Orangebean wrote:

even when emulating Morat's driving style round the lanes.

I was testing ABS dammit! :)

Well guys sorry for the delay...............weeks went passed and I were still waiting, I kept ringing and being told yeah be back tomorrow.............tomorrow came yesterday !
I have been down the garage all week and tried to forget about it been flat out so far done 4 cars and a new loom headlamp brake pads to my ZZR ( another baby and a saved piece of mechanical invention for me ) yesterday about 1pm whilst in the middle of a Picasso exhaust I paused to speak to my mate the owner of the garage and as it had become a kind of joke with the bike fixed and the storms coming in I joked " guess what I wont be driving tomorrow !" as he replied "the range rover" the phone rang! the gearbox place !!! strange dont often hear from them !!!!! they said we have some news..........the cars ready ! I could not believe it and asked if they were sure ? yes ready for collection open until 5 pm, just then euro turned up with the exhaust for the Picasso so under the ramp call to the missus and on the bike home and a lift to pick her up !
As it had been some time more than there "5-10 day turn around " I did ask what were up ? I mean it went in the start of January and now the end of February ??? I must say that James who I had spoken to on the phone came through and sat with me for a very relaxed chat that lasted about 15 minutes, he said that they had stripped the box and found that the clutch between D and R had burnt out and after a complete rebuild re-fitted it and tested it it again failed, reset fail reset fail and again they took it out and stripped it before the top guy set about rebuilding it again with new parts and found that this time the clutch in the back had flipped over causing the problems, after a rebuild they refitted it but the selector would not line up so new XYZ and dropped it again before refitting it and a very comprehensive test afterwards as in his words it was a nightmare ! total time 24 hours, now has me thinking, they do have about 12 ramps and are the top in the area and if it was not my car I would think it was error but as it is my car with my luck then no its the second !!!
Anyway he also commented that for a 2000 it drives so well with so much power he said that its nicer than most of the new stuff they have in and quicker ! smoother and more solid ( they have around 3-6 L322's in at a time ! ) I told him I believe in servicing and maintained cars and he said well done it shows.............just an upper for me here !
Anyway, 30 miles down the line shes smooth on the change, transfers the power better and feels quicker off the mark and through the torque, seems to be doing all the right things but time will tell.
I am so happy I have her back, now I am off to fit new pollen filters and rear tailgate strap with new 6.5" speakers in the sub box this morning to her then the discs and pads next week as time is running out on this one.

Sorry for the long message but I am great full of all the help on here and on some forums you see people post and ask questions and they never have the politeness to post as to the outcome and I think thats a little rude so here you go.

Good to hear things are going well! I changed my subwoofer speakers with a pair of 6.5" speakers that I picked up from Bishop Audio. They might have a few more in stock.

Well kinda going well !see new post mate !