used stall question
#2
11 Second Club
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 270
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
If you are buying a used stall, plan on having it freshened up. You can never really be sure how many miles are actually on it. Also, you don't know whether those miles were put on a 1/4 mile at a time.
#3
TECH Fanatic
iTrader: (5)
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Salem/Keizer
Posts: 1,120
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
^^^^^what he said. Not to mention that unless you personally saw the trans pan from the original trans, I would automatically be paranoid that there is a bunch of crap inside the converter....and that it quite possibly came from a junk trans. But then again, I'm just paranoid like that.
Trending Topics
#8
TECH Addict
iTrader: (4)
I'd have no reservations with running a used converter so long as it was gone through and cleaned up by the original manufacturer.
Otherwise, like the other guys said, if this verter was on a trani that failed, there very well could be debris in there that will get into your trani and ruin it.
Otherwise, like the other guys said, if this verter was on a trani that failed, there very well could be debris in there that will get into your trani and ruin it.
#9
TECH Senior Member
iTrader: (96)
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Turnin' Wrenches Infractions: 005
Posts: 24,241
Likes: 0
Received 79 Likes
on
70 Posts
I can agree to a point. I personally dont drive my car much, and I recently pulled my converter and sold it. My converter had 5k or less on it and had performed flawlessly. It had new trans fluid put in when it was installed with a new filter. I never locked the converter on the dyno or any other time at WOT. I also wouldn't make it pull in 4th with the clutch locked up, as this can cause premature clutch failure. I sold it for about half what it cost new. It was a loss on my part but a good deal for someone else. I can agree about buying something used that you cannot see the inside of it, but sometimes you gotta trust people I would make sure the person selling it can verify its history.
#10
TECH Senior Member
iTrader: (5)
I can agree to a point. I personally dont drive my car much, and I recently pulled my converter and sold it. My converter had 5k or less on it and had performed flawlessly. It had new trans fluid put in when it was installed with a new filter. I never locked the converter on the dyno or any other time at WOT. I also wouldn't make it pull in 4th with the clutch locked up, as this can cause premature clutch failure. I sold it for about half what it cost new. It was a loss on my part but a good deal for someone else. I can agree about buying something used that you cannot see the inside of it, but sometimes you gotta trust people I would make sure the person selling it can verify its history.
good points man!! you need to get it inspected and verify the condition of the converter. plus also these trannies are hit or miss. if you wouldnt put in a cheap converter in a suspect tranny why take the chance on a used converter.
#11
I can agree to a point. I personally dont drive my car much, and I recently pulled my converter and sold it. My converter had 5k or less on it and had performed flawlessly. It had new trans fluid put in when it was installed with a new filter. I never locked the converter on the dyno or any other time at WOT. I also wouldn't make it pull in 4th with the clutch locked up, as this can cause premature clutch failure. I sold it for about half what it cost new. It was a loss on my part but a good deal for someone else. I can agree about buying something used that you cannot see the inside of it, but sometimes you gotta trust people I would make sure the person selling it can verify its history.