HELP-installing tranny today!
12-30-2008, 09:22 AM
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Yaaaayyy! I've got that part! I think I'm going to get it and sell my retro tranny. $1400 for a 2006 GTO tranny with 31,000 miles and warranty is a pretty decent deal. I've never found one locally until now and I usually find them hundreds of miles away for much more than that with higher miles - and forget about buying them with the LS2 included -usually $6500 and up! Thanks for all the advice! You and Source have been great!
12-30-2008, 08:07 PM
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Got my GTO transmission! I noticed the slave cylinder is different. It has a hard line with a quick disconnect on the end. I assume that my F-body slave will swap right over, right?
12-31-2008, 04:07 PM
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Well, it looks like the '06 GTO transmission is not a DIRECT bolt-in. The bellhousing hits the starter. I need to find an F-body bellhousing. I think I saw somewhere that you could use a GTO starter. Is that true?
12-31-2008, 04:16 PM
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Yeah, I'll try to find a bellhousing - not having much luck there. D&D wants $200 for one and they're not open this week. I can't even see the difference between the two with the naked eye. The differences are extremely subtle. I'd grind the bastard to fit if I could see what I had to grind! I was told by two different people that the GTO bellhousing was the same. Apparantly they were wrong.
If I did come across a starter, what year do I get - '04 or '06?
If I did come across a starter, what year do I get - '04 or '06?
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01-04-2009, 11:40 AM
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It was cheaper and easier to get a GTO starter; couldn't find any bellhousings locally. Anyway, got the car running. The transmission shifts good and seems ok. I have a bearing noise though whether the clutch is in or out. I have a new pilot bearing and TOB but I'm thinking one of them is bad. If I start the car with the clutch in, so the input shaft is not turning, the noise is still there. It changes pitch slightly when I work the clutch pedal.
The clutch seems to work good, pedal height is good, and the car doesn't creep when I have the clutch pushed in with the shifter in 1st, so I don't think there is a problem with the clutch. Like I said before, the noise is there whether the clutch is in or out. Also, the noise changes with engine rpm. Any ideas?
The clutch seems to work good, pedal height is good, and the car doesn't creep when I have the clutch pushed in with the shifter in 1st, so I don't think there is a problem with the clutch. Like I said before, the noise is there whether the clutch is in or out. Also, the noise changes with engine rpm. Any ideas?
