Really no need for this, I was going to rebuild it, but I have gone another route with my future trackdays.
Original trans off of my MS3, had about 53k when I pulled it to do a clutch. I had a grind on downshifts from 3-2 at nearly any RPM, but nothing on 1-2 or 2-3 upshifts even at WOT.. which doesnt sound like a syncro issue. In the 53k, the fluid had been changed with MT90 twice, so Im pretty overkill on maintenance. I honestly am not sure what the issue could be.
I drained the fluid expecting to have metal shavings or flakes, but with a magnet through the gear oil I had nothing, and with straining it through a screen I had nothing either... I had a killer deal one out of a wrecked unit, so I went ahead and swapped in the lower mileage unit with the plans to pull this one apart and rebuild it. The reason Im babbling on and on about this is that if you are trying to save some money and gamble on rebuilding a trans, this is probably a pretty good gamble. It was AutoX'd and tracked, but fluid was overly maintained, and it was pulled at the first sign of a problem.
Either way, Im selling it as a unit that needs a rebuild, I priced it inline with the cores from the trans shops I talked to. Thanks!
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Original trans off of my MS3, had about 53k when I pulled it to do a clutch. I had a grind on downshifts from 3-2 at nearly any RPM, but nothing on 1-2 or 2-3 upshifts even at WOT.. which doesnt sound like a syncro issue. In the 53k, the fluid had been changed with MT90 twice, so Im pretty overkill on maintenance. I honestly am not sure what the issue could be.
I drained the fluid expecting to have metal shavings or flakes, but with a magnet through the gear oil I had nothing, and with straining it through a screen I had nothing either... I had a killer deal one out of a wrecked unit, so I went ahead and swapped in the lower mileage unit with the plans to pull this one apart and rebuild it. The reason Im babbling on and on about this is that if you are trying to save some money and gamble on rebuilding a trans, this is probably a pretty good gamble. It was AutoX'd and tracked, but fluid was overly maintained, and it was pulled at the first sign of a problem.
Either way, Im selling it as a unit that needs a rebuild, I priced it inline with the cores from the trans shops I talked to. Thanks!
On to my top-notch super blurrrrrrrrrry pics brought to you by Jim Beam! Jim Beam Black. Always refreshing.
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