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Oct 30, 2002 | 01:59 PM

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This does not make sense !!

I called my dealer today to get a price for the 3:42 gear for my 02 Vette which has the 3:15, and he told me that there is nothing showing in his parts book. I asked him to check for the Z06 which I believe has the 3:42 and he told me that the replacement part for the Vetts with the 3:42 is the 3:15 . I told him that there is a GM-3:42 gear and he said get the part no.
Does anybody know the GM part no. Thanks :confused:

[Modified by Al, 1:00 PM 10/30/2002]

Oct 30, 2002 | 02:20 PM

pburant

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Re: This does not make sense !! ( Al)

I'm sorry I don't have the part number, but I bet one of the forum supporting dealers would, and they'd probably give you a better price on it than the dealer that employs the parts guy who's either too ignorant or lazy to get you a part number for something that ships in every manual equipped Vette.

https://www.corvetteforum.com/vendor/dealers.htm
:cheers:

Oct 30, 2002 | 02:23 PM

kewlbrz

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Re: This does not make sense !! ( Al)

Call Bob in Parts at:

Ken Fichtner
Fichtner Chevrolet
202 SE 4th St, Laurel, MT
406-628-4618

They are a forum vendor, and will get you the right number, and a great price.

By the way this is breakdown of C5's:

All Automatics come equipped with 2.73:1 gears
They can come with an optional 3.15:1 gear

All 6speeds come with 3.42 with no option available.
All Z06's come with 3.42 like the other 6 speed C5's, but come with shot peened ring and pinion gears for added strength.

By the way, you can pick up a good used 3.42 set of gears for around 500 bucks, from those that have upgraded to 3.73, 4.10's etc.

[Modified by kewlbrz, 12:25 PM 10/30/2002]

Oct 30, 2002 | 02:35 PM

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Re: This does not make sense !! ( Al)

get that damn car to a different dealer, I can't stand idiots working in my car :eek:

Oct 30, 2002 | 10:03 PM

TooManyIDs

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Re: This does not make sense !! ( Al)

Take that person out and..

then, once you are done...

Oct 31, 2002 | 01:36 AM

Avanti

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Re: This does not make sense !! (TooManyIDs)

Yes, YEs, YES--a thousand times yes to all the above! :mad

Oct 31, 2002 | 11:26 AM

MitchAlsup

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Re: This does not make sense !! ( Al)

If you are going to pay fot this; you should consider both the 3.72, the 3.90, and the 4.10s in addion to the 3.42.

Oct 31, 2002 | 11:40 AM

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Re: This does not make sense !! (MitchAlsup)

The part # for the 3.42 is 12551769, it is the same one as for the M6. The dealers book will not show a 3.42 for the A4, because GM does not manufacture it that way. If memory serves, the dealer wants (retail) $1200 and can not reprogram the PCM for the new required shift points.