My damm DSM is broken AGAIN!

howslowcanyougo · 04-11-2006

Was driving over to get a new tire put on my 2G cause the tread was thin and my A/T tranny started slipping!

Pulled into an SA and poured some tranny fluid in cause so was a bit low, and it got better, and I tough I had it fixed until I tried to drive to Inver grove from Maplewood and it started slipping REAL bad, I barely was able to coast the POS into the garage!

4 days......

4 days is how long I had my 2G running this year before something else major broke. Last year I went out 10 times till my SBR turbo blew up!

I really don't know what I'm going to do now, but I KNOW this A/T is GONE for sure!

I've got the TCUGO and the new-reworked IPT valve body and Stall coming right now! IPT can build me a nice A/T race tranny BUT that's ANOTHER $2800 into this damm money pit!

I may just punt this summer and drive the old stock 1G and leave the Damm 2G sit ANOTHER damm year?

Or if I can find a good, low mile A/T for cheap I might do that as well?

Anyway, I'm getting pretty frustrated with the whole deal, I'd just like to get out from under it and buy a new stock Evo under warranty and leave it that way.

tpunx99GSX · 04-11-2006

the A/Ts come in threes, whos next?
Sorry to hear about that howie, i really hate to say it but i totally know how you feel.

howslowcanyougo · 04-11-2006

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Originally Posted by tpunx99GSX

the A/Ts come in threes, whos next?
Sorry to hear about that howie, i really hate to say it but i totally know how you feel.

This happened BEFORE I did any TCUGO tranny mods?

Th car has 80k on it, the filter and fluid was just changed 10k ago, and I'm not making that much power with a T-28?

What a POS!

This really sucks...

Pimpin Dsmstyle · 04-11-2006

How do you know your tranny fluid was low? How low was it? You do realize you have to shift through all of the gears to fill everything necessary THEN check your fluid while the car is still on. That's how you get an accurate measurement of hydraulic fluid in your tranny :P

Slip? What kind.. what gears.. A/t trannies arent that complicated. It could be something as simple to remove as a clogged valve in your valve body. More than likely its a clutch pack or something though

howslowcanyougo · 04-11-2006

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Originally Posted by Pimpin Dsmstyle

How do you know your tranny fluid was low? How low was it? You do realize you have to shift through all of the gears to fill everything necessary THEN check your fluid while the car is still on. That's how you get an accurate measurement of hydraulic fluid in your tranny :P

Slip? What kind.. what gears.. A/t trannies arent that complicated. It could be something as simple to remove as a clogged valve in your valve body. More than likely its a clutch pack or something though

I did all that and it was just a little low, it's slipping bad in ALL the gears, I'm hosed, again.........:-<

Onefast99gsx · 04-11-2006

Hey, are you gonna part it out? I could use a few things...

howslowcanyougo · 04-11-2006

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Originally Posted by Onefast99gsx

Hey, are you gonna part it out? I could use a few things...

Hell no, either I'm going to put in a used low mile stock tranny for about $1300 or I'll have IPT build a race A/T tranny for about twice that.

I'm sure not gonna take a bath on the whole deal and just junk this clean car?

TheLBUGAWD · 04-11-2006

That blows man cause i was really lookin forward to Uni this weekend. Sorry man

howslowcanyougo · 04-11-2006

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Originally Posted by TheLBUGAWD

That blows man cause i was really lookin forward to Uni this weekend. Sorry man

I'll be there in my old stock 1G, one way or the other!

**scheides** · 04-11-2006

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Originally Posted by howslowcanyougo

buy a new stock Evo under warranty and leave it that way.

LAME!! JK, sorry man, that really sucks! Build up a new tranny and get it back on the road!

slowbubblecar · 04-11-2006

It looks like you could get a pretty low mileage donor not too far away. If you go to www.car-part.com, there is one with 14,606 on it for $1200(st cloud), one with 36,000 on it for $900(albret lea) or one with 68K on it for $700(brainerd)

DoughtCom · 04-11-2006

Holy hell man that sucks ass. I'm really sorry to hear that. I maybe a n00b and this could be normal, but jesus this has been a bad week for DSMs.

Kevin 1G Drummer · 04-11-2006

throw a 5 speed in it

**Kracka** · 04-11-2006

That sucks Howie! Weren't you planning on having LSE rebuild it within a few weeks anyways?

A//// Guy · 04-11-2006

Yea that really sucks but yea the rebuild is on the way anyway...

After reading thread after thread of peoples cars dying already this spring or people not making power that they shoulc have because blah blah... Im so glad I got out of that game! haha sorry... it just makes me happy I got rid of the dism.

rst95eclipse · 04-11-2006

Ebay has one for like $350 last night when I was putsin.

TkrPerformance · 04-11-2006

I hated my auto also
the auto in my spyder went out at 38k put in a rebuilt race tranny that went at 48k then it got awd and a 5 speed

howslowcanyougo · 04-12-2006

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Originally Posted by S2kracka

That sucks Howie! Weren't you planning on having LSE rebuild it within a few weeks anyways?

They were just going to put the IPT valvebody/shiftkit, End Clutch kit and Stall in, not rebuild the whole tranny internals!

Jana · 04-12-2006

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Originally Posted by M/// Guy

Yea that really sucks but yea the rebuild is on the way anyway...

After reading thread after thread of peoples cars dying already this spring or people not making power that they shoulc have because blah blah... Im so glad I got out of that game! haha sorry... it just makes me happy I got rid of the dism.

I'm right there with ya!!

TheBlizzard · 04-12-2006

Sorry to hear about the car Howie. Get a decent built up tranny and put a cooler on it and you should be fine. I know a few really fast auto guys from other boards. If you want a good opinion on exactly what to do to make it last send me your power goals and a full mods list and I will forward it to them and get some real world imput.

I used to have A/T AWD 2G as well and did a lot of research on how to make them not break so much. It not all that complicated, you just need to get the right brand and combination of parts and get it done professionally.

I also miss my DSM's sometimes, but its hard to sustain that envy when you here of them breaking all the time and not ever really living up to the potential a lot of them have. Makes you really respect the guys who race these cars and actually run good times and keep their cars together.

If I ever did own a DSM again and planned on making decent power and racing it. It would definetly be a auto. There are getting to be more and more autos deep into the 10s. Yeah they aren't as fun to drive but if you if you are always pulling trannies and adjusting/replacing clutches that isn't a whole lot of fun either.