I recently purchased a 5 speed transmission and an engine from a junkyard. The idea is that I am going to rebuild the junkyard transmission and put it in my 2000 Chevy Metro. Currently, the mighty Metro (A.K.A. Karl) has a bad second gear synchronizer. It is drivable, but it is a royal pain to not be able to downshift into second without some finesse. I have rebuilt dozens of engines but never a transmission, so this will be a new experience for me. I hope to learn a few things in the process. I am going to chronicle every step of the rebuild here using plenty of pictures for a couple of reasons. First of all, organized pictures will help me to remember how things go back together if I get confused. Secondly, I am hoping that this will help someone else along the way. I really hate mechanics. Most of them are opportunistic money grubbing vultures and nothing makes me more angry than having to give my hard earned money to someone like that. I am sure there are a lot of decent, honest, hard working mechanics out there but I haven't met very many of them. I can fix just about anything on a car, but transmissions have always scared me. NOT ANY MORE. Without further ado, lets get started.....
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| As you can see, this thing is pretty nasty. |
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| It looks like the input shat seal is shot. Hopefully no major bearing damage. |
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| Looks like the axle shaft seals are toast too. |
I'll try to figure this picture thing out soon. They're will definitely be larger pictures for the more detailed stuff. Next step is to find a good place in my shed to work on this thing. I gotta get rid of some JUNK!!! More to follow............
