full coverage insurance and cracked tranny

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12-11-2004, 07:38 PM

mad-max98

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full coverage insurance and cracked tranny

what's up org,,, as some of you know i cracked my tranny afer hitting something on the road a month after i did the conversion from auto to 5 spd and i have a full coverage insurance the tranny is 2300 plus labor and the blue book value of my car is 7700 does anybody know if the insurance will cover the damage without totalling the car i don't wanna total the car,,i did too much to it thnx

12-11-2004, 07:41 PM

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they should cover it...I would likely ask them to look for a used tranny and get that rebuilt

12-11-2004, 08:19 PM

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They will cover it but why? Most insurance companies will pay 80-85% of repairs of the total value. Again, why? A tranny costs $650-750 and your done. So if your debuctible is $500 its not worth the hassle or possible upped rate. What cracked? If the gearbox cracked then yes a new tranny is needed but if it was just the bellhousing, pop a new one on for like $200. WTF did you hit and how did you not destroy your bumper and front end? If you do go through them just get a check and do it yourself.

12-12-2004, 02:09 AM

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i don't know what i hit and whatever hit it chipped a decent size of a hole and leaked all the oil and i didn't find out about it till it started making alot of noise and after welding that hole now the oil leaks from where the flywheel and the clutch sit so i have melted seals plus the tranny wont go in first or second and it won't even go in the slot between them so i guess a f##ed up gear selector too so i figured it's my chance to upgrade to lsd which is 2100 i think only 300 more

12-12-2004, 09:33 AM

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Yes its a good time to upgrade but it certainly isn't $2100 if that is what you were saying. If you meant to write 2001 then yes that is the tranny you want(AE edition). I just snagged one with the matching axles for $850 w/ 21K. Good luck though. They are hard to find. Car-part.com doesn't have any.