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Subject: What am I looking for?
From: Todd Richmond <twr@fc.hp.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 14:15:43 -0700
Organization: Fort Collins
Howdy all,

Thanks for all the great responses to my questions on body work!  My car needs 
extensive rust repair and panel replacement, and I was really pretty worried 
about the whole thing.  But with everyone's advice, I'm feeling a lot better 
about it!  I think I can . . I think I can . . I think I can!

Well, now I have the tranny out of the car, so here's my next set of questions:

1) I'm hoping that this is one thing on my car that I *won't* have to 
replace.<g>  But, since I have it out, I figured I'd better at least open it up 
and check the contents.  What should I be looking for as far as likely 
candidates for problem areas?

2) Since the car was not running when I bought it, I have no road experience 
with this tranny.  How can I test the tranny with it out of the car?  I've 
heard of people attaching drills, etc. to drive the tranny.  Does this really 
work/mean anything?

3) What pieces/parts should I just automatically replace regardless of whether  
I do a complete rebuild? 

4) To save $$, I've decided that if the current non-OD tranny I have works, I 
will just use it, and forego the upgrade to OD for now.  Is upgrading later 
just a matter of dropping the transmission out the bottom, and putting in the 
new one, or?

As always, thanks for all your replies.

Todd Richmond
1959 TR3A TS54425L

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