supershannon77's tranny issues and fix (formally RJB23's car), JDM guy on the job, pics included!! Options

[presure2]

so, as some of you may know, supershannon77 (shannon & jim) recently bought RJB23's car, and have had some...shall we say.."interesting" issues with it since she's had it.
after the fiasco @ CSP several weeks ago (wheel falls off, rear wheel cylinder blows, front caliper FALLS off (no, not the same one the wheel fell off!) and JDM guy got a good look at the car, we decided that it really needed some help.
well, it turns out it needed more that even what we thought, as last weekend, at the DWG meet, the tranny basicly locked up solid on her.
so, after talking about a plan of action for a couple days, Jeff, (Defgeph, your friendly neighborhood RC King) decieded JDM guy needed to jump into action.
so, saturday morning, jenn and i headed out to NJ to hook up with jeff, and shannon and crew to do what we could to get them up and running again.

we arrived in NJ and were greeted by a barely awoke, but happy and ready to work shannon:



once everyone had theyre morning coffee, and i had my redbull, we were all ready to get to work!



once we got all the non-essensials out of the way, we got down to buisness, and started tearing things out.
heres jeff, giving jim the lowdown on whats hapenning.



JDM guy. we're all buisness, all the time. even when we're under your car. (notice the bluetooth equipped jeff!!)



once we got the tranny off, we discovered nothing terribly out of the ordinary, just a worn clutch. we noticed a couple of the springs we're pushing on the metal like they we're trying to come out, but no damage to the pressure plate, flywheel, or anything else that gave us the indication that they had been rubbing, or would have caused the tranny to lock up like it did.
so, the decision was made. time for a new tranny. so, jeff, the MAN, put in a few calls to some local 6GC members, and stevenson (culpable04) came thru BIG time, and sourced us a non-lsd E153 out of a 94 lexus es300.
we drove over to newark, met up with steve, brought back the tranny and we to installing it.
first the 2 clutch disks.



the inside of the new tranny, once jeff cleaned it out with a couple cans of brake cleaner.



the rear main seal. looks like it was never done...for shame!!! its got a new one in there now!!



the offender:







shannon, transfering over a couple things, working hard:



dirty girl!!!!



this is how NOT to do a rear mount bracket on a E-153 equipped 3sgte swap.
ST-205 bracket, and shifter cables will be done soon (dustin is the MAN with the UK hookups!!)



MMMM yummy!



with the help of some brute force, (AKA, Jim. lol)



we got the new tranny up and into place without much of a hitch at all.



we got 99% of the stuff back on the car, and decieded we'd had enough for the night, so the following morning we finished up hooking up the intake, a couple intercooler pipes, and the battery, filled her with fresh fluids, and took her for a few runs up and down the street to see how we did.
happy to report that all is good, the car now shifts thru all 5 gears, and reverse without too much hassle (the 205 cables and bracket will finish that off) and up and downshifts nice and smoothy.




another mission accomplished by JDM guy, yo!!!!

[Rjb23]

Ok I've had about as much as I can take of this.

First off manny and Jeff you guys are both making assumptions based on one side of the story. You guys need to talk to the other side before you make assumptions and post them all over the internet and run your mouths to everybody.

The car when it left my possession was in great shape! The wheel falling off was not my fault, the wheels that are on the car (rims) are not the same ones that were on the car when the car was sold, if that gives you an idea of how well the car has been taken care of for the past 4 or 5 months. I had the car for over 2 years I had zero problems with the brakes at all and the calipers were never removed by me. The rear brakes were perfectly fine when it was sold I never had a problem out of them. The tranny shifted absolutely fine, with the exception of it being a little difficult to shift into reverse because of the short shifter (it was the same way with the stock st tranny). The rear mount that you guys are complaining about was fabbed by a shop that specializes in swaps, and imports the same shop that did the exhaust called auto lab here in ky. I drove the car on the swap for almost 2 years and not one time did I have a single mechanical problem with it, with the exception of the alternator dieing from normal wear and tear.

Neither you or Jeff can say what has been done to the car since it has left my possession. To assume that all these problems existed before the car was sold is not only ignorant but pure bias on Jeff and Manny's part. Yea its nice that you guys helped them out, but there is no telling what has been done to the car in the last 4 or 5 months while it has been in their possession.

Being mods you would think that you would be a little more careful about the things you say on here, but I guess being a mod just means that you can say whatever you want and get away with it, whether it is the truth or not.

[97lestyousay]

The tranny shifted absolutely fine, with the exception of it being a little difficult to shift into reverse because of the short shifter (it was the same way with the stock st tranny).

sorry but

I have the same problem but I have the e153. 1st to second shifts fine under normal acceleration but hard acceleration grinds. Do you have a short shifter?

This post has been edited by 97lestyousay: Jun 22, 2007 - 6:05 PM