Thinking out loud
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Staging Lane
Joined: Jan 2012
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From: Moberly, MO
Sorry for the delayed response. I've been up to my neck in YouTube stuff. Running a channel is not all hit's hyped up to be lol. (www.thebphero.com if anyone plays slowpitch softball 
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I tried the TapShift and everything has been working great. Only put about 200 miles on the car though. License expired on it while it sat, and my backup car runs out at the end of this month. Going to let it expire and renew the GXP then sell the backup car. I didn't see the point in licensing it just to let it sit.
As far as labor costs go, I can't tell you what an actual number would be. My Dad owns his own shop so he and my brother did it for me for next to nothing. He still wrote up a ticket on it and everything but I didn't bother looking to see how much it should have been.
The $600 core wasn't worth having it sitting around in the way to me. I'd rather have the money and not have to deal with storing it somewhere. I'll probably drive the car for a while and see how it goes. Never had a car fail me majorly like this so I feel like I'm driving a ticking time bomb given these cars reputations lol
)I tried the TapShift and everything has been working great. Only put about 200 miles on the car though. License expired on it while it sat, and my backup car runs out at the end of this month. Going to let it expire and renew the GXP then sell the backup car. I didn't see the point in licensing it just to let it sit.
As far as labor costs go, I can't tell you what an actual number would be. My Dad owns his own shop so he and my brother did it for me for next to nothing. He still wrote up a ticket on it and everything but I didn't bother looking to see how much it should have been.
The $600 core wasn't worth having it sitting around in the way to me. I'd rather have the money and not have to deal with storing it somewhere. I'll probably drive the car for a while and see how it goes. Never had a car fail me majorly like this so I feel like I'm driving a ticking time bomb given these cars reputations lol
I just ordered T280494 from RockAuto with the 5% discount for a 2008 GXP.
I will let you all know how it goes. I decided to bypass the TEP transmission. If I install this myself, it will be $1,300. Hoping to get another 100,000 miles out of it.
So these do come with a new torque converter? Is there anything else I need aside from some transmission fluid?
I will let you all know how it goes. I decided to bypass the TEP transmission. If I install this myself, it will be $1,300. Hoping to get another 100,000 miles out of it.
So these do come with a new torque converter? Is there anything else I need aside from some transmission fluid?
I drive about 25,000 miles a year with my DD, so I will be a good practical test for this option for those that are stock or bolt-on only.
keep checking it, i wound up being around 12-13 quarts when it was all said and done
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Verdad Gallardo http://www.sonnax.com/parts/3034-the-sure-cure-kit
The transmission shops I spoke to used them.
I would not be surprised if the transmission included the Sonnax package.
http://www.sonnax.com/parts/3034-the-sure-cure-kit
The transmission shops I spoke to used them.
http://www.sonnax.com/parts/3034-the-sure-cure-kit
The transmission shops I spoke to used them.
When I got it back from the shop, I noticed I had a leak at the pan/gasket area. I fixed that this weekend and it is dry as a bone so far. It looks like when torqued, the gasket/pan was not torqued evenly kinking one side. I cleaned it all up and reinstalled and so far, so good. That is when I noticed the differential line sonnax kit installed.
The transmission runs very slightly warmer than the old one, perhaps because everything is so tight?