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1998 C43(gone, will be missed), Current car = CES Stage 2 Turbo M3
Introducing myself
Just introducing myself, picked up a 98 c43 bout a month ago and suffered the tranny prob. a week after I bought it. Luckily its being fixed because of the warranty I purchased though taking forever. Anyhow im happy with the car overall but wondering if anyone could suggest a exhasut for it somthing with a litter more growl than stock maybe?
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98 Black C43 , 12’ ML 350 Blutec
Originally Posted by C43silver
Just introducing myself, picked up a 98 c43 bout a month ago and suffered the tranny prob. a week after I bought it. Luckily its being fixed because of the warranty I purchased though taking forever. Anyhow im happy with the car overall but wondering if anyone could suggest a exhasut for it somthing with a litter more growl than stock maybe?
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1967 Morris Cooper "S", 1983 911SC, 1997 Toyota Tacoma, 1999 HD FXSTB, 1998 C43
Welcome aboard! A couple questions for you, for the benefit of all by the way. How many miles on your C43 and what were the symptoms on your vehicle - did you have the tranny serviced previous to this? This is a problem near and dear to us and your input is greatly appreciated.
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trans went at about 80k. Started by having a dealy when downshifting then began shifting increasingly hard with a very high-pitched whine, and then started slipping finally to the point where I would drive a few seconds and it would slip out of gear and just not move
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Originally Posted by C43silver
no as it went out about a week after I had bought the car no time for much of anything with it
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The transmission is being rebuilt at a place in conneticut where the warranty company said it had to go to be rebuilt. The warranty is America's Choice ,worse warranty company in existance. Have been fighting them tooth and nail they wanted to put a used tranny with over a 100k miles on it so that was a fight in itself. Im not completely sure on the price yet however the deductable is a $100.
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Originally Posted by C43silver
The transmission is being rebuilt at a place in conneticut where the warranty company said it had to go to be rebuilt. The warranty is America's Choice ,worse warranty company in existance. Have been fighting them tooth and nail they wanted to put a used tranny with over a 100k miles on it so that was a fight in itself. Im not completely sure on the price yet however the deductable is a $100.
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just got the car back today. All I have to say is incredible its not even the same car I bought its a entirely dif. animal now.
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Originally Posted by C43silver
just got the car back today. All I have to say is incredible its not even the same car I bought its a entirely dif. animal now.
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yea but it still took to damn long for them to fix, but a 100 bux compared to what the warranty company paid is nice.
