New tranny! woo-hoo, well kind of...

[albert_ey]

My transmission was making a loud whirring sound that only got louder as the RPM's got higher. I took out my transmission and took it to the transmission specialist, it had a bad bearing inside near the front of the transmission. Rather than just replacing the bad bearing I decided on getting the whole thing rebuilt.

I got the rebuilt transmission back yesterday, put it in and the sound is gone. It feels and sounds much better.

[SER240Z]

Who did the work for you? I could use a good guy near home to work on my five speed.

Thanks

Scott

[albert_ey]

My dad in-law took my transmission down to his buddys shop down the street. This friend of his works on automatics, since he couldn't rebuild it himself he took it to his friends(I know confusing). In the end my transmission ended up in Compton, CA. Good thing I didn't have to go there:) The work was done very fast and painless. I took it saturday afternoon, and I had it back on monday morning.

Anyways the place that did the rebuilding was,

CRUZ & CRUZ

820 S. Washington Ave.

Compton, CA 90221

The number is (562)824-1118

I hope that helps,

Albert

[sblake01]

I've refreshed a couple of 5 speeds myself and presently have one I'm working on for the 810. They're really not that difficult to work on. I just follow the FSM and the transmission tech tips from Atlantic Z. Both of the one's I've done in the past are running smooth and quiet, no leaks, etc. I'm hoping to have the same luck with the one I'm working on now.

[albert_ey]

I don't know if I would have the patience to do it myself. Or else I would give it a shot. Do you know where I can get a FSM? Besides e-bay.

[Rockr69]

Waht was the cost of rebuild?

[sblake01]

You could download the 77 280Z or 82 280ZX manual from carfiche.com. That would basically cover the early and the late trans. I don't think the 5 speed is covered in the 76 280Z FSM. http://carfiche.com/manuals022/cars/

[albert_ey]

The cost for the rebuild was $200.

[Carl Beck]

Your dad-in-law has some very good friends... hard to buy all the parts needed for that amount...

Around here it's normally $375.00 to $450.00

FWIW,

Carl B.

[albert_ey]

Yeah, I know. All the parts are usually very inexpensive. I had my head rebuilt for $75, I bought my Aisin Clutch for $80. These guys know where to buy the parts for a very good price.