I don't mind so much that the guy I bought the car from said the trans' had been rebuilt. (now I'm questioning whether or not the tensioners were actually done.) I don't even mind so much that last Friday night, just pulling away from a stoplight, that the trans' wound up, didn't move much, then went WHAM! into gear. (Had a good idea what that meant.) What bothers me is that just a few weeks ago I had to pull the trans' to replace the rear main seal after it had decided to let go in my best friends' driveway. (Could have been worse - it could have run out of oil and locked up.) Oh well, at least now I can have the trans' out in less than an hour...



Took a number of pics, will try to put together a 'How-to' sometime next week after I have a chance to reassemble.

 

Yep. I've got to where I can do a round trip into the throttle body in less than two hours including R&R, APP sensor tweak, draining & refilling some coolant, and turn the key. Reminds me of my old '57 chevy; I could limp into the driveway and have the clutch on the ground inside of 30 minutes. Practice.
Mike
..I guess that's why we like this sort of thing...

 

dang beav, at least you've got the skills to do it yourself, sorry about the repeat labor though...bites.

 

Sorry to hear that, if you get a chance to do a write-up I'm sure that might help quite a few people (knock on wood), I would for sure like to check out the steps necessary!

 

What a drag to have that happen after just having the tranny out. Yes I and others I am sure look fwd to any pics you might post as most if not all of these transmissions are a ticking time bomb. I have 80000 miles on mine and going to do a fluid change this summer. Though I do expect one of these days , bang !!!