I think the Cali dealer was just a ******* who didn't even look at it

 

I have a half sleeve right now, planned to go for full sleeve. Then onto other arm and chest too.

 

same here.my right arm is @ 3/4 sleeve right now.my next piece will cover it completely then design starts for the right hand I'm completely addicted to body art

 

Anyone know how much a decent used f23 tranny with about 30k miles is worth? I found one for about 350$ is that good or should i keep looking? Or even get mine rebuilt by a shop?

 

Haha you and me both. Where do you get your work done?

I hate the decision between car parts and ink. Lol faak.

 

ask Evofire.I don't know.sounds like a good price for a low mileage trans though

 

do not get it rebuilt. i just paid 396 from LKQ online for a 63k mile jbody f23 with 6 month warrenty...id say that 350 for 30k miles is NICE!

 

I'm with you there haha.My new artist(if she's still there) works at Next Wave in Apache junction.I'll go back there regardless because all of the artist there were very talented and she worked 3 hours non stop.I was pleased

 

Sweet. i think im going to pick that up this weekend. If all seems good. I still need a TOB and i think im set. I have access to a lift on the luke AFB so im probably going to install myself. Anythibg i should know? Also gonna install team green LSD so i cant wait to hit the track next time!

 

try car-parts.com and lkqonline.com or maybe its just lkq.com

i ordered mine from lkq. alot of them are on car-parts.com and lkq, so you can kinda haggle them with price. i got mine for 396.69 after taxes. found the SAME VIN numbered trans on LKQ and some other site. well the other site was the same price with free shipping, so LKQ shipped it free aswell. they will work with ya, and you dont pay until you pick it up!

i have a used TOB still good though.. 75 bucks and its yours

 

Ah nice female artist. Mine too. Meg McNeil 3rd and McDowell. Love and hate tattoo. I need to setup my next session soon!

 

Thats good to know! I found this one off car-part and they ship free to a shop and i ised to work in a shop so i know them theyll hook me up. cool man ill keep the TOB in mind ill orobably get that off ya if i buy the tranny. Thanks.

 

Female artist FTW she was cool.

 

yeah def wait til you get the trans. mine had a TOB in it, and still have one trans mount with it. as well as some of the shifter braketry. so dont buy anything else until you know for sure what you need.

 

Yes!

Yup i agree. Ill look into lkq i seen them online but didnt look around much.

Do you need any specialty parts to do a tranny R&R?

 

nothing special needed here...but we did my swap at a trans shop. with trans jacks and stuff...so it was easy.

 

Nice. I have access to a bay with a lift but can't say they have tranny jacks. This will be fun.. have you looked into rebuilding the old one or you scrap it?

 

i still have it and it will be built. building an f23 really is only doing the differential. nothing else to build really...

the diff bearings in it are TOAST. so when i get a diff or insert, ill have it shimmed and put back together...

whats wrong with your current trans?

 

Guessing Synchros/hubs are going possibly bearings but can't say.

TOB is bad. Spinning grinding sound at idle goes away when i push clutch in. When i engine brake at 4k in all gears loud metal like grinding.

Cold starts when i pit it into first or reverse it sometimes grinds gears.

When i shift very slow from one gear to another (mainly 2nd to 3rd) at mid rpm 3.5k and let off clutch slow it seems like it "slips" a bit and i can hear a faint slipping sound. I hope thats not clutch maybe because its only on cold starts for that. But still weird. I have a spec stage 2+ and lightweight flywheel.

Im not a transmission specialist but id say having one for back up with these symptoms is a good idea. Lol.

 

yeah id say you have bad synchros and and bad bearings....

nothing a good swap wont cure. and yes id say ur TOB is bad too.

 

Yup exactly my thought lol. My clutch is only less than 10k miles so it better not be that! And i know the staged clutches need to be warmed up before heavy use. So i canceled clutch wear out.

 

My 5th gear is about to say **** the world and commit suicide.

 

That's where I got mine done at too!

 

Who did yours? ^^

 

Mikale, Guy I work with has had a few artists there work on him too.