Id go for the this 405S if everything looks good. I think the autos can
be rebuilt for $1000 or so right? If so...then you should be good to go.
Or find a salvaged 405 and take the tranny.
At 10:25 PM 8/17/99 -0700, joseph armand wrote:
>Ok, I know I'll probably hear about this from those not liking the
>405...but, for practically nothing, I can pick up (or save from salvage)
>a beautiful '89 405S that's in excellent shape... excluding the auto
>transmission. When stepping on the gas it starts out, then the
>transmission slips and then catches again. It's fine from then on and
>at higher speeds. Fluid appears to be fine (I'd expect that it's
>probably been changed recently, though).
>
>So, my questions are:
>
>(1) besides immediately thinking that it needs to be rebuilt, could
>something else cause it to slip? (ie: typical linkage problems, typical
>clogged filters, kickdown cable adjustment, transmission coolant
>circulation, etc for this type of transmission). Any "typical"
>transmission problems/remedies that could cause this problem and related
>to this model are appreciated.
>
>(2) what would a typical rebuild for this transmission be? $1000?
>$2000? More?
>
>(3) should it just go to salvage?
>
>I recently looked at another 405S, but a '91, that had it's transmission
>rebuilt 2 years ago for about $1000. But, the car was in terrible
>physical shape and the dude wanted $3900 (yea right) for it.
>
>Joe
>
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