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Well my mom got another 92 LT from a local seller. My mom wanted to keep this car since it remided her so much of her first LT which was smashed by an old man.

I brought this car up to college didnt drive it and then took it back home.

WHen I was driving it I noticed that when I would get on the gas at highway speeds it would build up on the RPMs and then they would just fly up slam back down and gain slowly. So at like 3000 it would slam up to 3500, then slam back down to 3000 and build up regularly.

I was talking to my mom on the phone and she said she has not been driving it, but she did take it for a short trip and when she got on the free way it would not shift and she could only go about 40 MPH.

I was just wondering what a regular cost for a rebuild is. Or if its not a rebuild how much do you think would be a decent price to repair it.

Thanks

Dustin

I wonder if the brake band is adjusted too tightly, and it's not shifting. You may want to look into that first.

Take a look at the fluid as well. Is it bright red or dark red? Does it smell burnt?

Home rebuilds cost around $300...for a shop built rebuild could cost $1000 +.

Thanks for the help.

Does the Hanes go over how to adjust the brake bands?

I have no idea what color the fluid is since I am not at home.

I posted on the local board on NASIOC, and everyone said its impossible to find a place that will rebuild a Subaru trany in Boise.

What all does a rebuild kit come with? How hard would you say it is? Does it come with instructions? What tools will I need?

I am guessing I would have to get a trany cradle. I have torque wrenches, jack stands, a good jack, and a 200 pc tool kit from sears.

subiekid wrote:Thanks for the help.

Does the Hanes go over how to adjust the brake bands?

I have no idea what color the fluid is since I am not at home.

I posted on the local board on NASIOC, and everyone said its impossible to find a place that will rebuild a Subaru trany in Boise.

What all does a rebuild kit come with? How hard would you say it is? Does it come with instructions? What tools will I need?

I am guessing I would have to get a trany cradle. I have torque wrenches, jack stands, a good jack, and a 200 pc tool kit from sears.

Kit comes with seals, gaskets, and clutches. You can get the steels as well. Tool...The only special tool i use was a snap ring tool. No instructions but you can find the FSM online. I would says it's a 9 out of 10 on hardness. Just because you have to get everything right for it to work. Not much room for error. I had 2 other trannys to look at to compare and make sure I had it right.

here's instructions for brake band adjustment
http://www.main.experiencetherave.com:8 ... andadj.jpg

just to let you know adjusting it is a pain, I'm not sure on the exact size, buit you need a very small open ended wrench for the top, probably 6, 7, or 8 and I believe a 10 mm for the lock nut, might be 12 or 14 though. Also it's pretty hard to find, It's right under the firewall, I think a lil behind on the driver side. If you search for one of my previous posts about brake band, i'm sure you'll find it, I explained it more indepth there.

you can sort of see where it is on these pics

http://www.surrealmirage.com/subaru/ima ... P_3215.JPG
http://www.surrealmirage.com/subaru/ima ... P_3217.JPG

Thanks guys.

http://myweb.cableone.net/subiekid/DCP_3217.jpg

Is this the right thing?

nope that's the adaptor for the speedo cable, you want this nub:

http://thawa.net/images/legacy/DCP_3217.JPG

damn, and you can get to that without droping the trany?

I wonder if you removed the shifter trim if it would be easy to get to.

yeah you can but it is hella hard

it'd be pointless to remove the shifter trim, this is up by the firewall.

yeah, it is a pretty big pain to get at that thing, but it can be done.