evanjp

My 3rd gear synchro has been blown for the past year and yesterday, even with rev-matching to slip it into third, it's popping out of gear. At the same time, it's become a chore to even put it in gear in any gear. 2nd is clunky, 4th grinded a couple times, and the shifter barely feels like its in neutral because when moving the shifter right and left I can feel the gates. When pushing the clutch in, the shifter moves and vice versa.

I realize it's most likely beyond repair, so I've been trying to figure out what route to take in getting a new transmission. From meineke, they said they could find a re-manned unit for between 12-1800 bucks. On ebay there are the same things for 800-1200. A used one from prestige mustang in Georgia is 700. The guy Todd at prestige says they have a 90 day warranty. He says that if there's any slight problem they dot sell it as a transmission but as a core.

Bottom line to where I'm trying to take this is should I trust a 700 dollar transmission from prestige mustang off eBay or go the safer route with a re manufactured unit for the 1200-1800 dollars? Or the remanned 800-1200?

What is the best route and does anyone have any pointers or advice?

TRUEBLUE3934

I guess budget is the factor.
If you can afford to spend a bit more, I would go with the unit that comes with a good warranty. Another thought is how long you plan to keep the car and what other plans you may have for it? If you will keep it a long time and like to drive it in a spirited fashion, you might want to get a trans that has been rebuilt with some more robust syncros, etc.

Bottom line... you usually get what you pay for. A cheap replacement is cheaper for a reason. I would get the best trans that you can afford.

GOOD LUCK!!!