since several people asked me too...ill start from the beginning, its in progress so as I do more work ill update it.
this is my 1st time seeing the car when a co-worker found it after i told him a few different models i was interested in. took a month to get in touch with him cuz no one lived at the house.
was really dirty from sitting all them years after the owner passed away. the uncle didnt want to fool with it and it wouldnt start. he said make an offer. I made an offer for $1000 how it sits with 16,495 miles on the odometer, he accepted and i towed it home a few days later. dropped the fuel tank and put a new fuel pump in, cleaned the injectors and it fired right up the first day i got it home.
then i gave it a good cleaning inside and out
started with the chrome rocker moldings
cleaned the factory dry-rotted tires and rolled them for a few months till i had a blow-out
carpet was kinda funky so i pulled it out and cleaned it, new jute and it put it back in, good time to run some wires for the radio and future stereo
cleaned up shortly after i got it, sitting next to my lil mini truck
still had the other guys handicap plate
looks pretty nice on the underside
not long after getting the car I had to change the tires and A/C compressor was leaking out the seal.
First Day of driving it i had to clean the engine. this is what it looks like 365 a year. gets a lil dusty but i just clean it again
yep unless they have adapters for there sensors which noone around had...i sweat my ass off pulling the wheels off and reinstalling everything...went out last night and a big pothole knocked my back one loose when the skirt hit...had to pull it today and reinstall the cap
then i got my ass kicked changing a window motor in the front passenger door...thought id be slick and change it in the door. the spring on the regulator let loose and i had to pull it all out...got it done though
few pics. got some cash after a drunk casino night, almost turned bad but i turned it around. now i dont know what i wanna buy
heres the car when it didnt have the caps or skirts for the alignment. looks so weird
for mr holland. after all that work putting the caps back on, next day i knocked one loose. the screws on the back hub to tighten the spokes and prevent any clacking. id say check them after you put some miles on the rims, i still have to do the fronts but the back rims were all loose.
last night i was drunk, lost $800 on roulette, bout to leave pissed off, for whatever reason i dont play slot machines often. i put $100 in a $1 machine, betting max $3 a spin, i got it up to $500 when it got down to $477 i hit it and bam, small jackpot $1,440, taxed my ass on the spot. i got $1,300+ after state, have to file federal. but i cashed out with the $1300 plus my $474 in the machince.
so now im up over what i almost lost. went back to roulette, threw up $200, cashed out with $900, kept playing on another 2 tables, went down to $400 and brought it right back up to $900 and left...made about $2000 profit last night
they just hold the spokes tight thats why i just snugged them up..i think the only harm that can be done is if you keep riding them knowing they are loosening up and you do nothing about it...but call TWW if steve doesnt answer they will take your number and hell call ya back. if whatever reason he doesnt ill give ya his cell number
I just cannot win...awhile back when i had transmission issues, i wasnt going to pay the $2,400 they wanted to "Rebuild" my old one. I found one on craigslist used, pulled from a wrecked car. $250 was a steal and i got every bit of that $250 out of it. been great, put a bunch of miles on it.
I do not abuse the car, dog it out, hot rod it, the stereo is another thing but drivability wise. i baby the car
get in it yesterday and take off, thought it was sputtering on fumes. 1st gear is slippin. as soon as it catches 2nd its perfect.
but at traffic lights as soon as you take off its slipping again...I got way more than $250 use out of it but i dont want to pay that much for a rebuild and then have to go through the hassle again of changing it
come to the conclussion that there is no way in hell im buying a new transmission or paying someone to rebuild mine. too damn much
I want to rebuild the one in the car as its the 94 model without the valve that gets hot in the 95's. its better but i need to drive the car.
so I have the original 95 one with low miles still in the shed untouched since swapping them out...
I myself am going to rebuild that one with a rebuild kit that cost roughly $200-300 and if any hard parts need to be changed they are not too much at all.
coming soon if i dont go blow all my money and find some time to do it. ill have a bunch of pics of a 4l60e rebuild done myself
Much respect for someone who will roll up their sleeves and dive in!!!! I had a friend that turned out to be very good at rebuilding transmissions by doing that very thing. I've always been intimidated to tackle one of my transmissions, but if you dropped yours off with me, I'll take it apart!!! LOL. Good luck, cant wait to hear how easy it was.
i joke with the guys at work that my name is "Mr. Get it done"...thats the only way to learn is get in there...if i mess something up, it needs a rebuild anyway...from what i messed with, with old school transmissions they arent to hard, just intimidating when you see all the hundreds of parts...
my main concern was finding or building the tool to take the clutch basket out, its about $300 but for whatever reason my neighbor who isnt very mechanically inclined had one and let me borrow it.
basically theres 2 main things...keep it extremely clean when assembling and remember how you took it apart cuz it has to go back the same way.
not sure when im going to start it but it will be this month hopefully...my friend dropped his 2000 deville off for some work and i been driving that since sunday so i dont put unnecessary wear on the working trans
well, good and bad news...made a ton more money but during a process of shit faced drinking i managed to blow it all...transmission may have to wait a lil longer, well see.
I did get my flying lady hood ornament today and decided to put it on...b/c of the E&G grill i had to notch the factory emblem hole and drill a second hole above that but its on. love it or hate it. thats what i like
my brother jumped the gun on me but im not complaining...while i was sleeping he pulled the trans off the 2nd story of the shed by himself and started to tear it down...
too our suprise the way it ran i thought hard parts would be toast...the TCC solenoid and shift solenoids and pressure plate are all new prior to me pulling it...all the hard parts look great, the 1-2 drum has some scratches but everyone says thats ok as long as they arent deep, use judgment
i dont have the detailed pics b/c he pulled it apart mostly untill i helped the rest today and its messy so im not handling my phone covered in trans fluid
the main damage was the 1-2 clutches, the rest werent really bad but not perfect, wasnt even much material in the pan
few pics, just drained and disassembled, no cleaning yet
toast 1-2
just have to find a rebuild kit with the soft parts, clutches, steeles, gaskets and o-rings and have fun cleaning tons of parts
thats the original transmission, im still driving my car with the slipping 1st gear...yea for the most part its straight forward, honestly they are not as hard as you believe...hardest part is cleaning it all, and getting 1 tricky snap ring out.
went to the neighbor early and got the tool to compress the reverse gear basket to get the clutches out, he even gave me a tub of transmission assembly lube when putting it back together
maybe later ill pull the valve body off and get it apart.
as soon as it gets built, ill park the car for a day or two and knock out the swap, AGAIN
finally got in touch with the local transmission dealers transtar...about to go pick my OEM overhaul kit up plus a shift correction kit, prevents the clutches from getting hot and slipping/burning up
only have a pic of the tool while installing the reverse piston....didnt do anymore as i needed to get a case of trans fluid...might jump on it tonight well see
Makes me want to try it. Looking good. In the pic with the burnt clutches, which ones are burnt and which ones are good? Hard for me to tell.
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