Well, as some of you may know my car(88 TII) was set on fire around december. So I had to get another 7. Drove up to KY and got a good deal on a 90 GXL. It needed a transmission (yay) but it was an auto. Decided to do auto-> manual swap with my TII tranny and rearend. Since my tranny was a little spotty ... decided to rebuild it. It was not a FULL rebuild but pretty close... didn't replace: gears, shafts, casing, etc. DID replace: all brass synchro rings, one synchronizer, and a couple bearings. Cost was about 300 bucks and a LOT of time and messing around. Would I do it again? hell yes! but I wouldn't be so stupid about it and I would have my **** together moreso than I did...

MY GOD THIS THING IS A DREAM!

 

Awesome. What kind of special tools did you need?

 

for an na tranny you need a pair of really long lady fingers, and the 36mm? really really really super deep socket. and a pry bar, hammers, a press is nice

 

You mean hacked up everyday tools?

ground down sockets...

modified bearing pullers...

bent hangers...

etc etc...

you don't want to pay the $$$ for the special tools, trust me. Not unless you are doing a LOT of them.

 

i kinda want to get a tranny rebuild b4 i put it on my car

 

ahh... well I consider myself lucky at 300

 

i know and i dont have that skill to do it myself either ....

 

I had mine rebuilt and it felt like a new car, bet youre as happy as i was.

Have fun!

 

Sweet let us know how it comes out in the following weeks. Also how about a write up, on "How To Rebuild Your FC Tranny".

 

no need to, it is covered in the FSM which is available online.