Grown Man Crying

DadLife0724 · Sep 16, 2026

Right on. Hope everything is good with your mother. Looking forward to updates when you get back.

Potomus Pete · Sep 27, 2026

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 · Sep 27, 2026

Potomus Pete said:
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

Don't blame you for checking around. 225 an hour is a hard pill to swallow.

FastDriver · Sep 27, 2026

... 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?

Bullitt347 · Sep 27, 2026

FastDriver said:
... 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.
What the Technician in the shop makes turning wrenches is but a small fraction of that.

FastDriver · Sep 27, 2026

Bullitt347 said:
Over 10 years ago the going rate at New Car Dealerships in the Seattle area were over $200 per hr.
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.

nickyb · Sep 27, 2026

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.

AeroCoupe · Sep 27, 2026

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

nickyb · Sep 27, 2026

Ya gotta love Paul,he's done a gazillion t5s.

Potomus Pete · Sep 27, 2026

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

General karthief · Sep 27, 2026

hummm, my head itches...to much thinking.

LILCBRA · Sep 27, 2026

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 · Sep 27, 2026

nickyb said:
professional trans people, watch them as many times as you need and get at it.

Potomus Pete · Sep 28, 2026

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

Qtrhrse23 · Sep 28, 2026

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

DadLife0724 · Sep 29, 2026

Qtrhrse23 said:
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

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.

Potomus Pete · Sep 29, 2026

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.

AeroCoupe · Sep 29, 2026

@Qtrhrse23 - they still make the T5. Available at most Tremec dealers.

T-5 | TREMEC

tremec.com

LILCBRA · Sep 29, 2026

Potomus Pete said:
The problem for me is her choice in her guy.

Must drive a Camaro.

Grown Man Crying

I vote for a new bung hole.

I'm still waiting for the fully nude shots

I vote for a new bung hole.

I was uncomfortably high & wearing a helmet

I have been doing it wrong this whole time

I was uncomfortably high & wearing a helmet

I gotta say i never painted my nuts, Never Ever

lube between the nut and the face. I know my lubes

I gotta say i never painted my nuts, Never Ever

I'm still waiting for the fully nude shots

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair

I wish I didn't have all of these balls in the air

I vote for a new bung hole.

I'm still waiting for the fully nude shots

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I vote for a new bung hole.

I'm still waiting for the fully nude shots

lube between the nut and the face. I know my lubes

I wish I didn't have all of these balls in the air

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