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- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 15:20:06 -0500
- From: Stefan E Sherwood <ssa7+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Subject: New tranny needed?
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- A friend has an '85 Mitsubishi Tredia Turbo (Manual Trans.) with about
- 108K miles on it. Recently, the tip of the front axel broke off into
- the differential. The shop said that it was a risky thing to do to just
- replace the axel since the peice in the transmission could cause
- problems. He replaced the axel, and as warned, there were problems.
- Now the car doesn't shift into 4th or 5th gear. Now the shop says that
- replacing the transmission with a used one is the best way to go since
- fixing the problem would cost much more than replacing it. Does anyone
- know of any way of removing that peice from the differential without
- completely removing the transmission? The car is worth little more than
- the cost of replacing the transmission and it seems like a real pity to
- ditch a car that runs so well. It's even worse for me since I sold it
- to him and that will mean that I'll have to give him his money back and
- scrap the car. I just can't afford to keep it.
-
- Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
-
- Stefan Sherwood
- ssa7@andrew.cmu.edu
- (Carnegie-Mellon University)
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