Date:         Sun, 14 May 2006 23:48:39 -0400
Reply-To:     Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
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From:         Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
Subject:      Re: transmission is it fixable?
Comments: To: eric luebbers <a91syncro@YAHOO.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <20060515010311.35870.qmail@web36308.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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a few years back when i took my transmission out i ran into the same 
problem, chunks of aluminum fell out.  my solution was to take a bolt and 
grease it up then put it in what remained of the hole.  clean the area 
well and form it with masking tape put the pieces of aluminum in and fill 
the rest of the area with jb weld.  i've been running that way for about 
4 years with no problems.  if you coat the bolt with grease or wax then 
it pulls out after the jb weld sets up and you can make the surfaces flat 
with a file.

jonathan

On Sun, 14 May 2006, eric luebbers wrote:

> I started removing my transmission today. Everything was going fine 
until I started to remove the shift linkage from the trans. The upper 
bolt was frozen in place and broke the tab that the bolt goes though, 
from the transmission housing. My question is, can this be repared or 
will I need to buy a new(used) transmission?
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