This guy sold me a tranny that was supposed to be in great shape, with 85,000 miles on it. The tranny needs a complete rebuild and an input shaft. The tranny had been into before and had alot more than 85,000 miles.

 

Not true guys, I bought this 5 speed WC tranny from my buddy, it was pulled out of a '90 formula, it had a 305 TBI, (195 hp) and this car was not beat. And he still has the car, so I can verify it has 85,000 miles on it. I've been friends with him for 10 years, and I've known him the whole time he had this car. I've drove it numerous times before he parked it. It sat for a year, and then we pulled the tranny. The plan was to put the swap in my camaro, but I sold my car, so I had no use for it. I sold it to kickass92z for a little less than what I paid for it just to get my money back. And I told him everythign I knew about the tranny, which was to my knowledge it was in full working order, and I drove the car with the trans in it, and it seemed fine to me. And why would I pay top dollar for a 5 speed swap if I knew it was junk? So to my knowledge, the tranny worked fine, and I sold it as is, and stated that fact. You haven't tryed the tranny to see if it actually worked or not, you just took it to your tranny guy and he said it was shot. Now whether it is shot, or he's just trying to get money out of you, I don't know. But if you have a tranny with close to 100,000 miles, you might want to look into a rebuild anyways. Car parts don't work forever. So i'm not sure what to tell you, but I stated everything I knew about the trans in my classified ad, all I can say is sorry it didn't work out as planned.

I wish i could've put it in my car to test it to make sure, but I didn't have the time or the ambition, thats why the car is gone now. I wasn't the true owner of it, more or less the middle man here between my buddy and kickass92z.

My intentions are not to screw anybody over, and i'm sorry kickass92z, everything else I sell on here is my own stuff, from my own car, so I know it is all high end parts. And I can vouch first hand that everything I have is in full working order. I didn't really have that first hand experience with this tranny, but it worked fine a year ago when he parked the car. And the tranny has never been into before, I know that for a fact. All the bolts were definately factory tight. It had all the factory tags on it, and my buddy has had this car since it had real low miles on it. So he holds the majority of its past history.

 

I know the guy who is rebuilding it for me and he is nothing but honest and has been for as long as I have known him. Any way he stands to make no more money I buy the parts and take them to him. I have always had good luck on here buying and selling parts, guess its just a chance you take.

 

Buying a used trans includes some element of risk. What evidence do you have that the seller intentionally misrepresented the item, that he knew that it needed a rebuild?

 

very true...

buying used trans' and engines' should always be looked at as if they need rebuilt. Unless the seller can show absolute confirmation stating otherwise.

 

It's easy to say that not being the one who is out the money. This is not a matter of me assuming it should be rebuilt. How many cars with 85,000 miles would you buy if you thought as soon as you got it, the tranny would have to be rebuilt. 0, none, nada, I asked him to be honest with me and tell me if the tranny would need to be rebuilt, I was going to rebuild it anyway just not expecting to find what I found when I got inside. The tranny had definately been into before. I simply left feedback here I don't need to be rediculed for buying used parts. I have bought and sold on this forum several times and this is the first bad deal I have had.

 

First of all, no one is ridiculing you.

If you are going to say someone is dishonest, then you should have proof of their dishonesty. I asked you, what makes you think the seller KNEW that the trans needed a rebuild? What makes you think he LIED to you? These are important questions when you post publicly that someone ripped you off.

I just sold a trans to someone, and was as honest as possible about what I knew of its condition. Still, it is a mechanical device, and I cannot divine its future. If it ends up not working, am I to be called a liar, even though I was honest?

Again, I am NOT trying to ridicule or insult you, just ask you why you think the seller lied.

I am sorry if you have taken offense.

 

How much did you buy it for if you don't mind me asking...

and how much would a rebuild cost?

 

Any auto transmission that has been sitting for a year, should be considered a candidate for needing a little freshening up.

Just due to the fact the fluid has been sitting in the bottom of the pan and not keeping the seals and internals wet with fluid.

IMO, If Klumb was upfront and communicated with you it had been sitting unused for a year and you still bought it, you took the gamble.

 

I pretty much said the same thing as bull.
I am not ridiculluing you, I was stating a good practice.
I have been jipped on engines before cause I took the word of the seller that they were in good shape, then not even 200 miles and boom.

Yes I have bought cars with both excess of and less than 85K miles. I look at both of them the same. Granted yes I expect the one with less than to last longer, but that is the nature of the game. You really have no idea.

Hell this last vehicle my jeep, has 160+K and it runs and drives better than many of the vehicles that I had gotten with half as many miles.

 

Any one who has the knowledge to pull the trans and transplant it could have told that the trans. had problems. He said it made no noises, as bad as the input shaft bearing was it had to make noise. That shaft is worn bad and the bearing is shot. I sold a guy my T-56 on here recently and I was as honest as I could be. I feel as if I was deceived, as for having a video of him confessing, no I don't. But put yourself in my position before you cast judgement. I realize it was used, but a little more honest info would have been nice.
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this was a 5-speed not an auto

 

If i would've known it was bad, obviously I wouldn't of sold it to anybody. In reality, i wouldn't even bought it for myself.. You act like I knew it was bad, and I definately did not. I don't know what you want me to tell you, I drove it, it drove fine, so I bought it. Plans were to put it in my car, the plans didn't happen like that, so I sold it...I don't know what else I could've done. To my knowledge it worked fine. I'm lost for words, if I knew more about the internals of the tranny, I would've been more honest with you, but obviously I didn't...

 

This is going no where. I have the trans and have to buy the parts to fix it. That is all there is to it. I feel I was deceived, If not I am sorry but it looks that way from my point of view.. The end....

 

You still never drove the car with the tranny in it...we know nothing from that alone. You said you were gonna rebuild it either way? Whats the difference? I guess im missing something here...

Also to be more "into the same feeling" I just forked out $1300 for a T56 with a reverse that likes to pop out every 5 times or so...what can i do? The guy was as honest as he could be and was willing to do everything to help...**** happens.