t56 question

[ridge_runner]

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/eB...RK%3AMEWA%3AIT

[Dober89]

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?

[ridge_runner]

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

[pind]

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

[ridge_runner]

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

[Dober89]

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

[drvngstorm05]

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

[Joseph1082]

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?

[Dober89]

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???

[Dober89]

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"

[ridge_runner]

yea thats y i didnt get it

[tacoma man.]

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

[mike123]

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

[ridge_runner]

Originally Posted by tacoma man.

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