It looks like I'm in for an adventure.
Having to fork over 3.5k for a shop to replace the transmission was just a bit too expensive
as this is not a showroom piece, its a bush beater and occasionally daily driver.
The other option is to buy a used one for $500-700 of questionable history and life expectancy and put it in myself.
That does not seem like a good choice as it is quite a work to get it in and out of the car.
So, I've pulled it out and looked at it and decided to give a rebuild a try.
I'm hoping for some guidance as I've never done this before.
There we go...
It looks like the transmission was swapped out sometime as I don't think this is the original.
Is there a way to tell the year just by looking at the case?
What is the 33 stands for?
I followed Transmission Bench guide to disassemble it.
I was able to get it disassembled into major components and it looks like there are no major components that are broken gauged etc.
It looks like I should be able to rebuild it whit a rebuild kit.
I've noticed a few things that I would need your opinion...
The input shaft supposed to have a seal that I couldn't find.
Could the missing seal disintegrated and cause the transmission to fail? Where could have it gone?
The output shaft bushing seem to be in very bad condition. Not a big deal as I was planning to do all the bushing regardless.
Video of output shaft.
The other bad thing is that everything is covered in burned clutch material, fluid looks like coffee , on the upside no metal shavings of any kind that I could see.
This is where I'm right now.
Having to fork over 3.5k for a shop to replace the transmission was just a bit too expensive
as this is not a showroom piece, its a bush beater and occasionally daily driver.
The other option is to buy a used one for $500-700 of questionable history and life expectancy and put it in myself.
That does not seem like a good choice as it is quite a work to get it in and out of the car.
So, I've pulled it out and looked at it and decided to give a rebuild a try.
I'm hoping for some guidance as I've never done this before.
There we go...
It looks like the transmission was swapped out sometime as I don't think this is the original.
Is there a way to tell the year just by looking at the case?
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What is the 33 stands for?
I followed Transmission Bench guide to disassemble it.
I was able to get it disassembled into major components and it looks like there are no major components that are broken gauged etc.
It looks like I should be able to rebuild it whit a rebuild kit.
I've noticed a few things that I would need your opinion...
The input shaft supposed to have a seal that I couldn't find.
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Could the missing seal disintegrated and cause the transmission to fail? Where could have it gone?
The output shaft bushing seem to be in very bad condition. Not a big deal as I was planning to do all the bushing regardless.
Video of output shaft.
The other bad thing is that everything is covered in burned clutch material, fluid looks like coffee , on the upside no metal shavings of any kind that I could see.
This is where I'm right now.