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Re: GDSB Posted by Saana88 [Email]  (#207)  [Profile/Gallery]
(more from Saana88) on Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:35:05
In Reply to: Leap of faith ends in fall (long), Arabiflora  [Profile/Gallery]
, Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:19:46
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Fix the odo gear, the exhaust, and the inner driver, then drive it until the trans pukes. It may be a car where you decide the body's in good shape and you want to heal the wounds preparing for a sex change later, or you can close the books, fix the items above, and then add nothing but oil and fuel. This is what I refer to as the "used car game."
Optimistic fact: My current car did the 2-3 crapshift for 55,000 miles before the transmission put up the white flag. We were pretty nice to it, and usually shifted it with the lever as I described earlier. And, to add a little more sunshine, my transmission died gracefully. First really cold day of the season (the day I had to hand in a report and then hit the road to come home for Thanksgiving) I started the car, put the lever in reverse, and nothing happened until fifteen minutes later and something defrosted and the gears engaged again. I drove it like this (racing the engine helped heat up the fluid) for a month and a half whilst finding alternate transportation, amassing parts and a parts car, getting the time off from work, et cetera, and then did the trans swap.
As it turns out, this was right on schedule. My trans died at 156, and there are three cars in my local junkyard last time I checked. 900 autoturbo at 150k, 900 base auto at 156k, and a 900S at 154k. No sheet metal damage, good motors. Kind of a waste of resources, I think.
Or next week you could hear a loud banging noise at roadspeed and then the power goes in but never comes out again. This is the nature of the BW55 GDSB. It's your call. Personally, I would give a good hard look at the body and all the other components and decide. Decide to sell it immediately and cut losses, fix the bad stuff and sell it in six months to a kid that needs a first car, or drive it into the ground, or maintain it intending to put in the five speed. That operation is not incredibly difficult. I avoided it for three years; I'd never even broken a driveshaft before, but as it turns out it's a question of just taking it one step at a time.
Or donate it, if you fit in the tax bracket that can actually benefit from that sort of thing. I don't. Also keep in mind the car-donation income tax rules have changed recently, so do yer homework.
Keep us posted.
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