Lost the Tranny
10-29-2007, 11:03 AM
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Lost the Tranny
Friday night my T-5 finally went out. The synchros were already going bad, especially from 1st to2nd butI drove to see my gf in pittsburg and when i came home and pulled into my driveway it wouldn't go into reverse. I should of had it rebuilt before we put it in cause the guy before was running it with slicks and the stock clutch. So now it has to come out and i was just wondering what you guys thought i will pay for a rebuild and a good gaurantee?Also,how much hp can the 85 t-5 hold stock,at the most i'm going to try to getup to 310-320horsesnext summer, and i wanna know if it needs to be built for it.
10-29-2007, 11:18 AM
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RE: Lost the Tranny
I just got my T-5 rebuilt...I orginally was going to get mine rebuilt....as soon as the man looked at the gearing he told me it needed everything not just the T-5 kit i bought to rebuild it (planned to do it myself but became overwhelmed) But he told me he could get me a fully rebuild one with a one year warranty unlimited miles for $1,200.00 No taxe because there was a set back (the company he got it from sent a T-56 by mistake and it took a couple more days to get it) but that was the best deal I could find in my area. He told me nomatter where you go you wont find much else guarantee wise due to how people run them he mentioned alotta people run em to the ground and claim it was fault from the company and they stopped with longer warranties. Hope my troubles helped haha.
10-29-2007, 11:26 AM
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RE: Lost the Tranny
ORIGINAL: 65coupe88hatch
I just got my T-5 rebuilt...I orginally was going to get mine rebuilt....as soon as the man looked at the gearing he told me it needed everything not just the T-5 kit i bought to rebuild it (planned to do it myself but became overwhelmed) But he told me he could get me a fully rebuild one with a one year warranty unlimited miles for $1,200.00 No taxe because there was a set back (the company he got it from sent a T-56 by mistake and it took a couple more days to get it) but that was the best deal I could find in my area. He told me nomatter where you go you wont find much else guarantee wise due to how people run them he mentioned alotta people run em to the ground and claim it was fault from the company and they stopped with longer warranties. Hope my troubles helped haha.
I just got my T-5 rebuilt...I orginally was going to get mine rebuilt....as soon as the man looked at the gearing he told me it needed everything not just the T-5 kit i bought to rebuild it (planned to do it myself but became overwhelmed) But he told me he could get me a fully rebuild one with a one year warranty unlimited miles for $1,200.00 No taxe because there was a set back (the company he got it from sent a T-56 by mistake and it took a couple more days to get it) but that was the best deal I could find in my area. He told me nomatter where you go you wont find much else guarantee wise due to how people run them he mentioned alotta people run em to the ground and claim it was fault from the company and they stopped with longer warranties. Hope my troubles helped haha.
10-29-2007, 11:44 AM
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RE: Lost the Tranny
Same with the guy we took ours too, my dad had a 1990 f250 tranny died in like 98 took it to this guy, he rebuilt it and the trucks still going no problems ever since. Do some research before you go anywhere unless you know from experience about the garages work. We looked at a few other places and everyones price range was around $1,600.00- $1,800.00
10-29-2007, 11:51 AM
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RE: Lost the Tranny
The Eagle Transmission in Lewisville rebuilt the tranny in my RX-7 for $600ish, cheaper because I pulled it myself and brought it to them. I don't know if they're a nationwide chain or just a local chain, but they did decent work. They even painted the housings for me while it was apart.
10-29-2007, 02:43 PM
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RE: Lost the Tranny
I would not pay that much for a t-5. you can but a new astro performance for that price. also rebuilding them is not as hard as it looks. i havent done one but i will when mine needs to be redone.
10-29-2007, 03:29 PM
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ORIGINAL: 65coupe88hatch
yeah i had mine already pulled from the car too
yeah i had mine already pulled from the car too
. And i'd like to work on the car while they fix the tranny. wait, how much is a good rebuild kit for one of these? If it's really cheap i might convince myself to do it myself. otherwise it might be cheaper just to pay them labor. i've heard of shops in my area rebuilding manuals for as cheap as $700, hopefully that is the case with my t-5
10-29-2007, 03:49 PM
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I paid $250.00 bucks for my rebuild kit from cjponyparts. being new to trannies i thought id be able to rebuild it but i ran into a problem with a gear and turns out all the gears but 5th were bad, and it was cheaper to just get a new rebuilt one rather than dump more money into the cripled one i have. If you need a rebuild kit ill sell you mine, i have no use for it now since i got the other tranny.
10-29-2007, 03:59 PM
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ORIGINAL: 65coupe88hatch
I paid $250.00 bucks for my rebuild kit from cjponyparts. being new to trannies i thought id be able to rebuild it but i ran into a problem with a gear and turns out all the gears but 5th were bad, and it was cheaper to just get a new rebuilt one rather than dump more money into the cripled one i have. If you need a rebuild kit ill sell you mine, i have no use for it now since i got the other tranny.
I paid $250.00 bucks for my rebuild kit from cjponyparts. being new to trannies i thought id be able to rebuild it but i ran into a problem with a gear and turns out all the gears but 5th were bad, and it was cheaper to just get a new rebuilt one rather than dump more money into the cripled one i have. If you need a rebuild kit ill sell you mine, i have no use for it now since i got the other tranny.