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- From: mchaffee@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (REAL LIFE?!?! HA!!)
- Subject: Re: New tranny needed?
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 00:49:55 GMT
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- Stefan E Sherwood <ssa7+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
-
- >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.
-
- THAT shouldn't come as a surprise, if there was a hunk of metal in the
- transaxle.
-
- >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.
-
- First off, GO TO ANOTHER SHOP. Get their opinion. As this is (I assume)
- a front-wheel drive car, you will have to remove the engine and transmission
- both to do anything for it.
-
- BTW, I am suspicious of any mechanic who offers to buy your car. What this
- tells me is that the mechanic expects to be able to fox it for less money than
- it will be worth after the repair. Admittedly, he doesn't have to pay labor
- costs, but be wary. The first thing I would do would be to get a second
- opinion. This may not be possible since you sold it to him, but unless you can
- get a second opinion from somebody else, I would advise doing the thing which
- minimizes your losses without rebuilding the trans. You haven't said what the
- car would be worth for parts, and I'm not prepared to comment, and you haven't
- said how much the mechanic paid for the car. But fogure out whether you can
- re-sell the car for more than your mechanic paid, and if so (and if he'll still
- sell the car back to you), buy it. Otherwise, write it off as a lesson learned.
-
- $0.02
-
-
-
- >Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
-
- >Stefan Sherwood
- >ssa7@andrew.cmu.edu
- >(Carnegie-Mellon University)
-
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