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WELL....apparently i do....

what i thought was my rear main leaking turned out to be my slave cyl and the left overs of my clutch leaking onto my garage floor....
i dont have the 5k to fix it at the dealership (since i work there)

any ideas?
anybody wanna help? (i have beer! and make a mean beer brat)
should i buy a NEW used trans?
try to rebuild it my self but order new aftermarket (better?) parts? or OEM?
anybody have a spare (WORKING or one i could easily rebuild) trans i could have??!!!

i just bought a house in burnsville and have a 1yr old so money is TIGHT

if anybody wants to help me out with some freebees let me know!

So it sounds like you need a slave cyl and a clutch?

Also If you own a SVT there are no parts available for the Getrag... But you can get the clutch, flywheel and slave cyl. oh and the bearings and seals

I don't undertand why you'd need a transmission for a failed clutch unless something got really torn up in there.

Al may have a transmission if you need one.

Al does have a complete Getrag available and a second one for parts, call him at 651-216-0899 if you need anything for it.

I had a leaky slave, replaced the clutch with a luk kit that comes with a new slave. Change the trans fluid. Works fine.

so you think if i replace the slave cyl, clutch, flywheel, and the pressure plate it should be good?

if i were to buy a kit like that from cfm or somebody?

and Steve wasn't there a part that was upgraded and or changed in that transmission? what was that part if you can find it?

I just bought the LUK kit off of ebay for $423 shipped, about $125 cheaper than CFM before shipping

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/_W0QQcmd ... 145wt_1165

There's the link, took about 5 days with shipping

Yeah, I would just do the whole LUK kit of ebay. Swap in some good new trans fluid and drive it.

If you really want to, you could open it up and check the magnet for metal chunks or anything. But like Steve said, it's not fixable, it's a replacement.

screaming4snow wrote:so you think if i replace the slave cyl, clutch, flywheel, and the pressure plate it should be good?

if i were to buy a kit like that from cfm or somebody?

and Steve wasn't there a part that was upgraded and or changed in that transmission? what was that part if you can find it?

The Getrag itself has been a very solid transmission, if the clutch went out the clutch went out, it doesn't mean the trans is shot.

It is possible to damage the trans if the clutch blows up or if it has issues for a long time, you could damage the case or the input shaft but it's not real likely.

The only upgrade was to replace the flywheel and clutch with a larger diameter, higher capacity unit.

The only thing I really worried about when my slave leaked was that the trans was like half empty. But I dove on it for like 3 months with an unknown slipping clutch before I took it apart. Put new fluid in it and it was fine.

i ended up buying that LUK kit so i will hopefully swap that in this next weekend im hoping.

Did you buy the one on ebay?

yepp

Take your time. It's a big job and there's a lot of ways to add expense if you mess something up. If you have the money and skill/tools, you may want to pick up an limited slip. You have to drop the trans to do it and having one is awesome!

Use new flywheel bolts or loctite the old ones.......trust me