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In last night's chat, I was trying to tell some of you about the latest development on my convertible rehab. With all the different conversations going on, it was near impossible. So here's what happened.
When they first started the rebuild last April or May, they found a lot of loose steel in the transmission. It was sent out to a tranny shop for a rebuild. A week later, it came back all bright and shiny.
Meanwhile, the body went to the paint shop and there it remained, largely due to my own fault trusting a cousin to get the right quarter, for six months. Finally, in late November, they got enough done on the body work to send it back to the mechanic to put the motor in before the paint goes on.
The motor went in, no problem. The transmission, however, wasn't going together right. The mechanic thought the torque converter was wrong. He called the tranny shop and they said it wasn't the wrong one, it was just tight. "Force it together," was their solution. Force it he did and sure enough it went together.
The only problem was, it was indeed the wrong converter and when they started the engine, the transmission just spun and spun. The pump had blown and the converter was converted to scrap iron. Out came the transmission to be sent once again to the tranny shop for another overhaul and new pump. It is due back today or Monday. I'm going to have it checked by another mechanic to be sure they didn't rig something up to get it out of the shop AND I'm not paying for the tranny rebuild. I haven't told them that last bit yet.
Meanwhile, it is back in the paint shop and is due to be painted next week. That is, it will be if I can get the new convertible top through the snow to the shop. I should - should, mind you - get the car back sometime in January. Then, I'll drive it Leon's house in Australia so I can put the top down...
When they first started the rebuild last April or May, they found a lot of loose steel in the transmission. It was sent out to a tranny shop for a rebuild. A week later, it came back all bright and shiny.
Meanwhile, the body went to the paint shop and there it remained, largely due to my own fault trusting a cousin to get the right quarter, for six months. Finally, in late November, they got enough done on the body work to send it back to the mechanic to put the motor in before the paint goes on.
The motor went in, no problem. The transmission, however, wasn't going together right. The mechanic thought the torque converter was wrong. He called the tranny shop and they said it wasn't the wrong one, it was just tight. "Force it together," was their solution. Force it he did and sure enough it went together.
The only problem was, it was indeed the wrong converter and when they started the engine, the transmission just spun and spun. The pump had blown and the converter was converted to scrap iron. Out came the transmission to be sent once again to the tranny shop for another overhaul and new pump. It is due back today or Monday. I'm going to have it checked by another mechanic to be sure they didn't rig something up to get it out of the shop AND I'm not paying for the tranny rebuild. I haven't told them that last bit yet.
Meanwhile, it is back in the paint shop and is due to be painted next week. That is, it will be if I can get the new convertible top through the snow to the shop. I should - should, mind you - get the car back sometime in January. Then, I'll drive it Leon's house in Australia so I can put the top down...