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received the new transmission! Its a 2000 solara v6 for 330 bucks! Not a bad deal with a 30 day warranty. Tomorrow I will get to it and hopefully get er done in one day. Wish me luck fellas! I just want to go fast again!

I just hope to not repeat what happened to the other transmission. If it did seize because of loss of fluid, Im not sure how it could of happened; unless when the axle slipped out, I lost a bunch of oil. Or if my axles aren't the correct length, Maybe i slowly lost oil out of the axle shafts. IDK! The thing is, there is no evidence of an oil leakage as my axles are clean as well as under the car. And no gear oil smell what so ever.

thats what im using on my V6. works just fine. i had to grind down the drivers side axle because it was a tad too long past the snap ring. i just used my harbor freight wheel grinder and took off about 1/8 inch

I have the perfect donor if you want to cover the 3S part of it.

Been awhile since I've checked in, looking good. Sorry to hear about the transmission though, hopefully the replacement will serve you well.

new e153 is in! It was a successful swap and took me about a week longer than it should have as I did everything myself. I am pretty proud of that but there was some points where I thought I was gonna kick my fender in, in anger. Stuck to it though, like you guys would have done and made it happen.

The new transmission does feel a lot better and IDK if its just me but I feel like I can go through the gears a lot longer.

Smaay Im using camry outers and mr2 inners. My passenger side is fine but my driver side axle does pop out when i take hard turns. It leaked quite a bit of oil a couple days ago at the axle when it popped out so I have not driven until my spacer is made up (should be tomorrow). Anyway, my snap ring does pop in so thats not my problem I don't think. It's weird because usually the passenger side is too short. Hopefully this 1/2 spacer will solve my problem because my engine isn't even broken in yet lol.

Weird that you say you can go through the gears longer. It should be the same gear ratio. Did it bolt up to the engine the same as the other transmission?

yea everything bolted up the same. Could be in my head i suppose. Maybe its just me getting used to the car and feeling more confident about getting closer to redline as I have been. My dad, on a test drive told me to stay through the gears longer as Im not benefiting from all the power the engine actually has.

The Camry/Solara and MR2 Turbo E153 transmissions had different final gear ratios, 3.933 vs 4.285 respectively. Possibly someone had swapped things around in the last transmission.

Possibly Box but doubtful lol. Its a year newer and looks to be in better condition though than my old one; so maybe it runs better?

Anyway, I Had a machine shop make up a 1/2 steel spacer for my drivers side axle and the guy did an absolute perfect job. It bolted right up and now the car is back to 100%( give or take a few things). Now I just need to check the fluid everyday until Im convinced it's right. And look into some type of LSD.

That and this one is full of gear oil.

Remember that you're still breaking it in. I wouldn't rev too high.

^That. Would suck to blow the engine before giving it a proper break in.