I finally got the trans out!

"EuroJosh" (eurojosh) 01/15/2014 at 16:08 • Filed to: None

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So if any of you remember my !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! about my hoonage in a Saturn and its !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , I found after the fact that I had not blown the motor but in fact, it was the transmission. Unfortunately, it was winter break and call me whatever names you like, but I did not really want to pull the tranny in my driveway, especially never having done it before. So finally school resumed and it was towed to my high school autoshop in which I've been a part of for 3 years.

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The process has been slow since I only get to work on it an hour or so each day, but we finally pulled it today. Decided to pull the entire strut/ hub assembly out since the only thing holding it on were the three nuts at the top of the strut tower. Then we undid the two subframe bolts on the driver side and that gave us just enough leeway to pull the trans from the top (since there was far too little room between the subframe and the exhaust/ engine.

Now I'm no expert on FWD transmissions (or any transmission for that matter), but to me that looks like something came loose from the inside of the differential and blew that bit of case out. I dunno. Any ideas?? Anyway, the new trans is ready to go in and we're going to have the new clutch and stuff tomorrow. I'm excited to get 'er back together just in time for my drive through rural PA back roads to end up at the Pagoda in Reading (As suggested by BKRM3, thanks! He supplied directions too!) with my buddy and his '01 2.5rs.

Potato cam but I was surprised that, though its pretty much as shot as it can be, that its lasted 220k, especially with all the hell I put it through.

BKRM3 > EuroJosh 01/15/2014 at 16:20

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Woo! Thanks for the shout out =)

Roberto G. > EuroJosh 01/15/2014 at 16:24

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Yes, dear...

EuroJosh > BKRM3 01/15/2014 at 16:26

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I got love for this community man! Everyone is so helpful so I just had to!

EuroJosh > Roberto G. 01/15/2014 at 16:27

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I'm not sure I understand what this is referencing lol

Roberto G. > EuroJosh 01/15/2014 at 16:32

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He's the trans you got out... what else?

EuroJosh > Roberto G. 01/15/2014 at 16:36

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Haha I had a feeling that's what you were getting at but I thought trans was a bit of a stretch considering I didn't say 'tranny'

Roberto G. > EuroJosh 01/15/2014 at 16:39

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Here in 'Urope, we call 'em "trans".

EuroJosh > Roberto G. 01/15/2014 at 16:41

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The more you know!
Never did I imagine I'd learn what people in other countries call transvestites! lol

desertdog5051 > Roberto G. 01/15/2014 at 17:22

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Beat me to it.

puddler > EuroJosh 02/03/2014 at 16:33

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thats exactly what that looks like. and the shiny on the diff where whatever got chunked was probably rubbing.

EuroJosh > puddler 02/03/2014 at 16:41

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I had a feeling, I mean there's pretty much no chance anything went inward like the clutch fork or something. Who knows, but I'm going to take it apart and see the damage in better detail.