BUILD THREAD Project long time coming

[ck80]

104?! god bless her.

Well, 3 months shy.

My apologies on the brief hi-jack to your thread. Reportedly she went downhill very fast and was at peace.

Back when covid first broke she was on the news when they asked the retirement home staff to have residents share their advice for covid. Heres a little bit of humor she offered:



May 5, 1917 - Feb 5, 2021. That's a pretty good run in my book.

 

[Streetbu]

Ok talk me through this one guy's. I now have my choice of two different T56's. A stock one, being pulled tomorrow from a Camaro with "no issues". Semi local to me, about a two hour drive. Or one that is from a transmission shop that specializes in 6 speeds, has a great reputation, and has a warranty, but costs 1k more.....has to be shipped from Texas but that price includes shipping

 

[pagrunt]

My opinion would be a warranty is something thing that would sweeten the deal compaired to a "good" just pulled T56.

 

[ck80]

Ok talk me through this one guy's. I now have my choice of two different T56's. A stock one, being pulled tomorrow from a Camaro with "no issues". Semi local to me, about a two hour drive. Or one that is from a transmission shop that specializes in 6 speeds, has a great reputation, and has a warranty, but costs 1k more.....has to be shipped from Texas but that price includes shipping

Well...

Does the TX one with the warranty have anything done to it? Or is it just used with a warranty? If it breaks in the warranty, I expect you need to pull it and pay freight to send it back?

The Iocal one, will they wait to pull it till you can test drive it?

 

[Streetbu]

I can't test drive the local one... Texas one is rebuilt with a handful of better parts (synchros, bronze shiftpads) but basically stock. The warranty doesn't really matter to me as much as the difference in price. It would cost more than 1k to rebuild one (parts & labor) so if the supposedly good local one ended up needing anything, I'd be upside down in it and I should've just bought the rebuilt one. But.... if it doesn't need anything, I saved a grand which is huge.

Screenshot from the local transmission conversation

He's pulling it to put in a 4L80E and a big turbo. Or so he says...

 

[Streetbu]

So after researching a little, maybe the local trans is worth it.. hmmm

 

[ck80]

So after researching a little, maybe the local trans is worth it.. hmmmView attachment 168477

Here I am with another question.... is the TX one pre 2000? According to the article, if it was 2000 or later it sounds like the stock trans had rhe viper standard and didn't need an upgrade

 

[Streetbu]

It's a 99 Camaro trans

 

[ck80]

You know what.... knowing what you have is important. I vote TX.

A grand is a lot but extra transmission work is too.

If I were the seller of the car the local guy bought, I would've made sure to name the shop and say when it was rebuilt, if not have the receipt because it adds value. Seems strange he doesn't have info.. You don't know the quality of that local rebuilder. And you don't know how much was done or how in depth parts replacements were.

With the TX one you know it's zero miles on the new parts. You know what the parts are. You know who did it, and their reputation. You've got a receipt to show the appraiser/insurance to bump the car value higher.

A grand is a lot, but pulling the trans again is a real pita not to mention extra costs to fix something. And, like I said, documentation in your hands is BIG and only raises your value if something happens to the car.

 

[5spdCab]

I agree that saving a $1000 is huge, it sounds like it would be worth the peace of mind.