Drive train failure
03-09-2010, 08:10 PM
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Thats not a bad price for a decent transaxle.
03-12-2010, 01:20 PM
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heres on i found on c/l its not mine. its in the brandon area. http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/pts/1640716690.html
03-12-2010, 02:01 PM
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thanks Joey, ill look it up if the deal im working right now falls through. but i found a guy with an 86 and a 87 for $300 each. im waiting on the info to see what stamp he has, but he sounds smart so i doubt im going to accidently get an LSD trans 
03-12-2010, 02:13 PM
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no problem, seen it posted in my random c/l viewings, and remembered a trans was being sought after. gl getting one and getting your car fixed. i know what its like to not be able to drive them and just stare at it. mines sitting in the drive way itself.
03-12-2010, 04:09 PM
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yea joey, it sickens me every morning, lol, i love my car, i have never enjoyed a car as much as this one. and it hurts to see her chocked up and lonely. :*(
03-13-2010, 04:50 PM
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transaxle purchased, and in the hatch of my '44. hoping to get it in place soon. funny story, the guy knew elliott by name when i mentioned he had schooled me on what to watch for when getting a transaxle (year, stamp number, etc)
03-19-2010, 02:56 AM
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/tovrin/4444310207/
when we cracked open the old tranny we found a puddle of gears in the bottom on the axle. apparently i left all the gears intact and ripped an important gear off the housing completely and the rest just fell into the bucket...
Elliot was amazing, he called me this morning, says "i took today off, lets do this" it took us almost 8 hours (would have been 6, but a single bell housing bolt tore us up for over 2 hours, and then suddenly just popped into place.
Thank you Elliot for all the help, he said when she was done that she ran almost like new, he was very impressed with her.
I'm so frigging happy, i could take tomorrow off. oh wait, i did!
03-19-2010, 03:34 AM
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I love happy endings 
I had the same issue with one bellhousing bolt doing a clutch job. I swear I was tempted to torch the car at the time. Hope you're back on the road soon.
I had the same issue with one bellhousing bolt doing a clutch job. I swear I was tempted to torch the car at the time. Hope you're back on the road soon.
03-19-2010, 02:21 PM
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Ive been ripping around town with her today, she really is running better then ever. the shifting is liquid, it wasnt bad before i had no real complaint but it shifts much better now!
03-19-2010, 09:46 PM
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Interesting thread! Wow!........the trans really did turn into a bucket of misc parts! In any case, glad to hear that you figured it all out, and that you are enjoying your car again! Congrats!
