Re: LRO: Tranny rebuild opinions sought

From: David Scheidt (dscheidt@tumbolia.com)
Date: Sun May 27 2001 - 02:36:42 EDT

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    On Sat, 26 May 2001, Rich & Lori Williams wrote:

    :Since the begining of the restoration project I have planned on rebuilding
    :my tranny. It's an "A" suffix unit, thought I would upgrde to a "D" unit
    :and have the whole thing sorted through. Because this task exceeds my
    :abilities, I have two choices in this matter and would like everyone's
    :opinion.

    Why is this beyond your abilities? It's really not that hard. Really.
    It's not. I've done it. I didn't think I could, but the list convinced me
    I could, and provided much help for the bits I couldn't figure out. Follow
    the procedure in the shop manual, and replace anything you think is suspect.
    It probably won't require you to buy any new tools either. Ask questions.
    In my opinon, the only reason to buy a rebuilt tranny is because you don't
    have time to do it yourself.

    :
    :1) I can have someone rebuild my tranny for me using genuine parts for a
    :considerable amount of money.
    :
    :OR
    :
    :2) I can purchase a ready-to-go "D" tranny for about a 50% savings - this
    :unit may/may not have been rebuilt with genuine parts.
    :
    :Anyone have any wisdom to share here? Any experience with buying rebuilt
    :tranny's?
    :

    Genuine parts aren't necessarily any better than non-genuine. It might
    be worth using them for things like gears and shafts, just for the piece
    of mind, but for bearings and seals, get them locally.

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    dscheidt@tumbolia.com
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