TRANSMISSION REBUILD KIT?

(2011-05-10 14:20:44)

1. imthatonegirl Says: im trying to find the best price on a transmission rebuild kit for a 1997 jeep and i have no clue were to start please help!!

2. William Says: Well, first off, the guy who scolded you for trying this is foolish. ANYONE can rebuild a transmission if you have the tools for it, and if your brother's friend is experienced, then you will probably wind up with a good transmission. He can do any critical work, while you can help out, and just being there to take it apart will be a good thing. You will learn a LOT, and I applaud your willingness to take on the project! Good for you!
You won't be able to find a kit at any of the transmission places. Their business is to do the work, so they shoot themselves in the foot by selling kits for someone to do their own.
However, there should be an auto parts supplier, or even a transmission specialty shop, that carries the kits and all the other parts you might need. (If it's an automatic, remember to change the torque converter, as the old one is filled with sludge and metal, and there is no good way for a normal person to clean them. The places your turn them in for cores have the equipment to rebuild them and clean them out, but it's cheaper for you to just buy a new one and put it in.)
I don't know where you live, but most decent size cities have a business that supplies the local shops. You might not get their wholesale rate, since you are doing only one, but I bet you can save some money, and it could be a pretty good pile of cash you save, just on the parts.
Don't forget to use the manual, and there is usually a pretty good description of how that particular transmission works, which is a nice learning tool. If you are careful, and read as you go, and have your friend to assist you with any questions, you will find it isn't that hard. Modern transmissions are made of small parts, and you don't have to be Mr. Muscles to work on them. In fact, having small hands will be a big benefit when you are putting tiny parts back together.
Get a clipboard and pad to make notes on, or write them in the manual as you go. Put the parts for each particular assembly in a little plastic sandwich bag and label what it is, so you have that particular part, and the bolts or screws that hold it, and the seal or gasket it uses, in that one bag.
Do it one section at a time. Disassemble and clean the parts, lay them out and determine which ones will be changed out (Like gaskets and o-rings) and then go through the kit and put the new seals, gaskets, etc, with the cleaned parts so they are ready to reassemble. If you have a storage rack, you can lay the parts out in the order you removed them, so when you reassemble it, you just work your way back up the shelves.
You will discover that there is no magic to it, just care and patience and attention to detail.
Remember that you only work on one part at a time, so don't be intimidated.
Good luck and have fun! You will learn a lot! Plus the next time you need to work on the transmission, you will feel quite comfortable jumping right in! It is a nice feeling not worrying about something because "I know how that works, It's no big deal!"

3. Buster Says: OH BOY! LOOKING FOR A TRANSMISSION REBUILD KIT AND DON'T KNOW WHERE TO FIND ONE, LETS JUST PUT IT THIS WAY, IF YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO FIND ONE WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU CAN REBUILD A TRANSMISSION? Or is this one of those I'll buy the parts myself and get a better deal at the transmission shop, In which case Yes you haven't got a clue. it doesn't work that way, they wont rebuild transmissions with parts you supply, its a warranty thing.