,, and it has no tv tuner in built. i paid $1199 for it and have just yesterday sold my aurion,, im looking at buying an ZR6 soon and so sold my at-x but not before replacing the original unit back in the car,,, if you or anyone else is interested, my unit is for sale at the moment ,JIN will vouch for my honesty in selling on here,, looking for around $750 pp ,it comes complete with everything as delivered from the factory,i'm in canberra 2602 postcode .if you want, pm me your email and ill send some photos,, not being pushy but my old auspack unit was sold to JIN within about 12 hours of it been offered on here. cheers FAT

My unit appears to have sold already to JIN , will post back if sale falls through, also JIN ive used the igo8 software and it kicks **** ;-) get it while u can. FAT

ive recently purchased an 8 inch screen model from ebay ($1200)and have my auspack unit for sale ,slightly used 99% as new in 100% operational condition.ciomplete with all wiring looms and remote etc,, minus rear camera(installed in my car still). so far im not really 100% happy with my new purchase,comparing to the auspack there is stuff all different bar the 8inch display,, but now have no use for the old auspack unit. anyone interested contact me at fatsatman@bigpond.com looking for $450 pp

its very unfortunate that some of you guys have had bad luck with your convertions becuase since ive had mine done ive clocked up 24,000 kms to date, average lpg consumption is about 13.5lt per 100kms and thats driving it pretty hard,,actually it doesnt really like been driven like a granny,have had no such problems like fault lights coming on or things stop working,, had mine done by a guy in queanbeyan(just outside canberra) cost me $4400 for the convertion and its costing me about $38-$39 bucks a tank and getting about 420k's out off it around town.using about 10 litres petrol every 15 or so lpg fills*** landi renzo I LOVE YOU *** ;-) oh yer and the power drop,, well,, ??? what power drop? not worth talking about!

http://members.optusnet.com.au/auspacks/productPage9.html i hope this doesnt break the rules,, please remove if it does, but i'm pretty happy with mine and Rob at auspack will look after you.

Shame the overall unit ain't so crash hot. Mine is left on the iGO8 screen pretty much all the time, so the isn't so bad that way. The unit is alright for its price though. Which version of iGO8 you are using? I am using Windows CE 5.0, it keeps saying cannot load loading.bmp in folder 400x320. I checked data.zip and the file is there. Or is IGO8 ver 8.0.0.44366 too new and I need to use some older ones? check this out ,, its alll in there, http://au.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/inde...15546&st=50 you need to change some folders to get it to work ,just follow the instructions and itll all come good.