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my transmission got me kicked out of school!!

Reply #15 –
sorry for getting bitter about the whole transmission thing... im ganna edn up putting in a new converter b/c its dead, i think i can get by with the rest of whats in the tranny now.  Both the coolant lines blew out.. i dont think they were supposed to last over 20 years.  im also ganna get a new oil cooler, basically rebuild the entire trans collant system.  whats g me off is the stock config of the exhaust, im to the verge of taking the entire cat back off so i have the room to work.  i mean im on ramps in a 1 car garage.    just thinkin about what i would be driving kills me.  i mean if i get an older car thats rwd im ganna be workin on it just as much if not more than this car, and the only other option is a FWD car.  im sorry fwd would be great for nothing but riding around saving gas.  but i like v8's, i like rwd, and the interior in my bird is just too nice to give up for a car that'll prolly have the shiznittiest interior ever.  dead skunk in the back seat type shiznit.  the only sad part is after i fix it, what if after abusing the trans getting it back home has screwed the transmission up so bad i end up having to get a new one.  if i can get my car in good enough shape to get me back and forth to school and work, i can eventually get enough for 8.8sn95 rear svo front with a mustang cable t5... possibly ho conversion?

again sorry, i was beyond angry that my car would do this to me, i treat it right and it always breaks.  furious would have been the word.  and i dont think i was asking for help seeing as you guys mostly are from like th emid west, im in Ga close to alabama. (the address or whatever on my posts is wrong now that i left school)

my transmission got me kicked out of school!!

Reply #16 –
yeah man, these cars tend to have problems at their ripe old age. i was beyond words when my #7 cyl was around 30 on the compression test. she still ran.. but it was time to put her out of her misery temporarily. and freshen her up.

soon (hopefully this summer) ill have a decent 331 in it. mild cam and ho convert. along with a t5 because the freakin aod  "i shift when i feel like it" box is being a beeyotch

we deal with it, thats what entusiasts do.

as the saying goes.. Birds of a feather flock together.

-Clayton

my transmission got me kicked out of school!!

Reply #17 –
would you guys know a parts store or something to get the steel collant lines for the transmission, im having no luck finding them.  since the cooler is between 25 and 30 bucks im ganna do that too, but i still need to find the steel coolant lines.

my transmission got me kicked out of school!!

Reply #18 –
you have to bend them. NAPA sells line that you have to bend to your liking

my transmission got me kicked out of school!!

Reply #19 –
Glad to see you reason it out.  Simply put, our cars cant be beat for the price range.  Good luck!

my transmission got me kicked out of school!!

Reply #20 –
i cant read this thread for shiznit it has too many runons and no punctuation at all i usually hate to be a grammar puppies but this one for some reason gives me a headache glad to see you decided not to leave it would be a foolish reason to do so but good luck getting the car fixed

kthxby

hb

roflol

my transmission got me kicked out of school!!

Reply #21 –
Ok, the grammar in some posts may be bad, but it's legible.  Now, lets get back on topic.

my transmission got me kicked out of school!!

Reply #22 –
Quote from: Autocat;134083
i mean if i get an older car thats rwd im ganna be workin on it just as much if not more than this car, and the only other option is a FWD car.  im sorry fwd would be great for nothing but riding around saving gas.


OMG thats the dumbest thing i've ever read.

You are in a league of your own there bud... wow.


Scott
1980 birds X 3, 1982 bird, 1984 XR7, 1988 TC

my transmission got me kicked out of school!!

Reply #23 –
Now you sound like a T-bird owner. ;) Break someting, get pissed off, swear to burn the car, fix it, feel the love, repeat.

So, did you miss out on one class, or the entire semester?

I've got to agree with him, Scott. The only reason I would ever buy a FWD again is to save gas. It's the only real benefit I can see to owning one.

my transmission got me kicked out of school!!

Reply #24 –
well i CAN go back to NTI (classes are 3 weeks long and i have till may to enroll back in) but im looking for going to a school closer to home.  once i get my car going again, im ganna transfer my credits to griffin tech (in ga.)  so it comes down to this..

+catless exhaust
+new tq converter
-possibly take the a/c compressor off till i fix it (better on a bench anyway)
-smog pump is gone
+new steel lines
+new oil cooler
~and maybe a new heater core.

my transmission got me kicked out of school!!

Reply #25 –
ok well i got the coolant lines out and used this stuff my dad has that will glow under a black light.  there was an indentation in one of the lines and a couple scratches.  but when i ran air through them and sprayed it down with suds i didnt see any leaks, so i ran the whatever its called down the lines, presureised it and then used a black light to check for any leaks.  nothing so the actual steel lines are infact good.  the bushings and connectors were the culprit.  so i dont have to go through all the bs bending the lines to fit.  i did the same thing to my atf cooler and on the sides of the fins were corroded and were leaking so i deffinatly need one of those.  i have a new tq converter ordered, still lookin for a good price on a good atf cooler.  i just thank god all i have to do is replace the cooler and the fittings and tq converter.  they clutch disks are a bit on the bad side but i've see worse going down the street with no problem.

now the next thing i gotta do is put a radiator and new tires on it.

my transmission got me kicked out of school!!

Reply #26 –
Hmm there's something ironic here. Failing out of Nascar Tech for having a faulty car? :dunno:

my transmission got me kicked out of school!!

Reply #27 –
Quote from: baxo;134448
Hmm there's something ironic here. Failing out of Nascar Tech for having a faulty car? :dunno:


If only he had cheated. Then he could just pay the fine, blame it on staples for selling him the wrong pen, and he'd be back the next day.
 

my transmission got me kicked out of school!!

Reply #28 –
yeh it was ironic, but to be honest, you pay for the letters N-A-S-C-A-R.  im sure you've seen the UTI commercials on tv.  well its no different than that.  there are like 6 classes for nascar specific, and from what i've been seeing at other schools i can get the same classes and prolly better hands on experience (except building timing and tuning nascar spec engines)  All i really need to learn now is electronic diagnosis and fabrication, which i could get at any school around here.  and i have a 28,000 dollar student loan and i spent 1100 bucks of it.  so im good.