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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 12:32 PM
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is this a good deal before i turn the car over,

600 bucks parts and labor to remove and replace torque converter,
rear mail seal, H pipe installed, and attach new headers to the rest of the system.

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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 02:22 PM
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sounds allright if they do good work!(and dont charge you xtra)
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you could buy a lot of tools and beer for 6 bills and still have some left over.
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you could buy a lot of tools and beer for 6 bills and still have some left over.
yeah but i dont have the facility or technical know how to pull a tranny.
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yeah but i dont have the facility or technical know how to pull a tranny.
i had no problem pulling my 70 vert tranny that was a 4 speed but putting it back together was a different story. i called a friend and gave him a box of parts and he installed it with ease.
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Originally Posted by nutsy
i had no problem pulling my 70 vert tranny that was a 4 speed but putting it back together was a different story. i called a friend and gave him a box of parts and he installed it with ease.
wish i had friends

but anywho,
i took the car in to have the exhaust connected to the open headers and left with a new torque converter to be installed.
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