including parts and labor. Any help anybody could give in this regard would be wonderful. Can I expect the shop to give a warranty on its work? Any specific questions I should ask the shop? My head is hurting, $950 is more than I paid for the car in the first place!
$950 for new clutch+trans. for 88 Celica - good price?
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$950 for a new clutch AND trans? Bargain. I paid $1300 to rework a 1986 Accord automatic transmission 6 years ago. A new trans would have cost me $3000 at the dealer.
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I would like as much input as possible. There's no chance that I can get another car at the moment. I think that it'll last at least a couple of more years -- the tranny is the only thing that's ever had problems. I'm not so sure that it really needs a new clutch, but I guess it's best to replace it now when it's already being worked on, right?
I would like as much input as possible. There's no chance that I can get another car at the moment. I think that it'll last at least a couple of more years -- the tranny is the only thing that's ever had problems. I'm not so sure that it really needs a new clutch, but I guess it's best to replace it now when it's already being worked on, right?
If everything else is in good shape and it doesn't have 200k+ miles on it it might be worth it to you anyway to put $950 into. You can get pretty decent car for $950 but it could turn around and blow up on you too.
meh... I'm not really sure. I was pretty sure that it was basically a selector fork problem.... sometimes when I'd put it into 4th, it would make a grinding noise.... and most of the time is was really hard to put into reverse.... I'd throw the selector into place and let out the clutch gradually only to a terrible grinding noise. Sometimes double-clutching would work and I could put it into reverse, but many times I've just had to hang out the door and push the car back out of its parking space, after I got embarrassed by the 5 minutes spent grinding my transmission.
So that *was* the problem.... and I lived with it. But then one night I drove it home (thankfully it got home) and when I pulled into the space where I park, it kind of 'locked' into place. I thought that maybe I had run into a pothole or something, and I'd check it in the morning. Nope, I was on flat ground, but the front wheels (the drive wheels) wouldn't rotate past 30 degrees or so. I could turn on the engine, shift into first, and let out the clutch, and the car would move forward a couple of inches before seemingly running into a solid brick wall and bouncing back a bit. The wheels simply wouldn't go any past that point, not even with the full torque of the engine trying to break them free. I could rock it back and forth, but nothing past that point. I posted here, and somebody suggested that it was stuck into two gears at once... so I'm pretty sure that it got stuck in Reverse. I could get forward movement in all of the forward gears, but I couldn't get reverse to engage at all.
So this should just be a selector problem and not a complete-transmission problem, but I'm not a mechanic. I had it towed (kind of sad to see the thing just dragged onto the flatbed tow-truck, since the front wheels were locked) and now they say it's gonna cost me $950. I don't know, I would just like some advice.... I'm kind of fvcked because the car can't really be taken anywhere else very easily. (I.e. a second opinion) I have no idea how they've been moving the thing around in the shop.... they'd have to pick up the whole front end of the car in order to get it to move anywhere. For that matter, I have no idea how they got if off the tow truck in the first place.
So that *was* the problem.... and I lived with it. But then one night I drove it home (thankfully it got home) and when I pulled into the space where I park, it kind of 'locked' into place. I thought that maybe I had run into a pothole or something, and I'd check it in the morning. Nope, I was on flat ground, but the front wheels (the drive wheels) wouldn't rotate past 30 degrees or so. I could turn on the engine, shift into first, and let out the clutch, and the car would move forward a couple of inches before seemingly running into a solid brick wall and bouncing back a bit. The wheels simply wouldn't go any past that point, not even with the full torque of the engine trying to break them free. I could rock it back and forth, but nothing past that point. I posted here, and somebody suggested that it was stuck into two gears at once... so I'm pretty sure that it got stuck in Reverse. I could get forward movement in all of the forward gears, but I couldn't get reverse to engage at all.
So this should just be a selector problem and not a complete-transmission problem, but I'm not a mechanic. I had it towed (kind of sad to see the thing just dragged onto the flatbed tow-truck, since the front wheels were locked) and now they say it's gonna cost me $950. I don't know, I would just like some advice.... I'm kind of fvcked because the car can't really be taken anywhere else very easily. (I.e. a second opinion) I have no idea how they've been moving the thing around in the shop.... they'd have to pick up the whole front end of the car in order to get it to move anywhere. For that matter, I have no idea how they got if off the tow truck in the first place.
Yeah, that's what I'm thinking too. It's got 145k miles, so I figure the engine ought to last a while longer... it's not a turbo or anything, just your basic 4-cylinder. And the interior is in really great shape... the exterior, well, it's got some rust and the headlights don't pop up automatically any more, but for the most part I think that it's got quite a bit of life left in it (at least enough to get me through my last year of college). Plus I don't know what I'd do with it to get rid of it... I can't exactly sell a car that won't move at all.
It sounds like a pretty good deal. If you don't have any other choice, I'd say go for it...
Yeah, your right about replacing the clutch. May as well while the tranny is out, anyway.
Yeah, your right about replacing the clutch. May as well while the tranny is out, anyway.
You are correct in the assumption that the tranny is locked into two gears at once.
$950.00 is a very good price on a tranny and clutch job
$950.00 is a very good price on a tranny and clutch job
Originally posted by: Roger
You are correct in the assumption that the tranny is locked into two gears at once.
$950.00 is a very good price on a tranny and clutch job
would you say that it is likely that a completely new transmission is actually necessary? That the problem couldn't just be fixed on its own?
thanks!
Yes and no. $950 is a good price for a new clutch & trans. But it's also a good price for a 88 Celica. And is it a new clutch & tranny or just a rebuilt? If you're not getting a manufacturer warranty (and I'm sure you're not), it's probably just a 90-day or 1-year warranty. You could find yourself in the same dilemma next year. If you're stuck on a 88 Celica you could buy another running one now for less than a thousand and use your current one for parts.
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That is a fair deal if the labor is done right and quality parts are installed. Don't be getting a remanufactured cluth or presure plate. Be sure they are including the price of having the flywheel resurfaced.
If you think the car will go another 40,000 or so without any major problems, go for it.
If you think the car will go another 40,000 or so without any major problems, go for it.
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