ok guys what should I do?

let the dealer install a new tranny covered or not under my warranty? we are looking at over 4k for a tranny from the dealer

let the dealer install the tranny and see if they will do my valve body and torque converter upgrade at the same time?

get a used tranny from turbo toys and order my upgrades myself? have somebody install them ? I could get this tranny for $900 plus shipping

 

5 letters - DOUBLE A (honk honk) M C O - AAMCO! jk

I personally havent had good experiences w/ used/reconditioned parts, I cant imagine how paranoid Id be with a used tranny!!!

one of my friends put a rebuilt/overhauled tranny into his truck and after 2k miles the thing wouldnt get out of 1st, he'd accelerate and the RPMS would shoot up but the car wouldnt move any faster. But what do i know!!

 

What's wrong with your tranny?

 

yesterday it was slipping real bad . so bad it wouldnt shift or anything. in 1st I couldnt get the rpm's over 2k or it would just slip and rev the rpms high. I got it home doing 5mph and called the dealer so get the car over there. Its a 5At by the way. today I started the car and it shifted fine and didnt slip at all. so its like cold its fine but soon as the tranny get hot it starts to slip.

 

That was happening to me, but never to the point I couldn't drive it. It was only after 1/4 mi runs back to back. After a valve body upgrade it went away. You might have just blew your torque converter. Can you hear the transmission engage R and D? Hope it's your torque converter! If you don't hear any clunking and it's heat related you chances are it's just the TC.

Keep me posted, public or private.

 

sorry to hear this toby, i hope everything gets worked out...seems like we have alot of 5AT guys in the area with superchargers, hope this doesn't start happening to all of us. but best of luck man, i hope everything gets work out, but definatley keap us updated... gspot knows more about the trannys than most of us, hes got the stillen upgrades and everything, but im sorry to hear man, hope everything goes well.

Ben Y

 

Its at the shop now bro and should know something come monday. I will keep you posted. I know one thing soon as I get this car back fixed it will be at AAM the next day for VB and TC upgrades so this dosent happen again and yes I can hear the tranny engage R and D but sometimes it didnt engaged all but when cold it worked fine

 

Good luck Pumped.... Just know that the company who does your VB needs to know that someone else is doing your TC. I checked into this and I know Stillen did VB's one way for cars with TC upgrades and another way for stock TC's. I guess both work form increased line pressure and they can fight each other.

 

I think level 10 will do both now

 

So lets stay I need to pay for my tranny at the dealer and that should be about 5k installed. I found a used tranny with only 5k on it for $750 so what route would you guys go?

 

Depends on the condition of the tranny! Was it from a wreck? Was the wreck a front or rear collision? Is it off the motor/out of the car yet?

 

I will find out

 

sorry to hear about ur tranny man after just seeing ur car at aam. but ur the first i've heard of the a/t going out, right now i'm leaning more toward what gspot is saying w/the valve body. nissan transmissions have proven to be extremely reliable especially the computer controlled versions. hopefully it is just the valve body, good luck.

 

I talked to dave at AAM and he is thinking my HKS is just putting out so much low end torque its heating my tranny up to much

 

hmmm.... possibly, have u changed ur tranny fluid over to synthetic yet?

 

I know it's hind sight, but for the rest who are concerned. You can get an auto tranny cooler installed from Uhaul's for aroud $150. Pretty good piece of mind if you ask me. I wanted to do this, but was waiting until I have a gauge to check the difference.

 

I didnt but the dealer might be doing that today. they havent called yet

 

I dont know about them working on my car but AAM is going to do my VB and TC upgrades from level 10 and the cooler at the same time. also install my 3:5 final drive.

After this I am DONE with proformance mods

 

hahahaha dont kid yourself toby....you know you wont be done...but im sure you will slow yourself down quite a bit...btw toby i need to talk with you alittle later whenever you get a chance.

Ben Y
AAM

 

you have a PM with my cell bro. I am going to eat but feel free to call anytime.