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Old 11-28-2009, 02:49 PM
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Re: Leaking Transmission, Replacement?

After some searching to satisfy my own curiosity, I think swapping a post-1998 automatic transmission is not something for the faint-hearted. From what I gathered, it will work, you change the transmission and the necessary parts of the rear differential like the other swaps. The difference is that the svx tcu isn't compatible with the newer autos, to the point that they use different plugs with different amounts of wires. So, with the additional cost of the tcu and the major pain in the ass of rewiring the tcu to work, you're not saving as much over a manual swap. I don't think anyone's bothered to try swapping a newer auto for this reason. The closest thing would be swapping a vtd-type svx transmission, which I don't believe worked very well, due to them not switching the TCU. I'm also not completely sure that the bolt pattern of the newer autos is exactly the same.
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