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From: Steve W. on 10 Mar 2010 11:07
Sara Brown wrote:
> On Mar 10, 12:15 am, "Steve W." <csr...(a)NOTyahoo.com> wrote:
>> Depending an where you are and what kind of money you want to spend
>> there are a LOT of the three speeds out there. Around here they run
>> about 400 bucks.
>
> I actually have no money. It`s for my brothers van and he has no
> money to spend. I`m willing to buy the junkyard transmission for him
> which will cost $80 and between us we can remove and install it. I`m
> not looking for it to last forever but even if it gets him another few
> years of driving I`ll be happy. Hoping to find the newest one I can
> that fits in a vehicle that may have been in an accident and just
> written off as a loss. Or one that has a bad engine (Broken timing
> belt). Luckily you can see the belts on these things easy just by
> prying up the plastic cover. That`s my next test on the low milage one.

I would hunt for a low mileage unit from a 95. That's the last year that
fit's without having to change other parts. Be careful if the van has
been hit in the front, the transaxle in the Caravan is prone to damage
if it gets hit from the side.
If you find one with a nice clean pan gasket and bright clean fluid,
with 60-70 thousand on it, keep away. There were a lot of fast lube
places that liked to change out the fluids, but they would put in Dexron
with a "modifier" to supposedly make it the same as the Chrysler fluid.
The problem was that it wasn't, and after a few months the trans would
start slipping and having shift problems. The owners would find out the
trans was going to cost 1200-1400 to rebuild/replace and decide it was
better to scrap the vehicle. Saw this a LOT with fleet vehicles when the
maintainance wasn't required to be done at a dealer.


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Steve W.
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