My 91' AWD Protege

[Damkid]

Oh no worries, I'll get er' all fixed up in due time lol

I wish I had the cash to buy this for it

http://ontario.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-auto-parts-tires-engine-engine-parts-Mazda-Familia-323-GTR-BP-Turbo-Engine-Transmission-Complete-Swap-W0QQAdIdZ546019723

[azgtx]

I would be knocking on the door of my friendly banker....and then a cash offer to the guy with the goods....in a heartbeat....those do not come along very often.

[Damkid]

I think this is the same setup that was listed for $4500 a while ago, I'd I had even $2500 to offer I'd try for it but not gunna happen unfortunately

[Damkid]

Tranny blew today..... Time for the gtx trans

[Damkid]

Jack asked me to take lots of pics so here we go lol

Towed it home, glad I had a chain with me lol



Got a GTX trans out and ready to go



Wheel off



Drained the fluid.... Looks nasty



Axles out



I think it's a great time to install the brand new drivers axle I've had kickin around



Then one crossmember off



That's all for tonight... More tomorrow

[FE3-323]

good lord that trans end axel stub is long! i've never seen one before

[Damkid]

Ya it's crazy lol the passenger side stub isn't even as long.... One day I plan to strip down one of my blown tranny's to see why the one is soo much longer lol.... Of course I'll take lots of pics and post them up lol

[Iantboyd]

Ill have to look at the diagram again but it goes through the front and center diff I believe. Or it could be the front diff and transfer gear. Nice looking axle though. Rare birds.

[Damkid]

My 91' AWD Protege

I'm not too worried about seeing a diagram but youre most likely right

I figure the trans is junk so I don't neeed to be able to put it back together afterwards lol

[Mazda_Powered]

It's for the LSD diff in the trans even the Lantis LSD uses inner lengths like that. It's even grooved for fluid transfer, it's pretty neat lol

Awesome pics!! haha thanks, and damn you move quick man...I wish I had the same motivation!! Although having a work space might help haha.

[Damkid]

Lol jack, i barely got started on it.... Wait til tomorrow when I have all day to get stuff done, my goal is to get the GTX trans at least on the BP and mounts back on

[Damkid]

So last night we got dumped on like crazy with snow so I had to clear the driveway before I could start on the car... 90% of this snow fell overnight



So first I started up top un-hooking the mount, shift cables, electrical etc



Then I went underneath to unbolt the driveshaft.... I definitely found where the tranny blew lol

Check out the play on the output flange




Then down goes the driveshaft



Then I unbolted the second crossmember



Hooked up the cherry picker to lower both the engine and trans.... Almost necessary to give clearance to pull the trans off the engine



Unbolted the trans and dropped it out... After a bit of fighting, pushing, prying and swearing



Then after some more swearing prying and perseverance I got the GTX trans bolted to engine and the upper mounts back on to get the cherry picker out of the way



Thats how far I got so far, I'm on a supper break and might do more yet tonight

[jay]

Good job, you def found the problem... thatthere's a trashed output shaft bearing, that is!

[Mazda_Powered]

Awesome work so far man!!!

[FE3-323]

joyload of fun. & holy snow!