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Fasterthanyou · 08-17-2005, 03:04 PM

I've rebuilt a few manual transmission and they're easy so long as you've got the factory manual for them.
They're a LOT easier than an automatic. I know you could do it but you need to pay close attention to details and have a pretty good photo memory. It helps to have a lot of space to lay the parts out and take high quality digital pictures of it while you take it apart.
I would always rebuild a manual trans myself.
Last thing you HAVE to do before putting the trans back in is shifting through all the gears while it's out of the car. My buddy's cousin isn't very bright and he installed some gears incorrectly before I came back to help them finish... we installed the trans and it wouldn't go into any gears. This was on a front wheel drive SHO where you need to support the engine, drop the subframe and do a whole lot of work to get the POS out.
Get steel forks and if you have friction syncro's do NOT use a slick manual trans fluid like synthetic modil 1 crap. You NEED the friction to get the syncro's up to speed or you'll be fighting every gear!

08-17-2005, 03:04 PM	#4
Fasterthanyou Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montgomery NJ Posts: 1,271 iTrader: (0)	I've rebuilt a few manual transmission and they're easy so long as you've got the factory manual for them. They're a LOT easier than an automatic. I know you could do it but you need to pay close attention to details and have a pretty good photo memory. It helps to have a lot of space to lay the parts out and take high quality digital pictures of it while you take it apart. I would always rebuild a manual trans myself. Last thing you HAVE to do before putting the trans back in is shifting through all the gears while it's out of the car. My buddy's cousin isn't very bright and he installed some gears incorrectly before I came back to help them finish... we installed the trans and it wouldn't go into any gears. This was on a front wheel drive SHO where you need to support the engine, drop the subframe and do a whole lot of work to get the POS out. Get steel forks and if you have friction syncro's do NOT use a slick manual trans fluid like synthetic modil 1 crap. You NEED the friction to get the syncro's up to speed or you'll be fighting every gear! __________________ , Jon Owner of a Red Sled. If it\'s EFI I can tune it. Specialize in 82-95 GM (yes Lt1\'s) \"If you can leave black marks on a straight from the time you exit a corner till the time you brake for the next turn.......Then, you have enough horsepower\" - Mark Donohue