84 50th ANNV Auto Trans Rebuild Q's
 

I am the Original Owner, Purchased in 1985, with 5000 Miles on it. Car was the Owner's Demo at a Nissan Dealer. Now has 98,000 miles. Everything is Original and Works !! Auto Trans Blew up on me while Driving on Freeway. Found a local Z Shop and they will send it out to a Trans Shop they use and like. Cost is $2000 for Complete Rebuild. Looking for any insight if I need to request anything special. Thanks for any help !!

Why not send it to the trans shop your self ? sounds like they are giving you the near worst case senario price but if it a clutches and reseal fix it ,your still likely going to pay the $$$ price.
One problem with doing the trans that way is if it goes out later, the 1st shop will say it is not their problem because they just R&R-ed it and the 2nd can claim it was not installed right voiding a warranty.




when you say blew up what happened . locked up or spins free have any gears? pump running ?
if the planetary gears / pump jammed and blew you would be better off trying to find a used trans .

The First Shop, the Z shop will Mirror the Warranty of the Trans Shop. 3 years 30000 Miles. So they will cover the R&R labor is something goes wrong. They gave me the option of letting the Trans shop open it up and just repair the problem, but it could still be $1000, I figure might as well replace everything inside and get a complete warranty.

I was driving it on the Freeway and I thought I noticed the Trans slipping. I knew something was a little off. I do not drive the car very far at all, but on this day I drove it 45 Miles on the Freeway. Then when traffic stopped, I braked hard, then gave it gas and nothing, just revs. so I turned the O/D switch off and it engaged, then I made it to the first exit, pulled off then nothing, no gears at all !!

When the Z shop opened it up it smelled really bad, like it burned up, they said a bolt came loose and did some damage.