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Re: trashed my SPG tranny. HOW DO YOU KNOW?
Posted by dh [Email] (more from dh) on Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:56:48
In Reply to: Re: trashed my SPG tranny. HOW DO YOU KNOW?, EverettDave
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, Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:33:54
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Fair enough question dave...
A little context:
I bought this SPG in question as a cheap daily driver, while I slowly restore my other SPG - an 85.
This car has some (minor) body damage, and the interior needs work. It also has passive seatbelts, which are a pain. I had planned on fixing up most of these issues, if the "guts" remained good.
As for the transmission - I took out reverse in repeated back-and-forth rocking to get unstuck. I am aware of the "fix" for reverse and have a fabricated piece made for that purpose. Unfortunately, a bolt has sheared off in the transmission, which at this point is not coming out.
Even if it did, and reverse worked again - the shifter has an odd feel to it now, and I am pretty sure other damage has been done. Looking at the transmission, it is not pretty - it is an original tranny on a car with nearly 200K.
I posted this topic because at this point, I am trying to see how to best spend my money - and the 89 SPG, as much as I love it - doesn't look to be it.
As for answering questions, I notice that no-one has voiced an opinion on what I originally asked...if you were in my shoes - which choice (from my original post) would you go with?
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Posts in this Thread:
- what to do - trashed my SPG tranny., dh, Thu, 8 Jan 2009 19:36:38
- Re: what to do - trashed my SPG tranny., CMyles
, Sat, 10 Jan 2009 07:39:17 - Re: trashed my SPG tranny. HOW DO YOU KNOW?, EverettDave
, Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:33:54 - Re: what to do - trashed my SPG tranny., ron, Fri, 9 Jan 2009 03:10:47
- Re: what to do - trashed my SPG tranny., vsfoxe
, Thu, 8 Jan 2009 23:06:40 - shame! But, that 94 9000 Aero sounds promising..., nicknick
, Thu, 8 Jan 2009 20:12:27
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