imported_JookSingKid

A friend of mine just called me and her 1995 auto VW Golf CL with 175,000 kms is in the shop.

Apparently her transmission is failing, she was told the torque convertor was going. She admitted she only changed the automatic transmission fluid once.

Right now the car is apart and the transmission is out.

She was told it would $3000 to get the necessary parts and rebuild the transmission. The value of the car is $5-6000.

Does anyone have suggestions?

I thought it would be more cost effective to try and source a used tranny and have that installed, but I have only dealt with honda parts and do not know how much a VW tranny would cost.

Or perhaps even taking the 3000 and trading in her VW and getting something a little newer.

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

MATMAN

My friend, I think it's time for a civic....

To me it doesn't make much sense to spend that much on a car that old with that many kilometres on it.

I can only see someone doing that to a car where they have huge sentimental attchments. I don't think it's worth it!

Hope that helps.

--Matty

bbarbulo

iTrader: (2)

most junk yards ask for about $1000 for an auto tranny for a VW.

plus labour to have it installed

I'd dump the car and buy something newer *cough* ECHO *cough* Trade up!!!

MATMAN

I agree. The new echo's are actually quite reasonable with bang for buck. You can pretty much customize the whole thing from the dealership anyways.

But anything works.

--Matty

Whiplash

anything over 2G Sam is a rip..
where did the quote come from??

imported_EH_94_Civic

i can ask my friend if he has any mk3 auto tranies laying around.
usualy caries manual tranies but worth a try. ill get back to you

UPDATE:

he has no parts for an automatic at this time. sorry for the crap luck.

DumbasSi

When the tranny went in my Passat, VW wanted $1800 to replace it with a used one. I used that money as a down payment on my Civic. I would use the cash to put some money down on something newer.

SpikeyLee

$3k is a lot of money, especially when the car is only worth $5k-$6k. I say that it's either time for a new car, or source the tranny from someplace else.

Put the $3k into a savings account and then use it towards a newer car! Maybe a newer Golf??

sugarcane

www.vwvortex.com

kinda like a Vdub "honda-tech"

they have a CDN classified section
-to check avg going prices
-or may be someone selling one already....