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!!!!

[alltracman78]

It's funny how stories change....

I've seen this car in person too, and I've help fix it, as well as spending a good bit of time on the phone with Shannon about it.

The wheels aren't your fault. Chalk that up to someone else.
The rest of the car, directly or indirectly, is.

I was the one driving it when the R front caliper fell off.
Nobody had messed with it.
The upper caliper bracket bolt had fallen off some time prior, leaving the lower bolt to hold the caliper on.
It worked for a while, but finally loosened up.

I helped replace the rear brakes that were totally shot.
Rear drum brakes don't wear out in 4 months.
Or 4 years.
And these weren't just worn, they were cracked and old. Probably the original shoes. Or maybe just the second set. Either way, they [and the wheel cylinders] hadn't been looked at in a LONG time.
The engine bay was thrown together, the wiring was a mess.

What ever happened with that boost problem you had?
Did you ever fix it?
Or did you just say screw it?

This car was thrown together.
Money and time was definitely saved at it's expense.

I'm not claiming you deliberately sold them a half assed car, though it's entirely possible, judging from some prior posts of yours.

But you are the shining example of why NOT to buy a car someone else has heavily modded.
Unless you have either the personal ability to go over the car and fix what is wrong, or you have a thick enough wallet to pay someone else to.

[presure2]

It's funny how stories change....

I've seen this car in person too, and I've help fix it, as well as spending a good bit of time on the phone with Shannon about it.

The wheels aren't your fault. Chalk that up to someone else.
The rest of the car, directly or indirectly, is.

I was the one driving it when the R front caliper fell off.
Nobody had messed with it.
The upper caliper bracket bolt had fallen off some time prior, leaving the lower bolt to hold the caliper on.
It worked for a while, but finally loosened up.

I helped replace the rear brakes that were totally shot.
Rear drum brakes don't wear out in 4 months.
Or 4 years.
And these weren't just worn, they were cracked and old. Probably the original shoes. Or maybe just the second set. Either way, they [and the wheel cylinders] hadn't been looked at in a LONG time.
The engine bay was thrown together, the wiring was a mess.

What ever happened with that boost problem you had?
Did you ever fix it?
Or did you just say screw it?

This car was thrown together.
Money and time was definitely saved at it's expense.

I'm not claiming you deliberately sold them a half assed car, though it's entirely possible, judging from some prior posts of yours.

But you are the shining example of why NOT to buy a car someone else has heavily modded.
Unless you have either the personal ability to go over the car and fix what is wrong, or you have a thick enough wallet to pay someone else to.

X2.
i know the wheels wernt your doing.
but can you explain the totally MISSING tranny shield?
or the fact the rear mount bracket had 1 bolt holding it in?
and if a "shop that specilizes in swaps" made that bracket, i hope they NEVER do another 3s swap in a celica.
the bracket was totally engineered wrong, it wasnt even able help keep the motor stable and stop it from rocking back and forth, the way that mount is designed to do.
this has nothing to do with jeff, or i being "mods"
it had to do with buying a car, thats been modded, and quite shoddily at that.
end of story.

migga, posts like these:

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::Gets up and makes some popcorn.... ::

are not needed.
quit while your ahead.