My poor mustang... :-(

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@jdaniels

There aren’t adjustments or tinkering that would fix the car. He’s bullshitting you. Without taking the transmission apart, he’s doing nothing. If it “shifts better” after he’s done, look for a bottle of Lucas transmission additive or similar nearby, because he probably poured some of that “fix it” shit down the fill tube.

I am willing to bet that Wayne doesn’t want you to buy his transmission solely because you have your head in the clouds (forgive the wording, I am trying to be nice). He was initially offering you an easy out! Your mothers boyfriend obviously doesn’t know near as much as he would lead you to believe, yet you trust him to “rebuild” the transmission?

You complain about lack of time. Please realize that rebuilding a transmission isn’t a 10 minute affair. It involves removing and disassembling the transmission, then replacing bands, clutches, solenoids etc. Expect an entire day on that process alone, whereas a transmission swap would be 2-6hrs depending on skill level. And now we are on to MONEY.

You complain about lack of funds. Rebuilding the transmission is going to cost you more than the $200 transmission that Wayne was offering. I would expect a good rebuild to be in the $500 range. Also, time = money (see above paragraph).

That is all.

P.S. - If you want to learn, and I think you really do, you need to find the time. A teacher would help too, because you wont learn anything useful from your mothers boyfriend.

Now that I’m in my new place and settled… I’ve got all the time in the world. I don’t “work” cuz I’m medically retired, so I get a paycheck either way.

Money wise… I just paid $1800 two months in a row for rent (to cover first, last and security deposit) but come July, I’ll be more than set and capable of spending money on whatever the hell I want.

And I have NO problem buying that transmission from Wayne, except when he offered it, I had more things going on besides worrying about my car… like finding a place to live and moving in. Everything’s cool now, the dust has settled and I can put hours a day into working on my car if I need to, so now apparently all I need is to find someone to teach me, cuz at this point the fucking car isn’t worth the hassle.