yooo. wadup all. i finally finished the tranny rebuild. it wasent as hard as i thought it would be. (with the help of the helm manual/acura service manual.

total cost:
$205- master rebuild kit.
$35- service manual
$9- transmission filter
$28- honda atf
$3- one gallon of dextron III. used to lubricate parts i installed.
$38- for broken shift detent arm (my fault.)
took 3 days total work.

$318 total + time
$1835 aamco estimate
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$1517 total savings


i know it dont sound like much but i could buy alot of shit w/ $1500.

sooo. if any 1 in tampa area wants to do a rebuild ill be glad to help.

got some pics in my www.

 

you rocky willy...and where in your www is the pics?

 

i just uploaded them..... not too many of the finished product cause i was really dirty, and busy.

 

did you do this for the 3.0? how long was the install?

where did you get all the parts from? can you hit me up on aol im @ jgiguere17 cause i need this done too but5 i need to replace the TC i think as well

what came in the rebuild kit? who helped you? what did you all need to do it? how did you drop the tranny yourself? what tools are needed? how long?

let me know cause i need this asap done so i can drive again

 

WWW.HELMINC.COM for the 3.0 service manual suplement
WWW.BULKPART.COM/CGI-BIN/MIVA? LOOK FOR THE M7ZA REBUILD KIT. #12001A
u also need the filter from the same site #12926

the kit came with EVERYTHING u need for the rebuild. clutch packs (usually the problem) all seals, gaskets, ball bearings, etc.
and it also came with half ass instructions. the service manual has everything u need to know. some shit u dont need, (some special tools) all i needed was a breaker bar, 1 5/16" socket fot the shaft nuts. 3ea (extremly hard to get off.) i used cargo straps (thank you air force) which i hooked to the strut tower bar to lower the tranny down. on to a pad. directing it with hydraulic jacks then i drug the tranny into the garage and started on it.
no body helped me. i used the straps/jacks again to raise it into place.if u have someone with u u can do it in 2 days. it took me acually bout 2 weeks (had to wait for a broken part from acura) but only 3 working days. its really really really not worth the $1800 for a professional rebuild.

 

ok go to http://www.bulkpart.com/cgi-bin/miva...ory_Code=Honda
and look at honda/acura then look at 2.2-3.2 acura

 

how would you rate the rebuild on a scale of 1 to 10 on difficulty?

what tools are needed?

 

i tore the whole tranny apart completly. the actual rebuild took maybee 4 hours.(1 DAY) i would say 8. i didnt have any special tools except the socket (1 5/16"), the breakerbar, and torque wrench. the book goes into measuring things but thats only if there was a problem with hard parts. gears, survo's, etc. and they had to be replaced. assuming ur car slips in and out of gears harshly, and doesent grind, it should be the same as mine.

 

So, it Helm's that makes Acura/Honda Service manuals?


Congrats on the rebuild~


Damn, I wish I lived in Tampa to take you up on your offer. I have a strong feeling that my tranny will die this summer. I don't know why . . . but I just think it will.

 

PROPS to you! too bad you dont have some pics and pointers from the rebuild.

 

my engine is making a whining noise i dont know if you heard the video i made but a guy that i know use to work at acura near me and told m it was the TC but how can i tell, we tried to pull up the codes for it and nothing came up, no memeory of codes, nothing

what should i do? i dont want to take it to a shop cause they will charge too much to just even look at it to see what is wrong and i dont want to got o acura cause they are way too much $$$

 

wilp99 how does your car shift? doest i shift hard or almost like its new?

 

its smoothe. alittle jerkey in 1-2 shift, but thats just the clutch packs working in.

i dont think its the torque converter. its been my experience that the noise seems more like an engine oil pump, or tranny pump gear. which operate the same way.
the tc itself only has turbines inside and shouldnt be noisy. but if ur gonna rebuild u should just change it to be safe, cause i am by no means a tranny xpert.

and dust i think ur the only one here whose running a tranny cooler (which im getting next week to extend mine).

 

I can't prove it, but I like to think that the tranny cooler has been what's keeping my tranny alive.

The installation is pretty straight forward and fairly easy. For the $$$, it's an essential investment!


If you need, this is the thread I wrote on installing mine: http://www.acura-cl.com/forums/showt...threadid=73356

 

thats the same place i bought my rebuild kit from. thanx for the instructions.

 

All I gotta say is BEASTFUL, Now thats a job but the savings is awsome.