During the conversion process I have had to dive into my first ever transmission rebuild. It was meant to be as simple as pulling the tranny apart, swapping the output shaft for a 4x4 output shaft... shorter than the Camaro output shaft... and put back together with a few seals. Well, when I dropped the pan off, I found some brass shavings in the pan... that was the start of a bad sign. I pulled the torque convertor lock-up solenoid and then the front pump. I found that the first bushing into the front drum and where the front pump goes is chewed up pretty bad. Well, I figured I'd just do a simple rebuild... bought a kit which has the clutches, steels, seals and whatnot... I ended up at a transmission part supplier to get the bushing that was worn out... and went next door to a tranny shop to ask a couple questions... well, turns out I need a new front drum... $65... and he thinks its possible my front pump might be trashed... who knows how much that is... and told me to bring the other drum up as well... so now I'm looking at having an addition $200 into the tranny that supposedly has only 17K miles on it... and it probably gonna cost me more along the way... I hope to God I don't run into a problem with the motor like I did the tranny... cuz if I do, I'll be making a road-trip to Chicago to wipe someone out of existence! Geesh! OK, I feel better now that I vented... anyway, after this ordeal, I think I'll be a master at tranny rebuilds! lol
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Coach... I mean Randy (I often forget who I really am)
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