Bad Weekend

[fordboy97f150]

well im angry...lots of clunks and growls...and then this...


my car is sitting at my girlfriends house about an hour away, she brought me home last night, happened thursday...1995 cutlass sumpreme SL 3100 sfi, auto..the motor runs good but its getting older...any recomendations before i try fixing it, i dont think the car is worth it but i didnt really look at it..thought maybe a 3400 conversion..but money is an issue...opinions are appreciated

[torq455]

what is that a picture of? since you say the motor runs good, it must be the tranny case?

[fordboy97f150]

yea, transmission grenaded itself...im not a happy camper ...but o well.. any ideas for a repair or just get rid of it? here she is..

[torq455]

depends on the condition of the car and if you want to spend a chunk of change to keep it running much longer. i don't know the condition of your car let alone much else about it to give you a what you should do. i can only suggest getting an estimate to have a rebuilt tranny installed or put a known good used one in, and go from there. it looks like the car is in good shape from that one angle. i don't see cars that old around much especially in good condition. me, i'd replace the tranny and drive the wheels off of it. won't be worth much as a trade-in or a private sale if it won't drive anywhere.

[fordboy97f150]

well i have yet to look at it, as its sittin ina driveway an hour away covered in snow from our last blizzard...i do believe just the diff and cover are what let go, because i had each gear for a second before it lets go and growls, and hard to see in that pic but thats a spider gear...i will have it home this coming weekend, have to go down with car dolly and bring it back, ill take pics and see if i can see anything and get back on here,if i can get away with a $100 repair, then why not right?

edit: $120 for parts and i can do my own labor...greesemonkey since birth

[fordboy97f150]

am i right, if im not mistaken i have the 4T60E...here is the part that broke off, so if i can find a replacement ill be very happy

[IsaacHayes]

You weren't spinning one tire for a long period of time were you?

[fordboy97f150]

You weren't spinning one tire for a long period of time were you?

it has in the past, the spider gear looks like its been spinning on emrey cloth for a while so it was ready to break

[fordboy97f150]

Do i Have to pull the tranny to swap the diff and housing??? please god tell me i can do it while its in the car easly...*prays*

[torq455]

nope! you lucked out there buddy!! you just need to take a cover support bracket off and remove the diff cover. i do know there is a type of keeper snap ring of sorts for the diff that's a bitch. i hear it will snap out and fly around. otherwise it's cake.

non-lsd burn out will tear up the spiders quickly. not that a long lsd burnout is ok. totally worth doing.

[fordboy97f150]

fixed! ill have pics later...man was it wore out!

[IsaacHayes]

Cool! that was fast. You just go to a junkyard and grab a diff and cover?

[fordboy97f150]

well heres the damage, the shear pin was fine...but as you can see the rest was not lol...o well

[torq455]

yeah, a few burnouts. how was that clip i was talking about?

[fordboy97f150]

yeah, a few burnouts. how was that clip i was talking about?

actually all went pretty easy, ball joint took almost as long as the diff swap