aod rebuild?
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aod rebuild?
I thinking about trying to rebuild my 1991 aod trans. myself. I have rebuilt several engines and taken down about 5 or more top loaders. I want to dabble into the automatic trans. I found a master overhaul kit with borg warner parts for 125 with shipping and a video included. I found a couple of used transmissions on car-part.com in the area for 300-400. Im thinking that these may be bad too, so why not gamble with my garage rebuild, if I fail I'm only out 125 and some fluid. Anyone tried this before? I think I can rent any special tools from autozone or borrow them from the local speed shop? Is this idea crazy? I don't feel like spending a grand on a truck that I only use for dump runs and keggers.
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From: Liberty, MO
If you feel up to it, why not give it a try? As you said, the worst thing that could happen is having to buy a used or rebuilt transmission anyway.
Back in my college days, I had an 86 Mazda RX7. Of course, I drove it hard... Blew the tranny out, and decided to buy a rebuild kit and a lot of beer. 3 frustrating days later, my little Ford Ranger hauled a couple of boxes of transmission parts to the shop for someone to put back together... That was my first and last - hopefully yours goes better than mine did!
Back in my college days, I had an 86 Mazda RX7. Of course, I drove it hard... Blew the tranny out, and decided to buy a rebuild kit and a lot of beer. 3 frustrating days later, my little Ford Ranger hauled a couple of boxes of transmission parts to the shop for someone to put back together... That was my first and last - hopefully yours goes better than mine did!
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I have rebuilt several auto's I would say have someone that knows what they r doing to give you a hand cause alot of things that dont look bad could be. Make sure you keep a clean area you r working in. Then make sure you take notes on the sequence of the parts you take out. If you can I would take a couple pics. But if you go slow and dont rush i think you will have good luck. Remeber if you have a doubt make sure you refer to your manuals. if you have a good service manual and usually the local ford dealer can point you to a good one I have several I have bought from dealers or well my cousin he ownes a couple gm and ford dealers here in st louis.