1996 Cougar XR7, all the issues.

If you were to drop the trans off at a shop, have them rebuild it and give it back to you to install yourself, it might cost about a grand. The R&R part, if you can do it yourself, will save you $1000+. It can be removed in a few hours with a rental transmission jack. Or a regular floor jack with a helper works too.

You can R&R it by yourself with a regular floor jack too, but it's not fun.
 
theterminator93 said:
If you were to drop the trans off at a shop, have them rebuild it and give it back to you to install yourself, it might cost about a grand. The R&R part, if you can do it yourself, will save you $1000+. It can be removed in a few hours with a rental transmission jack. Or a regular floor jack with a helper works too.

You can R&R it by yourself with a regular floor jack too, but it's not fun.
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I can remove it myself. I’ll have to save up some cash should I get it rebuilt.
 
Depends on the jack, I used to keep my flat bottom 94 (AOD style) pan around and with my jack with a fairly large diameter pad it was very stable and easy to maneuver the trans on it with that pan temporarily swapped on.
 
My neighbor has a trans jack that makes swapping one a lot easier; they sell for ~200.
 
theterminator93 said:
If you were to drop the trans off at a shop, have them rebuild it and give it back to you to install yourself, it might cost about a grand. The R&R part, if you can do it yourself, will save you $1000+. It can be removed in a few hours with a rental transmission jack. Or a regular floor jack with a helper works too.

You can R&R it by yourself with a regular floor jack too, but it's not fun.
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I built a 4r70w about 3 weeks ago for a customer for a 2003 F150. Didn't have to replace any hard parts. Spent almost $1000 wholesale for everything I bought. But that was a California Kit, all the bushings, converter, all solenoids, all servos accumulators and a Sonnax OD pin. Prices have really gone up. 18 months ago all the same stuff was about $600.

Edit: I also bought a Sun gear, and I believe a sun shell. So scratch the "no hard parts" comment.
 
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OilBurner2003 said:
Hah! Well, I’ll put the fluid in and roll it around to the shed. Dunno how much a rebuild is, and that will..Take work just to get it out.

Thank you all for being patient and being able to teach me shit that I don’t know yet lol.
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You could drive the trans down to Vegas and I'll build it for you.
 
Gordo, I was looking at rebuild kits the other day, and was really amazed by the prices, even at the same place. Where it was ~200, with extras, now it's closer to the grand you said.. There are reasons other than covid. I'll rant on that in my thread, lol.
 
supergordo said:
You could drive the trans down to Vegas and I'll build it for you.
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That’s an amazing offer! I’ll keep that in mind. You know, it’s funny. Everytime I drive in town I’ll get a comment from someone saying “That’s a cougar!” It’s a fun experience. Never had a car “classic” enough to catch the eye of some folks.
 
Grog6 said:
Gordo, I was looking at rebuild kits the other day, and was really amazed by the prices, even at the same place. Where it was ~200, with extras, now it's closer to the grand you said.. There are reasons other than covid. I'll rant on that in my thread, lol.
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It's worth nothing as well that I buy my parts locally from a transmission parts wholesaler. I'm on their top tier discount. And it's pretty pricey now.
 
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