So I had the dealer look up the VIN from the Turbo AWD 5-speed Eclipse and indeed, the MD770937 was the correct part for the turbo AWD. Those cars have VINs like 4A3AL54F8VE011111, (where only the last five digits were different between the two cars.). So I checked the classifieds and found two 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX Turbo AWD cars, both with manual transmissions. Without a VIN, the Mitsubishi dealer wasn't sure he was looking up the right part. Or from $229.52 from discountmitsubishiparts. It was $286.90 from the Mitsubishi dealer, but the exact same part number was $156.80 at. Once I removed that bolt, I was able to separate the transmission and inspect for damage.Īfter looking around, I found that I got ripped off on the case (sorry Mitsubishi). I couldn't figure out why the transmission wouldn't separate until I read about a bolt in the side holding a gear. This one is a W5M33 late model AWD with a 57 tooth differential gear.Īt this point, I was stuck. The gear oil was blackened and had fine aluminum flakes and steel fragments. But it looks like I'll be able to re-use this one. If I was a professional rebuilder, I probably wouldn't re-use this case. A new transmission is about $2500 from the dealer.Īs a core, this transmission would have very little value. I'm into this transmission about $950 in parts alone. The cost for the front differential case alone is about $290. The output bearing on the front differential was destroyed. Here are some pictures of the damage.Īfter I got the transmission out, I saw the reason the seal was dislodged. Ok, can we please learn that we don't put the jack on what looks like a frame rail on unibody cars? That's not a frame rail, and if you try to lift up the car with the jack on that part, it will bend the body. Rant about jack placement on unibody cars She came out on the better end of the deal with a nice 2001 Outback with a manual transmission and AWD. This was taking too long, so we just traded cars. I looked for months for a transmission to come up on ebay, or the local classifieds. The transmission worked in every gear, so we drove it onto the trailer and parked it in my garage. I paid a mechanic friend to trailer it home. My daughter was looking for a car at the same time, so I thought if she bought it, I could rebuild the transmission for her. He took it to a shop and they said there were metal fragments in the gear oil. He was driving on the freeway and the car started vibrating. The reason for the $2000 price tag was the transmission. When I was looking in the classifieds for a car with AWD and a manual transmission, I saw a 1997 Eagle Talon TSi AWD available for $2000.
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