t56 question

anyone ever rebuild a t56?? is it an easy or hard task... i havnt had a hole lotta experience with transmissions but i found this on ebay and was thinkni about buying it.. what do yall think?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7908167283&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT

They cant be that much different from another manual tranny but I would buy that one. Besides, is that thing even the same as the other t56s in the camaro and firebirds. Isnt it mounted at the rearend on the vettes?

do you mean you wouldnt or you would...and i dunno where there mounted...

if you choose to buy this tranny, make sure you have a good parts source for it. It looks good, but, it is in buckets, boxes and what have you. Unless you have extraordinary good luck as a rule, make sure you can get all the "little" items that might be missing.

Good Luck

yea im not sure what i want to do... ive been lookin at t56s but i dont have 1000 for a assembled one

Oh I meant to say that I wouldnt buy that one. Youd be better off just waiting for something that works I think. Im pretty sure that the tranny is at the rear of the vehicle on the corvette to help with weight distribution

look for an engine and tranny combo out of a 4th gen camaro, then sell the engine

I'm pretty sure the tranny is the same, Vette or Camaro, how could a Front Engine, RWD car have a tranny mounted in the back??? the Drivetrain is the same as in the Camaro, Firebirrd, GTO, etc. The driveshaft's might just be different. I mean, is the shift knob in the back of the car?

No they probably just run a rail type shifter. How do you think fwd cars have a manual shifter?? They arent under the hood of the car are they???

Taken from www.corvettemuseum.com "The key features of the structure – low weight, high strength, cored composite floors, enclosed center tunnel, rear axle-mounted transmission"

yea thats y i didnt get it

paint looks good ridge. im planning on painting my 94 z myself. is it hard?

from what i hear you wont save too much money with buyin all teh equipment , but im sure you could save money on the prep work , there was a thread aobut this search

paint looks good ridge. im planning on painting my 94 z myself. is it hard?

nah.... i didnt even really do any body work, just kinda quickly brushed it with some fine grit sand paper... maskin was easy....and the paint gun i picked up for 69 bucks at lowes... and the paint.. was 20 bucks... i used boat paint.. lol