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Tranny is out!
So my tranny went out... something broke while i was on the highway and i lost the high gear as the engine was reving at 5k at 80mph... . Thank goodness that i made it back home, but once i got back, car started grinding in the lowr gears.... and i left it parked. Next time i started the car... rev. is gone and makes a funny noise when i put it in rev. So, the tranny is gone! So sad. But anyway, what subie trannys are available... did some research and it seems 4.44 ratio tranny and diff would help and would be the best bet for an auto tranny replacement? Any other ideas? Anyone know roughly the prices for the tranny and diffs and how much labour is in a shop? Im a noob.. so school me if need to. Just don't be too harsh. Thanks
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Re: Tranny is out!
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Feel free to call. 301-707-2837 Your best bet is to get a remam from LAN for $1000.00 plus shipping.
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www.svxfiles.com The first SuperCharged SVX, the first 4.44 gears, the first equal length headers, the first phenolic spacers, the first Class Glass fiberglass hood, the first with 4, 4.44s in his driveway Fiberglass Hood thread My locker 4.44 Swap link |
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Re: Tranny is out!
I thought those jokers ran like $2500 with a core charge?
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Eric Rebuilt P/S pump info... http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/showthread.php?t=50918 If your car wont start info... http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/show...ighlight=click |
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Re: Tranny is out!
Its a partial rebuild he offers for $1000. It includes a new improved high clutch with better friction and a reworked valve body. Pretty much all you need to make the SVX transmission a lot more solid and to last quite a long time.
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It also upgrade the brake band and include a quality remanufactured torque converter.
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cool..i just checked ecutune.com
Lan, if you do a partial rebuild on a 4.44 do you upgrade the components that are not originally designed for the svx....like the lack of clutches or whatevers different from the 3.54?
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Eric Rebuilt P/S pump info... http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/showthread.php?t=50918 If your car wont start info... http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/show...ighlight=click |
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Excluding the transfer clutch, yes I do.
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The complete rebuilds are $3,400. The partial rebuilds are only $999. Unless there is hard parts damage (which happens due to poor cooling in about 1 out 5 svx transmissions that go bad) it's always the same parts that go bad. I can replace those clutch packs with upgrades that won't go bad again with a fraction of the labor I have to put into taking every single part of the transmission apart like I do for a full rebuild. I also rework the valve body for fast shifts and higher apply pressures. With a partial rebuild those of limited means can get a bad *** transmission instead of some pos from the salvage yard.
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Hey get on http://www.svxworldforums.com/ and contact Budfreak. He usually selling 4.44 ratio trannies less than your REM quote. Plus, it would last longer than the normal tranny. Just let him know that dce2005 told you to contact him. Hope this helps you out...
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4.44's actually have weaker clutch packs than SVX transmissions do. They just don't have 100,000 miles of use already pushing around a 3800lb SVX. Rest assured though that they start deteriorating as soon as you put them in an SVX.
My partial remans also perform much better. They shift much faster. There is essentially no realistic comparison between one of my upgraded SVX transmissions and a legacy transmission from a salvage yard. Ask Tom how many times he's installed a salvage yard transmission only to have to take it right back out and exchange it for another. That's part of why he prefers to install one of my transmissions; he knows he only has to do it once. Quote:
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It's probably also worth noting that shipping is done on my account so you get to pay my highly discounted rates. Last time I shipped to a metro area in GA like Sav. it was $120.
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before we got one that worked correctly! Since I sourced the transmission I had to do three installs and three removals all in the price that I had originally quoted. If YOU provide the transmission the shop would charge for each install, IF you got a bad one.
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www.svxfiles.com The first SuperCharged SVX, the first 4.44 gears, the first equal length headers, the first phenolic spacers, the first Class Glass fiberglass hood, the first with 4, 4.44s in his driveway Fiberglass Hood thread My locker 4.44 Swap link |
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www.svxfiles.com The first SuperCharged SVX, the first 4.44 gears, the first equal length headers, the first phenolic spacers, the first Class Glass fiberglass hood, the first with 4, 4.44s in his driveway Fiberglass Hood thread My locker 4.44 Swap link |
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Chances are that transmission is a worst case scenario loss. When the restrictive factory atf cooler in the radiator isn't bypassed and replaced with a high capacity aftermarket unit and the high clutch goes out the heat from the high clutch hardens the thrust bearing on the nose of the rear support until it crumbles. When this happens you loose all gears.
If the factory cooler had not been connected and an aftermarket cooler of sufficient capacity had been used the failing high clutch would not have caused hard parts damage and this transmission could have been given a partial rebuild and been upgraded to an impressive, high performance unit. This should be a lesson to others not to leave the oe cooler connected. Quote:
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Chelli,
You may want to drain the fluid and possibly drop the pan. I expect you will find a bunch of bearing rollers and ground up steel in the pan. It won't be good news but at least you will know exactly what you are dealing with then. |
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