thatpoorguy

oh! i almost forgot that since you're in dallas, there's a rotary only shop in garland, on the east side of dallas. there are some really cool guys there and might be able to give you advice on the issues if they're not too busy. more often than not though, they're booked



http://rx7.com/index.html

hickoryhouse

Thats great news! Thanks!



By the way the shop has just called, she won'tbe ready until tomorrow afternoon around 5 pm... It shouldn't be a two day project to change a synchro and lube a suspension (that doesn't need lubing.... ) I wonder what is going on?

thatpoorguy

well, if done right a full transmission rebuild is an entire day's worth of work minimum so i dunno?

hickoryhouse

I wonder if they are keeping something from me... I will have to be sure to have them put it up on the rack tomorrow to show me the suspension and explain the tranny problems to me fully. Maybe if they are I can ask enough questions to figure it out....



Or maybe I have just been believing to many conspiracy theorys and the shop is honest but slow.... I am hoping for the second but they have had the can since Monday and I showed the service advisor the problems last thursday so you would think that they would have time to prepare...

j9fd3s

um yeah it is. you have to remove the transmission, take it apart, replace the one part, put it back together, put it back in the car. just the removal/replacement is about 4-5 hours by itself....



the suspension thing, um i dunno, ive seen all kinds of weird things. on the old millenias the wheel cleaner they use at carwashes used to get into the upper ball joints and degrease em, so after a while it would squeak, it only happened to people who had the car washed, like the sales managers...



the rx8 did get a new trans for 2009, and it wasn't broken from the factory, the sales guy did it, but that's why the car was cheap!



and that's what the warranty is for

hickoryhouse

Warranty is a great thing in this case, and I suppose that the suspension thing probably isn't too bad of a thing. As for the tranny I had no idea that it would take so long to just get the thing out of the car but I supose that I should have thought more about it. I had to take the tranny out of my 2000 Camaro SS, back when I had it, and removing that thing required dropping the front suspension cradle completely out which took forever....



Oh yeah, the Gat Dang Dealer is going to have it until Monday Afternoon!!!!!! The service manager said that because the 09 has a new tranny and they had never worked on one before, so they needed to get a special tool for it that they didn't have yet and they only have 2 techs that have go to class for that car so they are being very precise in the transmission.



I like them taking time on the tranny but I want my damn car back!!!

thatpoorguy

lol when it comes to transmissions i'd rather them be safe than sorry. any new news man?