TxBmbleBee's Tranny Swap Complete(...sorta)! 2/7/10

by **TxBmbleBee** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:47 am

lol well this hasnt been quite that cheap. After I buy the fidanza and prob stage 2 or 3 clutch, I'll be hitting the $2000 mark or just under it. Which, after reading on here is pretty spot on from what others have paid. But yea I have read tooo many good things about the fidanza flywheel, im very excited.

btw while im posting in here, does anyone know how the hell to drain the torque converter??? i swear i must be missing something but i cannot figure it out for the life of me. Its quite heavy with all the fluid in it too.

by **SleeperSolara** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:56 am

Very nice job so far man.
You should get some SuperPro front control arm bushin's.
I think you should sell me those Revo's, lol.
I think you have the same floor jack i have at my house. lol.

by **jstarone** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:02 pm

TxBmbleBee wrote:lol well this hasnt been quite that cheap. After I buy the fidanza and prob stage 2 or 3 clutch, I'll be hitting the $2000 mark or just under it. Which, after reading on here is pretty spot on from what others have paid. But yea I have read tooo many good things about the fidanza flywheel, im very excited.

btw while im posting in here, does anyone know how the hell to drain the torque converter??? i swear i must be missing something but i cannot figure it out for the life of me. Its quite heavy with all the fluid in it too.

When I did that swap with my other car, I just pulled it and drained as much as i could and then got rid of it, it had so much fluid in it. I never did get around to draining it. Just sell it as is haha.

by **Gibson99** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:20 pm

yeah the only way i've ever seen someone drain a torque convertor was to drill a hole in it, ruining it. but it got all the fluid out!

by **TxBmbleBee** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:17 pm

SleeperSolara wrote:Very nice job so far man.
You should get some SuperPro front control arm bushin's.
I think you should sell me those Revo's, lol.
I think you have the same floor jack i have at my house. lol.

can i get them at autozone? and don't they have to be pressed out? if they are not too expensive i'll get them and take pics to add to this thread.

one of the revos is curb rashed cause im an idiot. but I plan on fixing it, no they are not for sale im sorry

we are floor jack bros!

by **SleeperSolara** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 12:56 pm

TxBmbleBee wrote:
SleeperSolara wrote:Very nice job so far man.
You should get some SuperPro front control arm bushin's.
I think you should sell me those Revo's, lol.
I think you have the same floor jack i have at my house. lol.

can i get them at autozone? and don't they have to be pressed out? if they are not too expensive i'll get them and take pics to add to this thread.

one of the revos is curb rashed cause im an idiot. but I plan on fixing it, no they are not for sale im sorry

we are floor jack bros!

I ordered mine from "RaptorRacing" on ToyotaNation.
I think you should be able to find some Energy Suspension ones.
Not really.
All you need is some big muscles, and a table vise and a hammer, and a saw, and sand paper, and parts cleaner.
Nice.
Dang man, that's good.
I know i was just jokin'. :lol:

Sweet action. lol.

by **TxBmbleBee** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:47 pm

dormant beast

old nastyness

new hotnesss

ewww it needs to be fresh and so clean clean though

**lightbulb**...sandblasting is amazing

ok good stuff but time to reassemble this bad boy

another shot

still need my boot :drinking:

oh yea and remember that pesky mount that the axle was stuck in, i beat the crap out of it on a press haha

some may have said why even bother with making the tranny look nice but it was seriously bothering me, I was trying for weeks to clean it up but it just wasn't looking like I had planned. for $65 I am more than satisfied with the results. hopefully more updates this weekend when I put this badboy in. thanks yall

special thanks to Lowell for his help and his press, and thanks to Pels for the sandblasting info!

by **JamesT** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:50 pm

I know how you feel about the dirty transmission.

I've been known to put my car on jackstands and detail the underside of my engine on many occasions.

nice shift boot...

by **ToyoSolV6** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:21 pm

^looks like he needs to buy one off you James

by **Gibson99** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 8:29 am

TxBmbleBee wrote:special thanks to Lowell for his help and his press, and thanks to Pels for the sandblasting info!

i didn't know you knew john... or is this a different pels?

by **TxBmbleBee** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:09 pm

yea i would buy one off james the only problem is i already bought a brand new one from toyota for $40. so if i can sell that i would buy one from him.

yea that is the pels you know jason

tranny will be going in sat morn. will normal grease work for inner lip of the throwout bearing?? also i got the clutch in but it looks weird to me, maybe i have never seen a clutch disk before but it has threads on the outside of it. crazy looking

by **Dawgz** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:17 pm

Looks great man, i love how it looks now after the sandblasting.

ur gonna love all that new unleashed power!

by **TLMNICK** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:24 pm

Dude, I so envy you right now!......your ride is immaculate, and a 5spd swap is my dream for my lara. Awesome car, I love it.

can't wait to see it when she's all buttoned up!

by **TxBmbleBee** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:55 pm

thanks guys im really hoping everything goes smoothly on sat. cross your fingers, and ill try to get updated pics up sometime this weekend

by **JamesT** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 10:05 pm

TxBmbleBee wrote:yea i would buy one off james the only problem is i already bought a brand new one from toyota for $40. so if i can sell that i would buy one from him.

I'll cut you a deal and make it for free if you swap my transmission.

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