P38 Tranny will only shift manually
Just thought I would respond to an older post regarding my experience with a 1999 Range Rover 4.6 HSE only shifting manually. This started when I had the chain in the transfer case replaced which was slipping, rebuilding the tranfer case at a local transmission shop and not the Dealer. However, I did have the vehicle towed to the dealer and they said I needed a new trans. Towed it back to a different transmission shop and they did a transmission swap since they opted not to try to rebuild the extremely complex transmission. The vehicle has been shifting perfectly and automatically ever since. I since have sold the vehicle to a buddy who makes alot more money than I do. Since I may not be doing too much posting, I will add to the story. I bought the Rover from another buddy that paid $15,000. in 2006. He owned it for several months and only drove it 3000 miles but did spend about $5000. on an air bag suspension conversion to coils and shocks, and the replacement of a leaking heated core. I paid $8000. had it for about a year spent another $3000. on trans, tranfe rcase and headliner replacement. Check eng. light was on so I replaced the MAF. The light did not go out so maybe the idle air control valve needs to be replaced. I also replaced the wires and plugs and installed a K&N air filter but could never get better than 13 MPG AVG in the city. Sold it for $7500. most were going for about $5000. on ebay. I do miss it some what but not too too much. I still have the original tranny and am considering rebuilding it to offet it for sale. Incidentally, this one has the Bosch engine, not the GEMS.