20 May 12 08:29, Mark Hofmann wrote to Roy Witt:

 RW>> They used the above tool to hang the motor, remove the subframe and
 RW>> then the trans...that tool makes the job so much easier. The last
 RW>> one I watched them do was a 90+ Pontiac Bonneville with the 3.8 V6
 RW>> in it. Piece of cake.
 RW>>
 RW>> They R&Rd a junk yard trans in place of the worn out trans, but it
 RW>> wasn't the trans the owner thought he'd get from a junk yard and the
 RW>> cost of doing the job all over again wasn't worth it to him. Harry
 RW>> ended up with the car, which he sold for scrap iron.

 MH> Buying something like that from a junk yard is a gamble.

Some people will take that gamble. Chances are that the trans is good and
junk yards will replace a bad one. I did that with a 700R4 trans for my 72
Chev pickup and it worked out fine.

You wouldn't believe the condition of the Firebird it came out of: it had
been rolled at high speed and landed on its roof. The top was level with
the dash. The trans worked like it was supposed to though.

 MH> Due to the labor costs to remove/install it, I would want to make
 MH> certain the transmission is in top shape.  You can buy them rom a
 MH> junk yard and rebuilt it, though.

I called in an out-of-work mechanic and he installed the above in my
(machine) shop for $100...no hoist, no tranny jack either.

 MH> I decided to have mine rebuilt vs. getting a Jasper transmission.
 MH> The shop offered a 2 year warranty on the rebuild and showed me
 MH> everything they replaced on the rebuild.  The cost was $2000 for the
 MH> removal, rebuild, and reinstall of the transmission.

I had the above Chevy pickup TH350 done that way. What I didn't like was
the fact that they didn't rebuild mine, they swapped it out for one they
had on the shelf. Mine had a drain plug in the pan, which helped to keep a
filter change a clean job. Their trans didn't have that feature.

 MH> The main problem I had before the rebuild was my 4th gear wasn't
 MH> working. The "teeth" on the gear were stripped off.  I
still have the
 MH> old part in my garage.  When coasting, I was
"free-wheeling".  It was
 MH> like driving in neutral when coasting down hills.

If that was a 4spd auto w/od, it is free wheeling in 4th, unless the
torque converter is locked. This is why I don't use OD around town.

 RW>> You mean the oil drain plug area in the pan is cracked? Or the drain
 RW>> plug itself?

 MH> He had it listed as the oil drain plug itself - but I have yet to go
 MH> under the car and try and figure out what was replaced.  I assumed it
 MH> was the washer or the area that the drain plug screws into.

They make self-tapping drain plugs as replacements for leaking originals.

 MH> I do remember the original washer seemed to be plastic.

Hmmm. Supposed to be copper, but it may be a teflon or nylon plastic
washer...


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