[mcqueary]

Dan,

I bought a paper rubber kit plus the two metal clad axle seals and the metal clad torque converter seal off ebay and also bought a used input clutch housing off ebay which I took parts from to replace some of the worn clutch disks. The total cost for these parts was less than $100.00.

The Lesabre factory service manual and the ATSG manual (which is what I actually followed during the rebuild) calls for several special tools but in all cases I was able to fabricate what I needed for spring compressors, seal installers and protectors, etc. None of the recommended special tools seemed absolutely necessary, but would have made some of the work easier.

I did not take apart the valve body, just cleaned it, since I did not feel my problem was here and I did not want to risk damaging the valve body or making any errors.

It was a lot of labor but I learned a lot and I'm sure I saved lots of money.
I have over 1000 miles on it since the rebuild and everything seems to be OK.

Thanks for asking,
Tom McQueary