<VV> repairing 4 speed transmission

[corvair at mts.net]

I haven't used the vendors for repair (big $$$ to ship that chunk of iron) but I was able to buy parts from them (syncros, forks, etc) and have a local transmission shop do the rebuild - they charged me 2 hours labour and supplied all the bearings too. The Corvair trans is a regular GM item with some modifications.

On the other hand, the shop I used recognized the trans and diff as being from a Corvair as soon as I hoisted it onto the counter. Your experience may differ.

Les
corvair at mts.net
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Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:00:45 -0500
From: "Bill Brafford" <turbobraf at cox.net>
Subject: <VV> repairing 4 speed transmission
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
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sorry, neglected to say i am in Tulsa, Ok. I may add that no amount of yanking the trans input 
shaft manually with the coupler disconnected could get it into 4th. (cw and to the rear smitty 
tells me)
also spent a couple of hours trying to adjust it before i removed the coupler to no avail  
any other checks that anyone know of?
would of course like to avoid shipping, but more importanly would prefer to avoid taking the 
trans out again!!

thanks,

Bill





Has anyone had good luck with any of the vendors listed in Corsa or anywhere else that can 
repair a 63 turbo trans?
thanks to your guys help the problem has  definately een diagnosed as the transmission.
 I will have two transmissions to fix, i have a spare that i would send out and have the one in 
the car fixed later for a good spare,  both of these have been gone through in the recent past, 
both are not working correctly again. Would be good to get this done  with so we can go more 
than a few thousand miles before having to take it out again.
 I have a 56 truck that i have driven for 20 years with no trans problems, so it is not my 
shifting habits!! 

thanks,

Bill