ZF gearbox servicing West Midlands

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After a fair bit of googling I’ve come up blank with regard to getting my gearbox serviced.

My 2011 XJ is at 112,000 miles, and it’s just starting to ‘lurch’ and thump through some gears - so it’s got to be time for some TLC.

Does anyone have any experience with Jag specialists in the West Mids/Staffordshire area? Or even an auto ‘box boffin who can take my money

All this being said, I presume that it’s not exactly a DIY job? It looks no harder than a few screws and some oil draining, but I don’t fancy coating my drive with a gallon of oil...

Thanks all!

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Russ Sims said:

I'd personally recommend MGA Jaguar in Derby (East mods, not West mids, I know) but they're a well regarded specialist and I won't take my XKR anywhere else now.

https://www.mgajaguar.co.uk/

Luckily enough I work in derby, so these guys may be worth a shout - they’re going to be my first call.

Much appreciated!

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Equus said:

I thought that the conventional wisdom on this was that if you're going to change the transmission fluid, you should so so before the box starts showing symptoms of distress - that by the time it's acting up, it's already too late?

Interestingly, I’ve heard ‘if it ain’t broke...’

When it’s anything other than stone cold, it’s fine. Smooth shifts, no hesitation under power, and no noises that I can tell. But when selecting drive from cold, and the first mile or so, it’s not as smooth as it used to be

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I didn’t want people to argue! I thought PH was a friendly, liberal forum where no one disagreed...

It’s come to my attention that I didn’t specify that my car is an older one, and runs the 6 speed ‘box. Not sure if that changes any of the recommendations, but I’m sure the advice is roughly the same in terms of ‘my fluid has overstayed its welcome’

I presume a lot of garages are closing for the lockdown, so I’ll ring up the Derby garage and see if they can help out, or whether I’ve got to wait until Boris says I can look after my car again