The estimate to swap guts from one case to another is only $600-800. Cheap at half the price. :)
r On 5/17/2012 5:56 AM, STILLFRANKSFAULT@xxxxxxx wrote:
Well Ray, in theory, the only thing you need is a case. Why rebuild another trans. Just swap all the internals to a new case.Or was there more damage? Smokey Mt FrankIn a message dated 5/16/2012 10:28:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:Color me stupid. I should have seen it when I pulled the pan. But I didn't.I didn't lose too much time on that, tho. I finally got the tranny out tonite: It's real broke. I'm starting to re-think things. If this transmission repair is gonna be real spendy, I may put off running the car this year and see about putting a Tremec 3550 or T56 into it. I'm not sure right now. But I'm hurtin and tired and filthy. (Maybe that last part is why the x-wife left, ya think?) r On 5/14/2012 3:16 PM, STILLFRANKSFAULT@xxxxxxx wrote:OMG, Your kidding right .............. how did you miss that split. I could see if there was a crack in the case, but that's huge. Smokey Mt Frank In a message dated 5/14/2012 3:01:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes: ...the transmission ain't workin: