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Old 04-21-2006, 07:30 PM
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If your transmission ate itself it would be Very wise to put a 'new/reman' tq in. Properly flushing it w/o the correct machine or separating the halves is difficult.

Also, be SURE you run a can or two of brake clean through your AT cooler. I would remove the lines and flush them separately. I usually cap one end of the cooler and spray in chlorinated brake clean until it's coming back out the uncapped end. I'll then cap that and let it sit for a few minutes. Blow it out w/ compressed air and repeat the process a few times. Ideally you would like to pull the rad and do it outside of the car but that does add to the cost/time factor.

As for the transmission place, I know a fellow here who used them and he had one good experience and one PITA one... On the not so pleasant experience he had to drop the valve body and send it back to them.

Can't comment on the overall longevity as he only has about 10K max on the 1st box and half that on the 2nd.

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