Well... it came back and bit me.
When the motor was being rebuilt, the transmission was out and I was going to take it to the transmission shop to have it inspected. Since I could not get to the shop in time (work and school), I just had the shop change out seals and gaskets. I was also told tranny was good.
Well, after some basic research, I found out the S/C previas had the same transmission as the supras, which means they were beefier transmissions. So I had a false sense of "it should be okay".
WRONG.
A weeks ago, there was a noticeable long delay going into the lower gears. Then it got progressively worst with a sudden hard shift in to 2 and 3 gear. I had about enough of it.
I took it to the shop that did my motor (and it has been a few months) and they said it feels like the clutch packs in the first couple gears is going out and that maybe the internals are damaged. The price I got $2800 for the fix.
I thought about it and took it to a transmission shop (the one I originally wanted to take my tranny to) for their opinion and he gave me $2200. He said the same issue after a test drive. I asked him how long it would take, he said work is about 5hrs, but if he took it that evening (thursday) it won't be ready til Tuesday).
NOW - I could either get another transmission (as I've seen at junkyards and craigslist) to save money in the short term, but what is gonna happen long term?
As I contemplated this idea, I called my wife and give her my idea. She said financially, it was okay to get it done. I was happy and had no hesitations calling the transmission shop. I dropped it off and asked for a shift kit as well.
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Just got a call and the transmission will be done tomorrow. I was told that both transmission mounts were bad, so I said, replace them.
I will detail the final costs of everything when I get it tomorrow.
When the motor was being rebuilt, the transmission was out and I was going to take it to the transmission shop to have it inspected. Since I could not get to the shop in time (work and school), I just had the shop change out seals and gaskets. I was also told tranny was good.
Well, after some basic research, I found out the S/C previas had the same transmission as the supras, which means they were beefier transmissions. So I had a false sense of "it should be okay".
WRONG.
A weeks ago, there was a noticeable long delay going into the lower gears. Then it got progressively worst with a sudden hard shift in to 2 and 3 gear. I had about enough of it.
I took it to the shop that did my motor (and it has been a few months) and they said it feels like the clutch packs in the first couple gears is going out and that maybe the internals are damaged. The price I got $2800 for the fix.
I thought about it and took it to a transmission shop (the one I originally wanted to take my tranny to) for their opinion and he gave me $2200. He said the same issue after a test drive. I asked him how long it would take, he said work is about 5hrs, but if he took it that evening (thursday) it won't be ready til Tuesday).
NOW - I could either get another transmission (as I've seen at junkyards and craigslist) to save money in the short term, but what is gonna happen long term?
As I contemplated this idea, I called my wife and give her my idea. She said financially, it was okay to get it done. I was happy and had no hesitations calling the transmission shop. I dropped it off and asked for a shift kit as well.
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Just got a call and the transmission will be done tomorrow. I was told that both transmission mounts were bad, so I said, replace them.
I will detail the final costs of everything when I get it tomorrow.
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