my transmission finally gave up (lots of reading)

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 2:07 pm

i was driving from pittsburgh to akron for my girlfriend's soccer game. the car was "fine" untill we stopped at a rest stop. i backed up fine and when i put it into drive, the car simply revved... eventually after revving for a while it finally caught and we made it to the game... the trip is about 2 hours and 20 min one way so of course when we started to drive home it still was slipping... we ended up making it to the point where we were about 40 minutes from home when i lost all but one gear and the car couldnt make it up the hill.. of course that wasnt enough so there was also a winter weather advisory for the pittsburgh area so it was real shitty out... so now, as an unemployed college kid, i have to find a way to get money for a new transmission...ahh

Neon4Life · Post by **Neon4Life** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 2:16 pm

ill be the first to say.. dayum. that sucks big time.

hopefully you can come up with the money for a new transmission.

Good luck

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 2:20 pm

thanks man. i am gunna basically have to beg for a job and idk how i will get to that job... i have a job set up for this summer and i plan to work full time anyways so hopefully i can fix it before carlisle!

Haganracing · Post by **Haganracing** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 2:42 pm

Wow, that sucks man!

Best of luck and I hope you get a job and the car fixed!

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 4:06 pm

I hope you can get everything fixed. That sucks.

Did she win the game at least?

j-king · Post by **j-king** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 4:44 pm

wish you luck man sorry to hear that happend

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 5:42 pm

yeah she kicked ass.. thank god!

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 6:14 pm

Good! Made it all worthwhile then!

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 6:41 pm

Damn that really sucks... Mine's been making weird noises and I'm hoping it's not getting ready to fail, or if it does I hope my 7/70 isn't up yet.

I'm curious how they got your car on the flatbed without the front bumper scraping or the fart cannon dragging?? Or did it.

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 7:03 pm

well i have been driving around with just the headers and cat cuz my exhaust's welds broke when i was pulling out of my girlfriends driveway like a month ago and the front bumper scraped... A LOT...

WhiteSRT69 · Post by **WhiteSRT69** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 7:42 pm

good luck with the car man.
things like this happen in the worst of times

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:29 pm

tomfitz wrote:well i have been driving around with just the headers and cat cuz my exhaust's welds broke when i was pulling out of my girlfriends driveway like a month ago and the front bumper scraped... A LOT...

Don't matter. Having the car dropped is tight man. Who cares what the consquences are for a slammed neon.

/sarcasm

You ever manually shift the tranny? You get the tranny serviced regularly?
3 speed auto?

Hope you get everything fixed and she runs good. This might be a good time to piece together a manual swap? Probably not since its your only car and you probably will need it ASAP.

alsey_seven · Post by **alsey_seven** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 12:41 am

how many miles were on the transmission?

smallblockfreak · Post by **smallblockfreak** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:07 am

MyNeonSaysHi wrote:
tomfitz wrote:well i have been driving around with just the headers and cat cuz my exhaust's welds broke when i was pulling out of my girlfriends driveway like a month ago and the front bumper scraped... A LOT...
Don't matter. Having the car dropped is tight man. Who cares what the consquences are for a slammed neon. /sarcasm

You ever manually shift the tranny? You get the tranny serviced regularly?
3 speed auto?

Hope you get everything fixed and she runs good. This might be a good time to piece together a manual swap? Probably not since its your only car and you probably will need it ASAP.

This sucks i'm sorry man.
Hey i manually shift my tranny all the time. I however don't do burnouts or have ever neutral slammed or reverse to drive slammed my car which has the 3 speed auto with 142,000 miles on it and i have no problems at all. Maybe it's because i rev match mine when i downshift that i have no problems? Idk but my tranny doesn't mind it one bit and have never had any signs of slipping and when i change the fluid i barely even get a hint of metal shavings stuck to the magnet. I know other people have had bad luck with their auto's but i haven't. "knock on wood"

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:33 am

^^ Valid points. My brother's 02 was the same. Manually shifted sometimes, rev-matched, no N bombs or retarted driving. His is just fine, and my sister now drives it. 189K and runs almost as strong as my engine! (Which has 16x,xxx on it).

Also, over this Christmas break, I'm making my own tow-hitch. It'll be "hidden," and no stick out of the bumper very much. Just enough to be useful. Also, I'm just going to keep it in the car, and if it needs towing, I'll just pull it out and bolt it on real quick. Tow hitches that are really for towing FTW.

smallblockfreak · Post by **smallblockfreak** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:40 am

FAC3L3SS wrote:^^ Valid points. My brother's 02 was the same. Manually shifted sometimes, rev-matched, no N bombs or retarted driving. His is just fine, and my sister now drives it. 189K and runs almost as strong as my engine! (Which has 16x,xxx on it).

Also, over this Christmas break, I'm making my own tow-hitch. It'll be "hidden," and no stick out of the bumper very much. Just enough to be useful. Also, I'm just going to keep it in the car, and if it needs towing, I'll just pull it out and bolt it on real quick. Tow hitches that are really for towing FTW.

Good idea for the tow hitch. I need to invest in a way they can tow my car without f-ing it up if i ever need to be towed. When i dyno'd my car i almost cried because when we tightened the straps on the back it pulled my bumper in then i was like oh well i got a new one sitting at home lol.

Haganracing · Post by **Haganracing** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:44 am

smallblockfreak wrote:
MyNeonSaysHi wrote:
tomfitz wrote:well i have been driving around with just the headers and cat cuz my exhaust's welds broke when i was pulling out of my girlfriends driveway like a month ago and the front bumper scraped... A LOT...
Don't matter. Having the car dropped is tight man. Who cares what the consquences are for a slammed neon. /sarcasm

You ever manually shift the tranny? You get the tranny serviced regularly?
3 speed auto?

Hope you get everything fixed and she runs good. This might be a good time to piece together a manual swap? Probably not since its your only car and you probably will need it ASAP.
This sucks i'm sorry man.
Hey i manually shift my tranny all the time. I however don't do burnouts or have ever neutral slammed or reverse to drive slammed my car which has the 3 speed auto with 142,000 miles on it and i have no problems at all. Maybe it's because i rev match mine when i downshift that i have no problems? Idk but my tranny doesn't mind it one bit and have never had any signs of slipping and when i change the fluid i barely even get a hint of metal shavings stuck to the magnet. I know other people have had bad luck with their auto's but i haven't. "knock on wood"

I manually shift my 3spd auto and never had a problem 126k and been driving the car hard since i got it at 70k

Hope all works out for you man

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 7:48 pm

i never really manually shifted and when i did it wasnt retarded kid stuff... it has just under 59k... i wanted to do a manual swap but that is too much money and i have none... hopefully i can find some small jobs to do so i can save up some money since alll the places i could work at already have all the seasonal work they need... i had to get my car towed from the garage to my house and AAA was taking to long so i just drove it backwards all the way home... it is only about 2 miles and i took all back roads haha

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 9:40 pm

Haha thats awesome.

c987long · Post by **c987long** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 2:00 am

w1n for sure...

n20sxt · Post by **n20sxt** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 2:49 am

bummer yo

good reason for 5 speed swap

hul kogan · Post by **hul kogan** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 1:16 pm

Actually, depending on what kind of deals you can find, the MTX swap won't be as expensive as you think. You might want to seriously consider this, especially since you have been given the perfect opportunity.

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 2:36 pm

i would definitely love to do a 5 speed swap... i just need to somehow find the money and the people to help me do it because labor isnt cheap and my mom is considering selling the car for scrap because all of her non-car-loving friends that dont realize or understand that i love wrenching on the car say it isnt worth the time or money.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 2:40 pm

The way I see it... that's stupid. The option I told you about is fairly cheap, and even if you scrap the car, ok, so now you just ruined a good car AND you don't have one and can't buy one for the menial amount of money you got from scrapping it. It's cheaper to fix it than buy a new car. That's just my opinion. Hope it works out.

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 2:57 pm

yeah thats my opinion too... my mom is just satan and doesnt understand... and her friends opinions, well they are just wrong.. this was my first car and many special times have happened with this car. i told her that i will pay for a new tranny and find people to help me install it and it will be worth the money.. the car has a brand new timing belt and water pump, a new suspension and a lot of other good parts.. so i just have to fight to keep her!

hul kogan · Post by **hul kogan** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 2:59 pm

Just thought of something that might help you out. I have the 3 spd out of the Jewel that I'll give you a hella deal on if you come pick it up. It is just sitting around collecting dust.

It would just need the valvebody reinstalled and possibly a few odds and ends that could be taken from your current trans. PM me if your interested and we'll talk.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 3:00 pm

Yeah, that car is in good shape. No sense getting rid of it. And I understand the sentimental value. Although, I hated my first car and was pretty happy to get rid of it haha.

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:17 pm

Hit up Chris! That's an offer I'd try to work with.

Also, there is an '01 in the local JY with the complete engine and trans, 5spd, and I can take the entire car home for $600. Trans is yours if you want me to scoop the car up. I can help install, too. Weekend trip FTW.

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:21 pm

this is why i always brag about the forum and why i love it. whenever someone is in need you guys are here to help.. i much appreciate all of you guys and if i had any money i would definitely take you guys up on your offers.. sadly, i have no money at all in my bank account and $2 in my wallet. as soon as i get any money i will let you guys know but for now i think my car is just gunna have to sit in my driveway because i have no way to transport the neon or myself in order to get parts

tomfitz · Post by **tomfitz** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 12:52 pm

i got tax money so hopefully the white beast will be up and running before summer!!!