Shiftomatic

My tranny has been slipping a bit. So Ive decided to rebuild it with the help of my brother. Is it worth rebuilding it or should I just get a complete new one?
And how long approx do you think itll take? Any help or hints would be helpful and much appreciated. Thanks.

Btw its on a Wj.

The Blacksmith

loling @ the user name and the thread right now.

should only take a few days if you know what you are doing.

Price a brand new one, vs all the parts and your time, and then price a used one or throw some lucas stop slip in yours and see what happens after you drive it for a while

My uncle just put 1800 into a truck worth less than 5000 for a tranny rebuild. You really gotta justify the "new" cost vs a jy unit.

Shiftomatic

Well username is just a name ive had forever. And idk, I found a kit to rebuild for like 230$ online.

Bustedback

Rebuilding a transmission is not as easy as it sounds and does require a few special tools in order to do the job right. It requires a lot of space to spread out the components out in the proper order. That work area needs to be extremely clean when you reassemble the transmission, and never use shop rags to wipe parts down when reassembling, the lint from the rags will clog some of the small ports and hang check ***** open ruining all of that hard work. The price for the kit is pretty inexpensive, but if you need hard parts or a new case you're going to spend a lot more than you planned. You may just need to reseal it and replace the frictions to be good for another 100k miles, but you never know until you dig into it. I would recommend replacing the torque converter with a new or reman unit while you're at it. The old converter will have a bunch of crud and contamination in it and will ruin a fresh rebuild, you can never get the junk out of the old converter without cutting it open. Good luck.

FAlfani81

I replaced my tranny with one from a junk yard that only had 85k on it. Took me a day to do, and a couple hours the next day adjusting linkages. After install do a regular tranny service.... Change fluid and filter. I also recommend at this point to add a drain plug to the pan!!! When using a salvaged tranny I recommend doing a second tranny service 200 miles later. You'll enjoy the drain plug at this point. The drain plug will make for easy tranny services. That will encourage you to do it more often, and the tranny will last longer