5th Gear Replacement Or Entirely New Tranny?
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From: Mid-West
Unlucky...
I was cruisin' Ebay and spotted this. I'm not affiliated with this business at all so this isn't an endorsement, but thought you might be interested.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...&category=33733
I was cruisin' Ebay and spotted this. I'm not affiliated with this business at all so this isn't an endorsement, but thought you might be interested.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...&category=33733
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Joined: May 2003
Posts: 124
From: Pensacola, FL
Originally Posted by Signal 2' date='Apr 26 2004, 02:27 AM
I'll break the pricing down for you, as I just did a lot of tranny work:
New Mazda Tranny - ~$2200-2300
Complete Rebuild: Seals, shiter forks, hubs, syncros etc - > $2300 in just parts
5th gear Syncro done at a shop - ~$800 (if you pull the trans)
JY Tranny from a '94 or '95 w/ low miles - $700
5th gear Syncro DIY - ~$60
I'll keep advertising for the guy since he was so cool to deal with:
https://www.nopistons.com/forums/index.php?...topic=35250&hl=
That trans was still for sale 2 weeks ago.
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Posts: 22,465
From: California
Originally Posted by Signal 2' date='Apr 22 2004, 01:00 PM
j9fd3s,
For my clarification, are you talking about the entire 5th gear or just the synchro?
I hadn't heard of alot of problems with the gear itself, just the little brass synchro. Of course, 5th is just an OD, so I wouldn't expect it to get alot of hard use.
Also, you might be able to confirm this, but Unlucky may not want to wait TOO long to fix it. My understanding is that when the transmission is in reverse, the synchro is unsupported, and if it's broken, as mine was, it could simply fall off the shaft. Obviously this would not be a good thing. In my case, I was lucky. It was broken in two places and when I went to pick it up off the shaft, it just fell off.
Unlucky... the transmission is really not that bad of a job to take out. Doing this yourself and then taking it to a shop would probably make it much more affordable.
For my clarification, are you talking about the entire 5th gear or just the synchro?
I hadn't heard of alot of problems with the gear itself, just the little brass synchro. Of course, 5th is just an OD, so I wouldn't expect it to get alot of hard use.
Also, you might be able to confirm this, but Unlucky may not want to wait TOO long to fix it. My understanding is that when the transmission is in reverse, the synchro is unsupported, and if it's broken, as mine was, it could simply fall off the shaft. Obviously this would not be a good thing. In my case, I was lucky. It was broken in two places and when I went to pick it up off the shaft, it just fell off.
Unlucky... the transmission is really not that bad of a job to take out. Doing this yourself and then taking it to a shop would probably make it much more affordable.
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From: Pensacola, FL
Originally Posted by Danno' date='Apr 26 2004, 10:06 AM
How hard is it to do your own tranny 5th gear syncro?
Kevin
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From: SV, NY
Originally Posted by kkw4p' date='Apr 26 2004, 08:06 AM
5th gear Syncro done at a shop - ~$800 (if you pull the trans)
