Hawks Transmissions??
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From: Great Lakes State
Car: 86 Trans Am
Engine: 350
Transmission: 700r4
Hawks Transmissions??
Anyone ever buy any of the transmissions (new or used) from Hawks. There is a used one for only $300!
Is there something I'm missing (like is it a peice of crap) or is that just a great deal on a trans?!
http://www.hawksthirdgenparts.com/transmissions
Is there something I'm missing (like is it a peice of crap) or is that just a great deal on a trans?!
http://www.hawksthirdgenparts.com/transmissions
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From: Tuscaloosa, AL
Car: 91Z, 91RS, '84 Jimmy
Engine: L98, 355, L98
Transmission: 700R, T56, 700R4
Probably a high-mileage tranny, but Hawk's is a great place to deal with. They're pretty fair about pricing and the customer service is excellent. I wouldn't hesitate to buy a tranny from them if I needed one.
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From: Milton Keynes, England
Car: 2009 Volvo V50 R Design
Engine: 2.0 turbo diesel
Transmission: 6 speed auto
Axle/Gears: yes, both
ok, say for example, this is a functional high milage trans. what would it cost to freshen one of these to make it suitable for, say a 225hp engine?
over here, there is a lack of 700R4's so everyone has to import them, if you get them from GM, they are silly money
lucky i dont need one yet!
over here, there is a lack of 700R4's so everyone has to import them, if you get them from GM, they are silly money
lucky i dont need one yet!
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From: Tuscaloosa, AL
Car: 91Z, 91RS, '84 Jimmy
Engine: L98, 355, L98
Transmission: 700R, T56, 700R4
A stock rebuild will hold 225 for years and years. Basically just replace the bands and clutches, and any hard parts that are in bad shape, and you'll be good. I'd recommend a mild shift kit just because they seem to help the tranny hold up longer (and it'll be apart anyway.) The 'vette servo is also a good upgrade, and doesn't cost much. You certainly won't need upgraded hard parts or high-performance clutches or anything like that.
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From: Great Lakes State
Car: 86 Trans Am
Engine: 350
Transmission: 700r4
Originally posted by TheGreatJ
A stock rebuild will hold 225 for years and years. Basically just replace the bands and clutches, and any hard parts that are in bad shape, and you'll be good. I'd recommend a mild shift kit just because they seem to help the tranny hold up longer (and it'll be apart anyway.) The 'vette servo is also a good upgrade, and doesn't cost much. You certainly won't need upgraded hard parts or high-performance clutches or anything like that.
A stock rebuild will hold 225 for years and years. Basically just replace the bands and clutches, and any hard parts that are in bad shape, and you'll be good. I'd recommend a mild shift kit just because they seem to help the tranny hold up longer (and it'll be apart anyway.) The 'vette servo is also a good upgrade, and doesn't cost much. You certainly won't need upgraded hard parts or high-performance clutches or anything like that.
how much is the vette servo?
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From: Loveland, OH, US
Car: 4
Engine: 6
Transmission: 5
A used transmission is just that: a used transmission. If it comes from a junkyard type business, where they simply sell used parts that come in, then there's absolutely no way that one from any one junk dealer is going to be any different, statistically, from any other junk dealer. You have an equal chance of getting one with some life left in it, or one that's trashed.
About the best you can hope for, in the case of a typical salvage yard where they sell drive train parts out of wrecked cars, is that it was working fine when it smashed into a tree or ran off into a ditch or whatever. But, there's still no telling how far it has left to go before its useful life is over.
However, if the usual price is (for example) $750, and you see every one that this particular dealer is selling has that price tag, and then they have this one other one all by itself that's (again, for example) $300, what does that tell you about it, and what does it tell you about what the junkyard already knows about it? How much you want to bet that the $750 or whatever ones have an exchange warranty, but the $300 one doesn't? Why do you think they might sell it that way - "as is, you buy it it's yours"?
About the best you can hope for, in the case of a typical salvage yard where they sell drive train parts out of wrecked cars, is that it was working fine when it smashed into a tree or ran off into a ditch or whatever. But, there's still no telling how far it has left to go before its useful life is over.
However, if the usual price is (for example) $750, and you see every one that this particular dealer is selling has that price tag, and then they have this one other one all by itself that's (again, for example) $300, what does that tell you about it, and what does it tell you about what the junkyard already knows about it? How much you want to bet that the $750 or whatever ones have an exchange warranty, but the $300 one doesn't? Why do you think they might sell it that way - "as is, you buy it it's yours"?
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From: Great Lakes State
Car: 86 Trans Am
Engine: 350
Transmission: 700r4
Originally posted by RB83L69
A used transmission is just that: a used transmission. If it comes from a junkyard type business, where they simply sell used parts that come in, then there's absolutely no way that one from any one junk dealer is going to be any different, statistically, from any other junk dealer. You have an equal chance of getting one with some life left in it, or one that's trashed.
About the best you can hope for, in the case of a typical salvage yard where they sell drive train parts out of wrecked cars, is that it was working fine when it smashed into a tree or ran off into a ditch or whatever. But, there's still no telling how far it has left to go before its useful life is over.
However, if the usual price is (for example) $750, and you see every one that this particular dealer is selling has that price tag, and then they have this one other one all by itself that's (again, for example) $300, what does that tell you about it, and what does it tell you about what the junkyard already knows about it? How much you want to bet that the $750 or whatever ones have an exchange warranty, but the $300 one doesn't? Why do you think they might sell it that way - "as is, you buy it it's yours"?
A used transmission is just that: a used transmission. If it comes from a junkyard type business, where they simply sell used parts that come in, then there's absolutely no way that one from any one junk dealer is going to be any different, statistically, from any other junk dealer. You have an equal chance of getting one with some life left in it, or one that's trashed.
About the best you can hope for, in the case of a typical salvage yard where they sell drive train parts out of wrecked cars, is that it was working fine when it smashed into a tree or ran off into a ditch or whatever. But, there's still no telling how far it has left to go before its useful life is over.
However, if the usual price is (for example) $750, and you see every one that this particular dealer is selling has that price tag, and then they have this one other one all by itself that's (again, for example) $300, what does that tell you about it, and what does it tell you about what the junkyard already knows about it? How much you want to bet that the $750 or whatever ones have an exchange warranty, but the $300 one doesn't? Why do you think they might sell it that way - "as is, you buy it it's yours"?
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