[Supras] 88 Auto Trans

Fri Oct 20 07:18:04 CDT 2006

Yeah, I've only been here what, 5 months? 6 months? And I recognized the
name as soon as I saw it. 

On Thu, 2006-10-19 at 18:45 -0400, t72pwrd wrote:

> Oh Lord, here we go again,
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gerard M" <gerard88t at aaahawk.com>
> To: "supraman88" <supraman88 at verizon.net>; "Jeff Mohler" 
> <speedtoys.racing at gmail.com>
> Cc: "Larry B" <turbogeek87 at hotmail.com>; <supras at supras.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 4:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [Supras] 88 Auto Trans
> 
> 
> > You write of your deeds so proudly.  Good for you.
> > You expect admiration now?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: supraman88 <supraman88 at verizon.net>
> >> To: Jeff Mohler <speedtoys.racing at gmail.com>
> >> Cc: Larry B <turbogeek87 at hotmail.com>; <supras at supras.com>
> >> Date: 10/19/2006 4:43:56 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [Supras] 88 Auto Trans
> >>
> >> HEY!!!!
> >>
> >>
> >> *I* was a Used Car Salesman!!
> >>
> >> And, to boot, we sold "Salvage Title" Cars.
> >> The guy before  me would wait until you were about to sing the papers,
> > and
> >> then tell you it was a Salvage Title (of course, after you got financing,
> >> cash, etc...)
> >>
> >> I would hand the prospective sucke...er, buyer the keys, and give them a
> >> good 10 mile ride to go on, and then when they came back I would open the
> >> hood, door, trunk, etc and say, By The Way, this car was hit here and
> > here,
> >> and here's what we did.
> >>
> >> More often than not, I made the sale, because the owner and his other
> >> employees did good work.
> >>
> >> I had a girl come in, about 22, with a 1 year old baby, drooling all over
> >> this Nissan 200SX I had. I took her over to an Escort with 29,000 miles
> > that
> >> had been flooded (we cleaned it and gutted it and sprayed it with oil to
> >> drive the water out). She was disappointed, but I looked at her and said,
> >> This is NOT the car for you!
> >>
> >> Two days later an 18 YO high school kid came in looking for something.
> > Can
> >> you spin a wrench? A little? Have I got the car for you!
> >>
> >> Seen him driving the 200 SX just the other day! Still going. Much to my
> >> amazement!!!
> >>
> >> I talked as many people OUT of buying certain cars as the cars I sold.
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Jeff Mohler" <speedtoys.racing at gmail.com>
> >> To: "supraman88" <supraman88 at verizon.net>
> >> Cc: "Larry B" <turbogeek87 at hotmail.com>; <supras at supras.com>
> >> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 3:06 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [Supras] 88 Auto Trans
> >>
> >>
> >> > Ya...used car salesmen are just about as honest as used car owners
> >> > -at- used car lots.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Ya know???
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On 10/19/06, supraman88 <supraman88 at verizon.net> wrote:
> >> >> LOL! Back in the Good Old Days of the Honest Used Car Salesman, if 
> >> >> they
> >> >> had a car that had a transmission acting up, particularly slipping,
> > they
> >> >> would throw a handful of sawdust into the tranny. That would make it
> >> >> nice and quiet, and provide enough 'friction material' to get the car
> > to
> >> >> run for about 100 miles. After that, the sawdust would absorb AT fluid
> >> >> and nestle into the filter, and the tranny would start acting up
> >> >> again...usually enough time to get past any 'warranties' the car
> > carried
> >> >> by law (and back then, basically if the car started, that was the
> > extent
> >> >> of the 'warranty'!).
> >> >>
> >> >> Only the scurrillous ones would do this; you know, the ones who moved
> >> >> out of town after selling 5 cars.
> >> >> It also wrecks the tranny so that it needs a total tear down to get 
> >> >> the
> >> >> crap out and clean everything.
> >> >>
> >> >> I guess you can still do this, but only if your tranny is totally 
> >> >> TOAST
> >> >> and you're driving it either to the junkyard or to have another
> >> >> trnasmission installed.
> >> >> Trouble is, with modern cars, you don't want it getting into the Trans
> >> >> cooler since it will gum them up, and make it's way back into your
> > 'new'
> >> >> tranny!
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 18:51 +0000, Larry B wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > Just curious, as I know little about automagics,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Is this what the "sawdust" quick fix is about?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Larry B
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:35:34 -0400
> >> >> > From: "supraman88" <supraman88 at verizon.net>
> >> >> > Subject: Re: [Supras] 88 Auto Trans
> >> >> > To: "Joe Mama" <its4sale899 at yahoo.com>,       <Supras at supras.com>
> >> >> > Message-ID: <00b101c6f127$f569d490$a103a8c0 at omegafilters.com>
> >> >> > Content-Type: text/plain;     charset="iso-8859-1"
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Oh, dear that's not good at all...
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On mine, 2 of the solenoids need to be replaced, so I will have to
> > drop
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > pan
> >> >> > and dump out about 3 quarts of fluid.
> >> >> > It's black as the Ace of Spades, so this is NOT a good thing.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Generally, just draining and filling will not cause this condition,
> > but
> >> >> > a
> >> >> > flushing will.
> >> >> > In our cases, the Black fluid means the Friction Material has worn
> > off
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > Clutches and Brakes and become suspended in the fluid, providing the
> >> >> > friction
> >> >> > needed to keep the car moving. By draining the fluid, you removed
> > too
> >> >> > much
> >> >> > of
> >> >> > the Friction Material, and now the 'naked' clutch plates have
> > nothing
> >> >> > to
> >> >> > grab
> >> >> > onto.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > This is a pretty grave situation, as it means removing the tranny
> > from
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > car
> >> >> > and tearing it down to replace the friction surfaces. About $1200
> > and
> >> >> > no
> >> >> > guarantees! (I can't understand how a tranny shop can charge so much
> >> >> > and
> >> >> > then
> >> >> > not work!).
> >> >> >
> >> >> > We now see why, when I first came here, my first question was how to
> >> >> > install
> >> >> > a
> >> >> > W58 5-Speed into my NA '88!
> >> >> > Mine is well on it's way; I have to shift 'manually' because of the
> >> >> > soleniods,
> >> >> > and I am afraid to do it for the problem you just ran across!
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I generally tell people with older cars that have not had regular
> >> >> > tranny
> >> >> > service, SAVE THE OLD FLUID! It may be the only thing keeping the 
> >> >> > car
> >> >> > running!
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Please, let us know what you find. I'm sure there are more than just
> >> >> > you and
> >> >> > I
> >> >> > in this boat!
> >> >> >
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