Strengthening the automatic transmission on the cheap

[marc.r]

is there anyone in sydney who can do this service other then meek? can anyone in sydney do this service for anywhere close to the $1200 the mob at mv autos have quoted? any sydney/central coast/newcastle owners had this done?

 

[Slinz]

is there anyone in sydney who can do this service other then meek? can anyone in sydney do this service for anywhere close to the $1200 the mob at mv autos have quoted? any sydney/central coast/newcastle owners had this done?

If you could find any trans shops that work on Mitsu's a lot, they would probably be fine seeing as the auto box is used in Veradas and other more common cars. I don't think they'd be able to charge you much more than that amount either. We got a little bit of discount due to a group buy, but if the workshop knows what it's doing then labour costs will be similar and that was the main part of the price.

 

[king_panther]

is there anyone in sydney who can do this service other then meek? can anyone in sydney do this service for anywhere close to the $1200 the mob at mv autos have quoted? any sydney/central coast/newcastle owners had this done?

Can I ask why you're looking at someone other than MEEK?
Location?

 

[marc.r]

meek is about 1 hours drive from me in the eastern suburbs and last time I spoke to them they told me they send there transmissions elsewhere to have work done. I have done all my other work, timing belts, plugs leads, coil packs etc at meek and im sure they can get the job done through a subcontractor but why not cut out the middle man or at least shop around for some different options?

 

[wendnarb]

I'm fairly sure that Someone was saying that a place in parra had done some vr4's and even managed to get it done without dropping the gear box to save labour!

 

[legnum600]

Yeah i took my legnum to Parramatta Automatics about 1 year ago, they replaced wave spring clutch packs & tig welded carrier pins. They did'nt even drop the box out & about 1 day to fix.

 

[wendnarb]

Yeah awesome knew it was done! How much did you pay by the way?

 

[legnum600]

I think from memory about $1100 or $1200

 

[Nash]

Oh dear, went to replace my wave spring with a single piece unit and look what I found....

It already had one... Doh!

Bit of advise for anyone doing this. When putting back together, put the planetary gear set in before the clutch packs..... You'll never line them up....

 

[Guest]

But it was worth it to find that out

Did you remove the valve body at all? If not, then that little black cylindrical seal on the right hand side of the pic is probably now damaged.

 

[steveP]

Oh dear, went to replace my wave spring with a single piece unit and look what I found....

It already had one... Doh!

Bit of advise for anyone doing this. When putting back together, put the planetary gear set in before the clutch packs..... You'll never line them up....

You should add your gearbox's info here.
http://ozvr4.com/forums/showthread.php?9045-The-Automatic-Transmission-Variant-Database

 

[CUMSTI]

Im losing 3rd on my second box. Car hasnt done 100 000 kms yet ... that will 8k just on the f ing transmission. Im just gonna go for a manual box i think.

 

[Hotwire]

$4k per rebuild x 2?
you've been ripped off big time!

 

[naughtika]

rebuild shouldn't cost any more than $2k

parts are just $200 or less isnt it?

 

[king_panther]

& Parramatta Automatics will strengthen the box for just over $1000, no way you should be blowing a 2nd auto box...

 

[vr4cobra]

That sucks mate my rebuild cost me $3600 and 200 for replacement box when I shattered my first trans. How long ago was it rebuilt? Still under warranty for it? If not manual conversion will cost bout the same, cheaper if u do it urself and a lil more if mechanic to do it

 

[pretzil]

I rang an automatic place today for getting the gearbox strengthened and was quoted $2000, said I was better off spending $3000 and getting a full rebuild...

He mentioned something about $880 for labor, but not sure if that was just to get the box removed, cause then he went on and talked about having to clean everything for resealing, and of course needing all new seals and gaskets etc.

Seemed a bit steep compared to whats been said in this thread,
About what would all the parts cost these days? The OP hasn't been updated for a few years

(I am in Brisbane and haven't noticed any places around here mentioned in this thread, I just rang a popular local one to begin with)

 

[Guest]

Roughly the same price to do the wavespring.

 

[GavDaniels]

Hey Guys,
Has anybody got any additional information in regards to the Pins / Bolts that need to be welded in place?
Maybe some pictures?
My Legnum is currently at TechSport. The Auto suddenly became noisy in second and third gears.
In first through to third it was really down on power, then once shifting into fourth the car was fine again.
Jeff has drained the fluid, and there does not appear to have any metallic parts in there.
I am trying to work out about rebuilding the one that is in there, or having a 2nd hand one installed. But if I go the 2nd hand route,
will want to check the wave spring and alike before it goes in.
Regards
Gavin

 

[upshotbravo]

Hi Guys, some investigating on my end indicates that MD974421 "liquid gasket, A/T" has been superseded by A990ZC1X02 ... this info may only be relevant for the North American market.