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Well he wants to charge me freaking $286 for a stock replacement one... I would be buying an upgraded one later anyway.

The $700 in labor doesn't bug me in the least. I think you have my thoughts confused. I'm more worried with the $1900 in parts he came up that need to be replaced.

WOW! My condolences.

Threads like this makes me glad I do my own work.

If it makes you feel any better, a friend of mine recently had a sop do an engine build on E36 M3, just under $12,000.

-John

[quote=""Daetlus""]Soooo.

Car is in the shop ripped apart.

The $1700 dollar trans rebuild turned into $2600 all of a sudden...joy.

I'd rant more, but I have to...work.[/quote]

My car's at the shop also.

New Clutch and transmission turned out to be $1300 with labor...knowing the mechanic FTMFW.

[quote=""Fya Starta""]
...knowing the mechanic FTMFW.[/quote]

[quote=""vegasidol""] [/quote]

[quote=""J-Groove""]WOW! My condolences.

Threads like this makes me glad I do my own work.

If it makes you feel any better, a friend of mine recently had a sop do an engine build on E36 M3, just under $12,000.

-John[/quote]

Not really, all said and done I'll be just under $12,000

[quote=""J-Groove""]WOW! My condolences.

Threads like this makes me glad I do my own work.

If it makes you feel any better, a friend of mine recently had a sop do an engine build on E36 M3, just under $12,000.

-John[/quote]

Never again. I was scared to do it because I'd never done more than replacing rotors and changing oil, but let me tell you, for the amount I'm being raped for right now, I will NEVER let someone else work on my car again. I wish there had been someone around to watch me do this myself.

[quote=""Daetlus""]Never again. I was scared to do it because I'd never done more than replacing rotors and changing oil, but let me tell you, for the amount I'm being raped for right now, I will NEVER let someone else work on my car again. I wish there had been someone around to watch me do this myself.[/quote]

Don't be afraid, the most I had ever done before my motor build was suspension work. I had helped with a motor swap before as well.

The best thing to do is just have faith that you can do it. It will take a lot longer, since I was paranoid about doing everything right the first time plus had a busy school schedule with 21 credits it took me over 5 months to complete.

-John

I actually bought my first tools that weren't meant for computer repair.

Mechanical tools. I've gone down the path. I'm not planning on turning around.

I can't find that Transaxle tear down PDF that I know exists. I searched 3SI, anyone know where it's linked?

I plan on posting up all the items he's listed for replacement in my Transaxle when I get back from there tonight. I know I won't know what half of it is. I'm hoping for feedback.

Honestly 4 months ago I didn't know what a synchro was much less that it was in my transaxle, or the fact that I had a transaxle and why that was different from a transmission.

If you get bored enough, go look at my first posts on 3SI in November of last year.

I'm learning.

[quote=""lawdogg""]Check out stealth316 he has everything you'll need.[/quote]

I'd forgotten the ones he had.

So..a shop says "$1600 for a rebuild", then tears it apart and wants another $1000 or something?
I bet if you say "no", he'll still charge you $1600 just to put the thing back together.

How the hell people like that stay in business is beyond me..they should be put in jail.

We already discussed the $700 labor rate. I figured out that the 1st shift fork needs to be replaced. Those are hard enough to get as I understand. I was going to post the whole list of what's being done, but my total is now just under $12,000. I'll have to do it when I get home if I don't end up going to my second job.

From $1700 to $2600 to just under $12,000? Did you decide to have the internals platinum coated?

Sometimes I'm really glad I drive an auto. If I need parts, I'll go rob an Eclipse.

I <3 http://supercar-engineering.com

CNC'd Shiftforks FTW.

get your car out of there before i get pissed off, drive out there, bitch slap you for going to a shop, and finish it myself.

Yeah, I wish.

You have NO idea.

[quote=""Daetlus""]Soooo.

Car is in the shop ripped apart.

The $1700 dollar trans rebuild turned into $2600 all of a sudden...joy.

[/quote]

My first transmission rebuild, expecting $3500, turned into almost $7,000. That was in 2000, I think. Give or take. And lo and behold, it lasted a tick over 12,000 miles...less than a year and a half.

But something miraculous occurred...was it a wrinkle in time? Or did I just get fucked? My 1993 TT turns out to have an 18 spline transfer case. Which, a short year and a half later, strips the output shaft. And is, by all accounts, an impossibility, by my build date, if I have been informed correctly.

Methinks fuckage occurred. Any guess as to which shop dryreamed me? Here's a hint...An Awful Mess, it was.

Second tranny...turned into almost $5,000, between the dumbasses removing it and re-installing it, having it shipped from TRE, having parts from Kormex sourced...and the new output shaft and upgrading the yoke for a 25 spline.

That's been almost 80k ago...so far, so good.

sound slike you were fucked.

they teased you with lube but didnt provide any.

[quote=""vr4""]sound slike you were fucked.

they teased you with lube but didnt provide any.[/quote]

Fucked, hard. And the hard way.

Suspect they got tired of me asking when it would be done (after almost four months) and slapped in a used junk transmission...with an 18 spline. Didn't find out until the next rebuild...barely over a year later.

Bastards.