Mist3r Spool
15+ Year Contributor
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- Oct 12, 2005
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East Bay,
California
Ok my transmission blew and I need a new one. I was thinking of just picking up a "junkyard" special and sending it to TRE for a "budget" rebuild...any other suggestions? I don't want to spend too much.
Perhaps, but I doubt it, I could rebuilt my transmission that went bad. I haven't been able to rip it off yet to asses the damage (don't have a jack or power tools at this time) but to help try to put things into perspective, let me give an overview of what happened. I changed my transmission fluid, during so the fluid that came out was gold-colored and smelled pretty bad (like old burnt metal that's been sitting in oil)...at that moment, I knew I was screwed, since those little metal particles probably helped fill the gaps between the gears (I know it sounds odd, but changing an old trannys fluid is a big no no in my experience). I filled it up with GM Synchromesh and about a week later, my tranny started to sound like an angry elephant...it was LOUD. Then two weeks later it started sounding like I was in reverse all the time. The problem elevated, a week after that I couldn't shift from 1st to 2nd without it grinding (but I could downshift into 2nd with NO grinding). I'm hitting myself on the head right now because I should've changed out the fluid or done something other than let my tranny go (maybe some Lucas would've helped). Finally, leaving work cruising down the street at 40mph, my car starts to bogg like it's out of gas and then it just stops moving and the wheels lock up (literally) and it felt like there was something dragging on the ground. I get out and see transmisison fluid squirting out from where the tranny meets the engine.
Perhaps, but I doubt it, I could rebuilt my transmission that went bad. I haven't been able to rip it off yet to asses the damage (don't have a jack or power tools at this time) but to help try to put things into perspective, let me give an overview of what happened. I changed my transmission fluid, during so the fluid that came out was gold-colored and smelled pretty bad (like old burnt metal that's been sitting in oil)...at that moment, I knew I was screwed, since those little metal particles probably helped fill the gaps between the gears (I know it sounds odd, but changing an old trannys fluid is a big no no in my experience). I filled it up with GM Synchromesh and about a week later, my tranny started to sound like an angry elephant...it was LOUD. Then two weeks later it started sounding like I was in reverse all the time. The problem elevated, a week after that I couldn't shift from 1st to 2nd without it grinding (but I could downshift into 2nd with NO grinding). I'm hitting myself on the head right now because I should've changed out the fluid or done something other than let my tranny go (maybe some Lucas would've helped). Finally, leaving work cruising down the street at 40mph, my car starts to bogg like it's out of gas and then it just stops moving and the wheels lock up (literally) and it felt like there was something dragging on the ground. I get out and see transmisison fluid squirting out from where the tranny meets the engine.
