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Re: '87 9000 auto-tranny ? Posted by Ari [Email]  (#2847) [Profile/Gallery]
(more from Ari) on Fri, 4 May 2001 15:01:35
In Reply to: '87 9000 auto-tranny ?, John in AK, Fri, 4 May 2001 14:36:08 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Get it to a tranny shop that know the ZF tranny as soon as possible. As others have mentioned, it may be as simple as a weak or broken accumulator spring. Bad govenor seals tend to show up as early shifting. The seals and springs can be serviced easily with the transmission still in the car.
The longer you wait, the more wear there is internal to the tranny. That wear not only weakens the parts, but it releases bits of metal that will start eating other parts. So don't wait. But make sure the shop has worked with the ZF before. Don't go to the dealer, as they simply treat transmissions like light bulbs - remove and replace. They don't open them.
You can get a quality rebuilt automatic transmission for about $2500 installed. That may seem like a lot of money, but if the rest of the car is still in good shape, it may very well be worth it.
I'm not a big believer in swapping to a manual tranny unless (1) you really, really, really want a manual, and (2) you have a donor car with a known good manual tranny for real cheap. First off, you don't want to swap in a tranny with problems - it's the labor that kills you. Next, you're going to need a lot of linkages and stuff, and the only economical way to do that is to have a donor car right on hand. Everything from the linkages to the shift boot needs to be there, and if you *really* want to do it right, you even swap out the EDU.
Your car already has 150K miles. You can expect to get 100K miles out of a quality rebuilt (say from Eriksson). So you can spend the extra $$$$ on a manual conversion, under the assumption that when the car has 250K miles, you won't need to worry about replacing the tranny again. Are you planning on having the car at 250K? Also, as others have mentioned, manual trannies are not bulletproof. The clutch hydraulics can fail, and they can need a clutch or new inner-driver.
So unless you have a manual donor car with a fresh tranny, or feel like doing a project just for fun, I have a hard time justifying a manual conversion. It's just plain cheaper to sell this car and buy a manual car.
And it may be a lot cheaper than that - get it to a shop, now!
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