Well.. the mechanic says that he went all the way to the tranny's outside view.. Troubleshot from the shifter, and from the engine bay (he says all the cables are connected [at least the ones exterior to the tranny], and the linkage is fine.) Says he needs to go deeper into the tranny to find the problem, so he is going to drop the sub-frame, and start the removal... I SWEAR TO.. if that car isn't running right when I get it back, what then? I have SUCH a fear of this F*%$%*G up the car's performance, etc.
He says labor to remove and re-install would be ~550, and the parts labor on the repair would push that number up to ~750-1000, estimated total. I say that if I can get the tranny repaired for a grand, that he is either:
- EXCELLENT!
- RETARDED
- OR MAGICAL
I asked him if he had ever worked on an MTX-75, and he says "yeah, sure." I don't know if that is true, or the guy didn't feel like saying "no, I haven't ever seen it, but we'll give 'er a whack at it.."
What to do, now, BESIDES sit and wait?????
Ray
