I am looking at buying a used car. It‘s kind of old (‘96) but good mileage considering (116k). It is an automatic transmission and she said the overdrive does not engage. What kind of fix would this take, will that be costly, and is this a sign of greater transmission issues to come?It‘s a ‘96 Mercury Sable.Thanks!
Auction house is your best bet. If your not going to mine. However mining is worth taking, and copper nodes are everywhere. Your going to need the stones and some gems you get from mining to do engineering yoiu might as well take that as a secondary skill or its going to be a money sink for you.
It is indeed. You need to look on the auction house. Talk to a guard in one of your factions main cities and ask where the auction house is, go there, type in copper bar and WHAM! You can buy one. I suggest learning mining though - it's a good money maker. Copper will be one of the first things you can mine, too, so you wont have to wait. AND you can sell the excess!
There was a TSB on no overdrive in AX4N transmissions. There might be a broken clip that holds the forward valve in the valve body. You must remove the valve body and disassemble to check it.
1. Low miles on a car that old indicates that it was driven infrequently and was mostly short trips around town - that's a bad sign because those are much harder miles vs someone who regularly drove long distances on the freeway. 2. Yes, it will be costly. In order to be repaired the mechanic would need to remove the transmission from the car, open it up, and replace the broken or worn out parts. At that point it would be silly to do anything less than a full transmission rebuild - This will be a $2000 to $3000 repair - probably more than the car is worth. 3. The mid 90's Ford Taurus Mercury Sable are known for transmission issues. Very few of them made it to 150,000 miles without major repairs (that $3000 rebuild). So its not a matter of IF the transmission will fail, its just a matter of when. 4. The good news is that rebuilt transmissions for that car are readily available. If you choose to buy it and have it fixed the shop can probably have a rebuilt transmission from another car shipped, then simply swap your broken transmission for one that's already been fixed so the car would only need to be in the shop for 1-2 days. It would take more like 1-2 weeks if they actually rebuild your transmission and put the same one back in. Personally, I'd stay away from this car. If you decide to proceed, either plan on a transmission rebuild in the near future or just take your chances and drive it until it dies, either way, get AAA towing service - you're going to need it.
