tranny change, now working a "how to" Options

[lake1069]

i brought down my tranny today b/c my clutch was gone, and synchos are mess up. while i was doin it i took some pics, maybe they can help someone down the road. best advice do it with a buddy i spent maybe 6-7 hours on it today and still not finish, with a buddy im sure it would have been less. this weekend will be the interesting thing, the 3rd gear synchro has to be replaced. it was only 29.99 from the dealer but im not gonna pay 400 for someone to put it in. that is all of what i left to do b4 i can put the tranny back on. ill take some more pic while i work on that too.
first i jacked up the car and took the axel off( 45 minutes)


took everything that was in the way off and pulled down the tranny(1.5 hour)


took the old clutch and flywheel off(20 minutes)


had the flywheel turn and put it back on(40 miles and 20 minutes puttin on.)


new clutch set, putting it on ( 1 hour)



This post has been edited by lake1069: Feb 23, 2006 - 12:30 PM

[Celicav]

Dude, nice work, but where are your jack stands?? If one of those jacks fails, that car is going down. (Or did I miss the jack stands in the pics?)

[lake1069]

i had two jack stands on the chassis of the car u can kinda see them on the first pic. humm....if i had a lift this would be soo much easier.

[Batman722]

nice job it is great to see people doing things themselves.

I will be doing mine in a few weeks too.

[Princess_Sparco]

agh, i need a new clutch too but it's soooooooo much work! too lazy!

glad ur not fat and lazy in front of the computer like the rest of us! hehe

[gt_driFFter]

That transmission is a royal pain in the a$$ to get it back up in there!

[presure2]

why is the flywheel not stepped?
its supposed to have a raised surface that the clutch meets up against..
if its not stepped anymore, id be worried about it working properly.

[Dr_Tweak]

why is the flywheel not stepped?
its supposed to have a raised surface that the clutch meets up against..
if its not stepped anymore, id be worried about it working properly.

I was thinking the same think when I saw that pic, it doesn't look like the machine shop did it right. Is it stepped and we just can't tell from here?

-Doc

[lake1069]

stepped means turned right? like when u turn a rotor? i had it done, the only thing that has me thinking is those dull spots on the fly wheel, ive never seen those b4. friday i get the synchro in, i have no clue what it looks like or where in the tranny it goes. trial and error along with comparison will be my way of gettin it on there.
-oscar

[sugarfree]

Man, someone should write a writeup on this. Just a how-to lower the tranny and replace or upgrade the clutch/flywheel.

[presure2]

stepped means turned right? like when u turn a rotor? i had it done, the only thing that has me thinking is those dull spots on the fly wheel, ive never seen those b4. friday i get the synchro in, i have no clue what it looks like or where in the tranny it goes. trial and error along with comparison will be my way of gettin it on there.
-oscar

what we mean by stepped is that the flywheel should have a raised surface on it that the clutch disk meets up to.
i "believe" the step is .20 or somthing like that, i remember my machineshop guy telling me that..

[lake1069]

horrible news, i got the synchro today as well as a diagram from toyota. let me say wow i was in shock. its nothing like what i pictured. i began taking the tranny apart, after having 50 pieces layin around and not even halfway in the the synchro i called it quits. after this mess i realized why they charge 400 bucks in labor. this aftertoon noon i went to the junkward and got me a tranny with 56k for 450. so ill be puttin it on this weekend. ill scan the diagram so u guys can see what i was dealing with.

[sugarfree]

Damn wth?

[lake1069]

here is the diagram, these are all the gears, the 3rd gear in the one in the middle where it says 3rd, that was $29. to get to all those little parts have to be taken off, as u can see there are lots of parts here but this is only half on the entire picture u see when u open it.


new tranny

[DJWashington]

I'm about to put my tranny in. It sucked getting it out so getting it back in will prove to be quite gay im guessing. Writeup anyone?

[lake1069]

i will try my best to come up with one

[lake1069]

she back running!!!!!!!!and tranny change "how to" coming up with pics, just need a few days.

[lagos]

good job man. i look forward to reading the how to, since i never did it with the engine int the car.

was the floor jack and wood, enought to support the whole motor? since 3 of the motor mounts are connected to the tranny, id be scared to take the tranny out without having an engine lift there to support the rest of the motor.

[lake1069]

---------how to----------

Before anything there a couple of thing that you must think about and think about. Im not a mechanic, my father is and ive learned from him almost everything from him. ive changed 3 transmissions including this recent one on the celi, it could take anywhere 1-2 days worth of work but you can save about 700 bucks. ***keep in mind working with this can be dangerous, the best way is to do it with a lift but most of us dont have one so things are done basically laying down on the floor which can mean something falling on you for example the tranny.***i will try and go back and be as detailed as possible with some pics of everything.

[playr158]

where did you order your tranny from?