Tom,
O.K., time to show my ignorance: What do you mean by clearances?
If I'm going to ask someone to check something, I should probably understand what it is.
After I get the car back from the transmission shop, is there a possibility that an engine mechanic can diagnose my problem w/o tearing the engine apart? (ie: spending a fortune)
I was already thinking that it's time to get rid of this car if it's inevitable that the transmission is going to fail again. The transmission place already told me that the next time it won't be covered by my warranty since it's an engine, not transmission, problem. If I can get confirmation that the engine is bad, then I know getting rid of it is the thing to do.
If the engine isn't the problem, I'm still up a creek, because I can't trust the transmission shop's rebuild to last, and they won't fix the transmission for free next time.
