donkeylips
Well-known member
Hey guys, I haven't posted much yet because I didn't actually get my gvr4 until tonight. Not new to DSMs though, and I've got plenty of wrench time in on my brother's car, 924/1000. You may know him...smooth customer. I had 497/2000 towed to my house today and I gotta vent.
The guy told me he was gonna use his friend's truck and trailer to make the 15 mile trip. First of all he was about 2 days later than he said he would be, even after bugging me all week saying that he needed it gone. He calls me and says he's leaving, and that they're going to flat tow the car. It's just a shell, but the tranny is under the hood. My first thought was "center diff" but I figured flat towing it would be fine.
When he gets to my house, I hear clanking...and I remember a horrible fact. He had taken off the transfer case for some reason. He had a tow strap supporting the drive shaft. I decide to not give him the $250 +gas for towing that I owed him until I checked to make sure that the front axles were not connected. Well, he gets it in my driveway, I pop the hood, look at the transmission WITH the front axles connected and no transfer case that has just rolled in neutral for 15 miles, and I guess I had some kind of brain fart. Absent mindedly I forget about the whole thing and give him $250 + $50 for gas. That's a total of $550 for a shell that has front end damage and a destroyed center diff. The only reason I paid $500 was because it was supposed to have a good tranny.
For $60 I could have had a flatbed, a good trans, and the car would have arrived on the day that it was supposed to. What a horrible experience. I'm too poor for a tranny rebuild, and I've already got 3 bad ones at my house. Is there anything I can do for this thing or is it complete junk? I have no experience with transmissions but I have one that is good besides a chunk taken out of the bellhousing, and another one that has no first gear. Should I try to make one good one or something?
The guy told me he was gonna use his friend's truck and trailer to make the 15 mile trip. First of all he was about 2 days later than he said he would be, even after bugging me all week saying that he needed it gone. He calls me and says he's leaving, and that they're going to flat tow the car. It's just a shell, but the tranny is under the hood. My first thought was "center diff" but I figured flat towing it would be fine.
When he gets to my house, I hear clanking...and I remember a horrible fact. He had taken off the transfer case for some reason. He had a tow strap supporting the drive shaft. I decide to not give him the $250 +gas for towing that I owed him until I checked to make sure that the front axles were not connected. Well, he gets it in my driveway, I pop the hood, look at the transmission WITH the front axles connected and no transfer case that has just rolled in neutral for 15 miles, and I guess I had some kind of brain fart. Absent mindedly I forget about the whole thing and give him $250 + $50 for gas. That's a total of $550 for a shell that has front end damage and a destroyed center diff. The only reason I paid $500 was because it was supposed to have a good tranny.
For $60 I could have had a flatbed, a good trans, and the car would have arrived on the day that it was supposed to. What a horrible experience. I'm too poor for a tranny rebuild, and I've already got 3 bad ones at my house. Is there anything I can do for this thing or is it complete junk? I have no experience with transmissions but I have one that is good besides a chunk taken out of the bellhousing, and another one that has no first gear. Should I try to make one good one or something?