Originally posted by MapOfTaziFoShoââ??¢: From personal experience. Don't put the stock trans back in...you are totally f ing yourself and will have to pull it again.
From what Weargle has said, he's going to be driving this car daily, with very little abuse. Point A to Point B driving will not need a rebuilt/upgraded transmission, assuming his trans was still in good shape before the swap.
Mark
My shift tower bolt broke coming to a stop light when I popped the clutch and put it in neutrel.
Yeah, and that means that it will happen to every Contour drive on earth. You post some of the most general things that have happened to YOU, and act as if it's gospil. So I've snapped probably 3 roll resistor bolts, does that mean it happens to everyone? Had the engine not blown in Weargle's car, I'm sure he'd be driving with the tranny as-is right now, and he'd be fine.
Mark
How often does sh!t break on the MTX 75. If not in just my experience...ive helped pull a trans get it back in and then just have scotts bolt on his shift tower break.
Then rather than spend major dollars to pull a tranny or the big dollar shaft mods to the shift tower, Search up my shift tower mod and in the transmission forum. It can be done rather quickly, a morning or afternoon job and at a cost or around $5. It will save you from a broken transmission should the bolt ever break. I figured a lot of people would have appreciated the write-up and pictures and the overall simplicity of the mod itself. But of course....nope.
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