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post Jul 7, 2012 - 7:32 PM
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So my automatic transmission finally died last night. It made it 209k miles so I'm not upset with it. Plus it managed to get me all the way home doing its little super-rev (thanks Brian for giving me it a name biggrin.gif) thing. 1st is partially there. The bottom of 2nd and 3rd are gone. And as far as I know 4th is MIA. I knew it was coming (I had times when reverse wouldn't catch for the longest time) and the solenoids have been outta whack for a while now.

So my question to you is should I:

A. Rebuild my automatic transmission.
or
B. Swap to a manual.

Just some things to think about before coming to a decision:

-I have a GT
-Money is a concern-I don't have 3k to drop sourcing a MR2 swap tongue.gif
-Mechanic/Labor/Blah isn't a concern. I have plenty of friends (and myself included) that can do either or no issue.
-Time is kinda of an essence thing, my Celica is my only car so currently I have to share with my mom (Galant kindasad.gif) and with me working 6 days a week were gonna have some issues.
-My bud has a wrecked manual ST that would pbly give me a lot of the parts I need for cheap (besides the tranny obviously)

Now why I'm asking you is because my friends and I are split on what I should do. I want a manual and I feel like this is the perfect opportunity but some of my friends feel as though I'll end up putting more into the swap then it would cost just to buy another Celica. To a point I agree with them that could possibly be true.


So 6GC, wat do? I want opinions for both options. Thanks!

This post has been edited by travisxcore: Jul 7, 2012 - 7:37 PM

Posts in this topic
- travisxcore   A.T. finally died. Wat do?   Jul 7, 2012 - 7:32 PM
- - richee3   The S54 is such a fun trans, in my opinion. I vote...   Jul 7, 2012 - 7:37 PM
- - SwissFerdi   S54 is common, start hunting junkyards...the rest ...   Jul 8, 2012 - 11:15 AM
- - njccmd2002   manual tranny fo sure   Jul 8, 2012 - 11:16 AM
- - easternpiro1   sorry i missed your call man, I know someone that ...   Jul 8, 2012 - 1:03 PM
|- - SwissFerdi   QUOTE (easternpiro1 @ Jul 8, 2012 - 2...   Jul 8, 2012 - 7:13 PM
- - travisxcore   QUOTE (easternpiro1 @ Jul 8, 2012 - 1...   Jul 8, 2012 - 3:01 PM
- - trdproven   what do you plan on getting from the ST? Not sure...   Jul 9, 2012 - 3:12 AM
- - travisxcore   Just a quick update- Still no luck in finding a d...   Jul 17, 2012 - 11:31 PM
- - njccmd2002   beams swap with tranny/   Jul 18, 2012 - 12:39 AM
- - trdproven   piece it out then, is your option.   Jul 18, 2012 - 2:12 AM
- - krom8   Am I the only one who thinks this sounds more like...   Jul 18, 2012 - 4:18 AM
|- - trdproven   QUOTE (krom8 @ Jul 18, 2012 - 7:18 P...   Jul 19, 2012 - 12:33 AM
- - travisxcore   Shift solenoids had been bad for a while. Probably...   Jul 18, 2012 - 9:18 AM
- - krom8   Sorry about that, I didn't realize the solenoi...   Jul 20, 2012 - 1:47 AM
- - trdproven   its something like solenoid #1, #2, and i think so...   Jul 20, 2012 - 6:24 AM
- - travisxcore   Update: So I went to a junkyard today and found a...   Jul 23, 2012 - 7:52 PM
- - SwissFerdi   Good to hear you're attempting a swap. Don...   Jul 23, 2012 - 8:43 PM
- - travisxcore   Yea I told him I needed literally every piece and ...   Jul 23, 2012 - 9:44 PM
- - SwissFerdi   '96 is OBDII, you must use an OBDII manual ECU...   Jul 23, 2012 - 10:06 PM
|- - travisxcore   Junk is a '96, mines a '95.   Jul 23, 2012 - 10:13 PM
- - trdproven   not sure for the OBDII, perhaps you need the ECU t...   Jul 23, 2012 - 10:17 PM
- - travisxcore   You dont need a different ecu if you have pre-ob2 ...   Jul 23, 2012 - 10:22 PM
|- - trdproven   QUOTE (travisxcore @ Jul 24, 2012 - 1...   Jul 24, 2012 - 1:04 AM
- - SwissFerdi   Yeah, for OBDI you can keep your ECU and pull the ...   Jul 23, 2012 - 10:23 PM
- - travisxcore   Aren't you getting ready to do the swap Swiss?   Jul 23, 2012 - 10:32 PM
- - SwissFerdi   I am. Ordering the last of parts tomorrow, hopeful...   Jul 23, 2012 - 10:35 PM
- - travisxcore   Well if you need anything let me know and I can ge...   Jul 23, 2012 - 11:24 PM
- - travisxcore   Bad news; brought in my parts list. Was talking to...   Jul 24, 2012 - 8:07 PM
- - Keiri   Travis, do any of those GTs have the stock airbox ...   Jul 26, 2012 - 6:52 PM
- - richee3   Thread jack! Brian, I have one in my garage i...   Jul 26, 2012 - 7:22 PM
- - travisxcore   Most of them are front end wrecks so I doubt it. N...   Jul 26, 2012 - 7:37 PM
- - Keiri   QUOTE (richee3 @ Jul 26, 2012 - 8:22...   Jul 26, 2012 - 9:15 PM
|- - SwissFerdi   QUOTE (Keiri @ Jul 26, 2012 - 10:15 ...   Jul 26, 2012 - 9:25 PM
- - Keiri   QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Jul 26, 2012 - 10...   Jul 27, 2012 - 6:45 AM
- - travisxcore   Confused Update: So I completely lost right now. ...   Jul 30, 2012 - 1:22 PM
- - travisxcore   Yet another update: So I've been brainstormin...   Aug 2, 2012 - 12:12 PM
- - Special_Edy   Yeah if the pump is out it wont pull the fluid lev...   Aug 2, 2012 - 1:42 PM
- - travisxcore   Usually pans have a thin film of metal shavings wh...   Aug 3, 2012 - 1:17 AM
- - Keiri   QUOTE (travisxcore @ Aug 3, 2012 - 2...   Aug 3, 2012 - 6:01 AM
- - Jaytwou2   M/T swap FTW due to you having access to the parts   Aug 4, 2012 - 8:37 PM
- - travisxcore   Alright so some of you might know (okay pbly hardl...   Aug 17, 2012 - 12:29 AM
- - cajon   QUOTE (travisxcore @ Aug 17, 2012 - 1...   Aug 20, 2012 - 8:50 AM


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