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Hey guys...I had posted this at the end of the thread where I had an unknown leak from the trans on my '92 Transport, but I wanted to give it it's own thread so it wasn't buried in all the other crap prior to my "vent leak" diagnosis.
I picked up a '92 (same year as the van) Olds Delta 88 Royale with the exact same drivetrain - 3800 & 4T60-E. I was quoted $900Cdn for a rebuild on the trans in the van, if I took it out and dropped it at the trans shop. I picked up the Delta for $300Cdn after test driving it.
Now, here's my question: There's a number cast into the top of the bellhousing on the transaxles - 726 on the one that was in the van, 711 on the one out of the Delta (I will try to get the numbers from the tags posted by tomorrow). The only differences I've found between them are this: The van has both of the 10 or 12 gauge wires in the large rectangular connector attached to the shift lever (7 wires in total), but has 1 pin missing from the 10 o'clock position on the round connector on the front (facing front of vehicle) of the transaxle. The 711 only has 1 of the two 10/12 gauge wires going to the larger plug attached to the shift lever (6 wires in total) but has all wires in all positions of the round connector on the front.
These transaxles both have the same final drive ratio (3.06), therefore the wiring is the only thing I can see as "differences", so I'm wondering if I'm going to be running into a headache here. I've already got the drivetrain out of the Delta and seperated the transaxle from the 3800, got it sitting on the garage floor awaiting installation. The van is in the air, the cradle is out, awaiting the transaxle to be swapped on it before it's reinstalled. So I'm a bit anxious about the whole thing, as I'm sure you can imagine.
I've read the info on this site about the differences in the wiring between '93 and '94 transaxles, but I was surprised to find differences in the same year transaxle as well.
Any input or direction to resouces of info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, guys!
I picked up a '92 (same year as the van) Olds Delta 88 Royale with the exact same drivetrain - 3800 & 4T60-E. I was quoted $900Cdn for a rebuild on the trans in the van, if I took it out and dropped it at the trans shop. I picked up the Delta for $300Cdn after test driving it.
Now, here's my question: There's a number cast into the top of the bellhousing on the transaxles - 726 on the one that was in the van, 711 on the one out of the Delta (I will try to get the numbers from the tags posted by tomorrow). The only differences I've found between them are this: The van has both of the 10 or 12 gauge wires in the large rectangular connector attached to the shift lever (7 wires in total), but has 1 pin missing from the 10 o'clock position on the round connector on the front (facing front of vehicle) of the transaxle. The 711 only has 1 of the two 10/12 gauge wires going to the larger plug attached to the shift lever (6 wires in total) but has all wires in all positions of the round connector on the front.
These transaxles both have the same final drive ratio (3.06), therefore the wiring is the only thing I can see as "differences", so I'm wondering if I'm going to be running into a headache here. I've already got the drivetrain out of the Delta and seperated the transaxle from the 3800, got it sitting on the garage floor awaiting installation. The van is in the air, the cradle is out, awaiting the transaxle to be swapped on it before it's reinstalled. So I'm a bit anxious about the whole thing, as I'm sure you can imagine.
I've read the info on this site about the differences in the wiring between '93 and '94 transaxles, but I was surprised to find differences in the same year transaxle as well.
Any input or direction to resouces of info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, guys!
