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[Kenneth Epperly]

Check the CV joints?

        Ken
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From: "sabutin" <sabutin@mindspring.com>
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Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 8:53 PM
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> Hi all...
> 
> been gone for a couple of yeaes...glad to see the list is still thriving.
> 
> I have a red '94 MTX SHO with almost 180,000K on it,.
> 
> Original owner.
> 
> I love the car, ands see nothing on the market that would fit my 
> requirements any better.
> 
> I have had my share of niggling problems, but hey, w/a high mileage 
> car, that's part of the dues.
> 
> But now...I think I am faced with a transmission rebuild. Maybe 
> someone here can tell me otherwise.
> 
> I have maintained the car very well...synth oil, synth tranmission 
> oil, etc. Never raced, never left much rubber or mistreated the 
> transmission, just drove fast when I could get away with it.
> 
> About a month ago I noticed a hum at 65 MPH. Thought it was the 
> beginnings of a bad wheel bearing, but my mechanic...a good one who 
> has maintained the car since it went out of warranty...said no, the 
> wheel bearing were fine. I drove it some more, and the hum got worse, 
> plus a subtle shaking or vibrating. Not just at 65. either, but at 
> resonance points up and down the speed range.
> 
> Definitely not engine, definitely not drivetrain. Stays exactly the 
> same while coasting either with the clutch in or in neutral. My 
> mechanic thinks its a bad front diff, and says that it requires a 
> complete transmission rebuild to fix it.
> 
> Say it ain't so, Joe...
> 
> I mean...I'll DO it, but it's time for new snows (NYC-Maine trips 
> often, year 'round),  the clutch prpbably only has about 10K left on 
> it and I have a small oil leak from under the valve casing that I 
> want to fix before it gets any worse.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Anybody know how much that kind of work might cost?
> 
> Anybody know of a good transmission guy in the NYC area who's worked 
> on this model tranny before?
> 
> Thanks...
> 
>     S.
> 
> 
> 
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