DadLife0724
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Right on. Hope everything is good with your mother. Looking forward to updates when you get back.
Grown Man Crying
- Thread starter Potomus Pete
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I just went to an old time garage to look into my transmission issues. Two hundred bucks an hour. Two hundred and twenty five for older cars like mine. Tomorrow I'm going to a couple more. I don't mind paying, but I don't want to be lied too...Ive already told the story of the transmission shop I had my car sent too and it came back on a flat bed. They didn't want to do it
DadLife0724
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... I never thought I'd mechanic professionally, but at 225 for labor, hell yes I would. And, no, I would never pay that unless I was making $400k+/yr and there were no alternatives. There is no technical skill nor physical labor involving cars I wouldn't rather learn to do myself for that amount of money.Is that really their going rate, or is it just their way of saying
off unless you're a multi-millionaire?
Over 10 years ago the going rate at New Car Dealerships in the Seattle area were over $200 per hr.
Is that really their going rate, or is it just their way of saying
What the Technician in the shop makes turning wrenches is but a small fraction of that.
Yep. They don't call em stealerships for nothing. They've gotta cover that fancy building and all the overhead & management bloat. But a small shop?! I paid half that for custom fab work on father time and still felt it was high.
Pete, you can figure this out I'm sure. Just take your time,its not your daily so you got all winter to do this.
There is a ton of videos from professional trans people, watch them as many times as you need and get at it.
There is a ton of videos from professional trans people, watch them as many times as you need and get at it.
Some of the best T5 trans videos are these with Eric the Car Guy and Paul Cangialosi. It’s a three part series.
View: https://youtu.be/XREsRG9Y1mU?si=mcjnBadHLBT8BGKc
View: https://youtu.be/mR8LetFQSoc?si=yGzPOmgCItK2APKK
View: https://youtu.be/BhbI4c6UFiQ?si=CuyIDPdcvb7-Gg57
View: https://youtu.be/XREsRG9Y1mU?si=mcjnBadHLBT8BGKc
View: https://youtu.be/mR8LetFQSoc?si=yGzPOmgCItK2APKK
View: https://youtu.be/BhbI4c6UFiQ?si=CuyIDPdcvb7-Gg57
My transmission has never been beaten on. Im still wondering if the pivots too high or low. Would this new stock clutch kit be any higher than another. They all seem like they come out of the same factory. Id pull the trans for the third time if I know the pivot adjustment was off that much
hummm, my head itches...to much thinking.
Here you go Pete - this is the pivot height in the bell housing I pulled from my convertible last winter. Looks like it's about 2-9/16 to the bottom of the ball and about 3 inches to the top. This should get you in the ballpark....
DadLife0724
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I went to the biggest transmission shop in Sarasota. Family run for thirty five years. The guy said the first thing he would do is stick a camera in the opening. He told me the three guys working there hardy know about T5s because they are all thirty years old. He told me not to worry about it, and I feel OK with it. We have a Cars and Coffee here with a thousand entrants and Im ready to go. Hardly any Foxes
Dont know about T5s THATS UNAMERICAN.
Not really since its been a long time since anyone manufactured one.
Damn, so looks like the numbers add up, AND IM getting old. BUT I DONT feel like it. I still CAN run circles around these 30 year olds. LOL
Not really since its been a long time since anyone manufactured one.Damn, so looks like the numbers add up, AND IM getting old. BUT I DONT feel like it. I still CAN run circles around these 30 year olds. LOL
DadLife0724
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Literally run circles, or figuratively? I chased my 13 year old son once around the outside of our house and I was ready for a nap and a men's one a day.Dont know about T5s THATS UNAMERICAN.
Damn, so looks like the numbers add up, AND IM getting old. BUT I DONT feel like it. I still CAN run circles around these 30 year olds. LOL
My daughter is thirty and just walked away from a job in Florida taking home a grand a week and full insurance. She had been there two years and couldn't wait to Not Work. She saved a ton while living in Dads rental house with auto insurance, phone paid for. She's an only child with college degree. The problem for me is her choice in her guy.
@Qtrhrse23 - they still make the T5. Available at most Tremec dealers.
tremec.com
T-5 | TREMEC
T-5 5-Speed RWD Manual Transmission | Our Most Compact Transmission | 300 lb-ft of Torque Capacity | 0.63:1 Overdrive | Just 75 lbs. Dry | Learn More Here
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