Ah yes, the front doors. Yes, I do plan to widen the holes a little to accept a standard size driver.
So on the transmission, I spoke to "Certified Transmission" who seem to have a good rep from what I can tell. So they would do the following:
- Replace all "soft parts" (clutches, seals, etc)
- Inspect all hard parts and re-machine any worn parts
- Apply any OEM updates
- Re-manufacture torque converter
- Balance converter and dyno test transmission/converter
Comes with 3 year/75k warranty.
They don't stock the 5HP-24 for the 4.6is (only the 4.4), so I would have to send them mine to rebuilt vs. paying a core and getting one they already did. I would probably prefer that anyway.
So that is the good news. The bad news is the price is $3299, which is 1/3 what I paid for the entire truck before I started replacing stuff. Not sure if that is really worth it for the piece of mind of getting a warranty vs. attempting the rebuild myself.
Looking at the California Transmission Supply Company website, it looks like I would need the following:
Overhaul Kit 5HP24 $154.38
Steel Kit 5HP34 $195.86
Fiber Clutch Kit 5HP24 $175.22
So a total of about $525 vs. $3299 and I supply the labor and no freight cost either.
I haven't rebuilt an automatic transmission before, but have done just about everything else. So how hard are these to tear down and put back together?
Any special tools that I need?
I believe there's a book available specifically on how to rebuilt these transmissions. I'll see if I can find a link. So if I get this book and any needed tools, and take my time and stay organized, do you think I'd be able to pull it off?