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My 1985 XJ6 Vanden Plas suffered a transmission failure a couple weeks ago. I don't have the time or money to put into repairing it but maybe you do. I've had the car for 3 years and this was my daily driver since January 2017 so it has been maintained as such. Over the last three years it's had all new tires, all new belts and hoses, all new brakes, air conditioning compressor replaced and changed to R134a, new AC programmer, fuel injectors removed and ultrasonically cleaned, Until the transmission went out the car was very good mechanically and it passed California smog in July 2017. Cosmetically the car is good. It has a few 1/4 inch rust spots at the bottom of the rear window and one behind the right front wheel. Otherwise it is rust free, even underneath. It has one small dent by the right rear taillight. The interior has one small seam split on the driver's seat and the headlining is starting to sag at the rear corners, otherwise excellent. It has the correct deep pile floor mats. The car is 100% complete. Aside from the transmission the AC doesn't work right; the compressor works and cools but the heater valve won't turn off the heater, though it's getting good vacuum to it. And the cruise control conked out a few months ago.

So what went wrong? Near as I can figure the output shaft has come loose from the ring gear. The failure is intermittent, and when it works it works fine, no slipping. It does not appear that anything is slipping and when I dropped the pan there was no sign of any metal shavings. It might be as simple as the C clip that retains the shaft to the ring gear coming off, but to get at that the whole transmission must be dismantled. This is beyond me.

Special discount if you promise you'll get her back on the road. They aren't making them like this anymore. Contact me, Mike, at mgbeda<at>yahoo<dot>com or call two81-six38-seven30three. We are in Oxnard, CA.