"dizzy" > wrote in message
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> dizzy > wrote:
>
>>Well, after 12 years of mostly problem-free service, my 2000 323 has
>>succumbed to the dreaded "no reverse" problem. Damn it. I was hoping
>>to get a few more years out of it.
>>
>>Now I have to decide if a car with a book value of only a few grand,
>>and is starting to show the first signs of rust, is worth getting a
>>new tranny.
>
> Update: Evidence is pointing to my car having the GM tranny, not the
> ZF
>

Well indeed - the fact it broke after only 12 years was primae facie
evidence...

> , in which case it's only a selenoid. GM rules!