you folks sound unbelievable (in the sense that I can't really get it.
You talk about parts cars for 300-400$$, and then you flog od trannys for
lots of bucks.
Situation here is the other way round. I get an od tranny for say 150££ but
have to pay say at least 1000££ for a parts car. Sounds to me this is the
right way round. As to the price, well sorry if you have the money lying
around in big wads, yeah sounds ok. If you are more of on a budget, no, far
too expensive. Plus why would you want to rebuild your diff when its working
ok, its not much of a job getting the diff out so I wouldn't do it just for
the heck of doing it while I'm there. Bit like, I'll buy a new printer and
while I do that, what the heck, I'll throw in a new monitor as well, old one
works nicely, but then it could fail in say ten years....
Sorry for graphic violence, grievance ecaused, upsetting anyone etc.
Cheers, Gernot
> ----------
> From: Jim Davis[SMTP:jh_davis@mindspring.com]
> Reply To: Jim Davis
> Sent: Friday, July 30, 1999 1:14 AM
> Cc: Triumph List
> Subject: Re: TRanny/diff work.
>
>
> Let's not forget there is a significant amount of wiring, a
> 1st,2nd,reverse inhibitor switch, a relay and a column switch to install
> that is fairly labor intensive if done properly. I wouldn't do it for
> less. Sounds fair to me if done PROPERLY.
> Jim Davis
> Fortson, GA
> CF38690UO
> CF37325U
>
> Tony Rhodes wrote:
> >
> > Tom, it seems high to me, but rarity of the OD transmission does not
> help.
> > Essentially you are trading in your transmission, buying a used
> > OD tranny, then rebuilding it.
> >
> > I figure an OD tranny is worth about $750-1000 if you can find one.
> > then a rebuild costs about $250-300 for parts. The actual labor
> involved in the
> > rebuild is not great, so double it for the labor, I am doing my own
> tranny
> > now, so I know how scary and easy it is.
> >
> > total rebuild $600.
> >
> > Lets say your used tranny is worthless (it is actually worth about
> $150+)
> >
> > Total cost of rebuilt OD tranny should be less than $1600.
> >
> > The differential is pretty easy to rebuild and the parts are
> > not too expensive, unless it is trashed. Total cost of diff rebuild
> > ought to be $250-300, but I have less experience with this than the
> trans.
> >
> > Total cost of both tranny and diff: less than $1900, IMHO.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Tony
> >
> > Message text written by INTERNET:triumphs-owner@autox.team.net
> > >From: Tom Di Iulio <diiulio@ix.netcom.com>
> > >Subject: Tranny work pricing-TR6
> >
> > >Dear Listers,
> > > i have the following question and would appreciate your advice.
> > >i am currently undertaking a frame-off resto on a 76 tr6. the car has
> > >approximately 50k miles. i drove the car prior to beginning the resto
> > >and mechanically, as far as i could tell, it worked fine.
> >
> > >* how does $2300 sound for a tranny and diff rebuild, converting my
> > > non-overdrive tranny to an overdrive one, turnkey job? shop has
> > > extensive experience in triumph rebuilds and owner currently has a
> > > tr6 himself. the gentlemen says if i'm going this far, i might as
> > > well have the 2 pieces re-done while they're out and easy to get to.
> >
> > > i'm having the engine done (slight tweaking) and am
> > >replacing/rebuilding just about everything you can on the car. i'm
> > >willing to pay this for peace of mind and an overdrive unit IF THIS IS
> A
> > >FAIR PRICE!
> > > what say you listers?
> > >Tom Di Iulio
> > <
>
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