Re: I am not

cuhulin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> About seven years ago, the automatic transmission in my 1978 Dodge van
> konked out.It cost me about $880.00 to have it rebuilt at the
> Dr.Transmission shop.Manual ****ft trasmissions with clutches are much,
> much better and far less expensive for me to repair myself, I can do a
> clutch job in no time for much less money.
> cuhulin
> 

Depends on the car. :)
I have a 2001 Trans Am.  Needs a new clutch.  Been dreading it all last 
year - it's tight under there.  And a new clutch and flywheel is close 
to $1000.  You can't reuse the stock flywheel, and my clutch is done 
from abuse (nitrous) so I can't even blame GM.  The double-crappy part 
is I already know that once I replace the clutch in the spring the rear 
end is on borrowed time.  But, my motto is "Drive it like you stole it" 
so you gotta pay to play. :)

The stock GM 4L60's in these things hold up better, but it's just not 
the same as grabbing a gear and leaving 10 feet of black stripes...

Ray