Tranny rebuild or replace ?
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Since then I have returned to home base in Florida. Because of the $2000 ish cost to ship the car back to CA (if ever needed), I decided to look at cost of buying a used transmission off EBay ($650 - $1200 plus shipping) and rebuild it to new specifications. An estimated total for all wearable parts is $2500.00. With two XK8's using the same transmission, it would be nice to have a spare waiting for one of the cars to fail. I am not a fan of doing and or paying for things twice.
Hope this info helps.
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Not quite. I drove from FL to CA in early November. It wasn't until mid December the transmission started to exhibit some signs of trouble. It complately failed mid January. I returned to FL in early April. There is about 7,000 miles on the rebuilt transmission; seams to be ok.
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Becky, when I was shopping for an XK8, found a nice one in Naples, FL. FYI, dealer quote to ship to Sac was around $1,400 (open) which seems pretty reasonable. Decided not to buy because I don't want to buy a car unseen. I've enjoyed phone calls w/ the owner of Bacchus. Seems very competent which of course means expensive.
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Becky, when I was shopping for an XK8, found a nice one in Naples, FL. FYI, dealer quote to ship to Sac was around $1,400 (open) which seems pretty reasonable. Decided not to buy because I don't want to buy a car unseen. I've enjoyed phone calls w/ the owner of Bacchus. Seems very competent which of course means expensive.
Thanks.
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