Alright... heres the story... my trans is crapping out... i found another one with get this 90 miles!!! The place actually bought it in 1998 from a wrecked car.....But heres the catch....its been sitting in their warehouse for 7 years.... would that be a problem???? I meas as long as it has trans fluid in it, i should be ok right? Its 550$ i want to go and pick it up on Friday

 

Do it.............

 

bump... anybody else??????????

 

It's not like an engine -- it won't magically start sucking after sitting around for a while.

Drain the fluid, put new fluid in, run it for a few hundred miles (take it nice and easy!), and then drain and refill again. Should be fine.

 

Don't do it.

 

auto or 5speed ? if auto PM THT, he is selling auto tranny with 88K, and for pretty good ( cheap) price.


Nick.

 

Jeff is feeling a little this morning

 

90 miles? thats fishy, specially since it hasnt sold for 7 years.

 

ya im sure tht would like to get rid of his auto tranny

 

you still didn't tell us auto or 5 speed.

And jeff is a lil off this morning ...

 

its an auto trans..... he said that when they got it 7 years ago the insurance company said that i was pulled from a 98 max with 90 miles on the spedo cuz it crashed during a test drive or something... thats what i was told... he also has a trans with 5k miles on it as welll...

 

Where is this place? (No I'm not going to go buy the transmission before you get to it).

 

forgot the name... its in wisconisn if u want to go with me tommorow u can

 

Thanks for the offer...but I work all day...

 

So you are asking us for advice on a tranny we cannot inspect based on a story that's nearly impossible to verify? You are just going to have to look at it. It had better be sparkling clean.

 

LoL thats what im thinking.... but if that doesnt work out they always have the one with 5k miles for the same price....

 

Ask for the vin and do a carfax...

 

there will be no fluid in it. Since they probally removed the axles.

 

alright i did the carfax and it says that the car was crash tested by the Us government..... so it probably is correct... how bad can the trans be after a crash????

 

Depends on the type of impact. If it was a front end collision, there's more risk of drivetrain damage. I pulled my 5spd trans from a car that had been broadsided and passed on numerous cheaper 5spds that were in involved in accidents that involved the front end. And yeah, lemme know if you want to buy mine. 83K miles, three passes at the track and for 33K miles, it had a tranny cooler. No signs of slippage or anything unusual.

 

Eek. An auto trans just might magically start sucking after sitting around for years.

Or maybe I just think that cuz I think autos just always suck (what's up Chickan, lol).

Seriously though... there are a LOT more moving parts in an auto, and if the tranny fluid has dripped off or dried up (which it likely has), just running it for a while could wear it down like crazy. It's not like a manual, which you can really go easy on for a while (i.e. baby all your shifts). So, although I could just as easily be wrong, my instinct is that you might not want to touch it.

But then again... I never want to touch autos.