Auto tranny question.

[madsupra88]

Hey guys i tried searchin but nothing came up. i have an 88 turbo auto, but my auto blew. i got a hold of a 89 auto turbo trans. im sure its a direct fit, but the electronic clips, do the remain the same or am i gonna have to splice some shit. thnx in advance.

 

[Yellow 13]

They should be the same IIRC. Maybe the plugs are different colors at the worst.


I swapped an 87 turbo auto into my 89 years ago no problems.

 

[Jspec7m88]

HEY! Perfect.

I have an 88 Turbo Auto.
My Auto blew out on me.
I got an A340E from an 89 Auto.

Sounds EXACTLY like you, eh?

Anyways, yes, it goes right in and no you don't have to splice any wires.
Although, I'm pretty sure that in 89, the shift points changed because when I got the tranny into my car, the shift points were CRAZY. It was so weird...took forever to get used to. But to answer your question, you'll be able to swap it in and out with no problem.

Have any problems, let me know.

Jeff

 

[madsupra88]

Cool thanx guys i appreciate it, one more question did anyone do a write up on how to remove and install an auto trans, if not, i was thinking about doing a write up

 

[92turbo4life]

saif if u need help
when felix blew out his trans.. we swapped the old one and had a new one in, in about 6 hours so if you need some help.. we could come by lol...

 

[Yellow 13]

A 14mm ratcheting wrench will save you a ton of time with the 2 top bolts behind the engine. You can also disconnect the EGR and heater hose which helps alot, but youll need to drain all the coolant and have new gaskets for the EGR if you do that.

 

[92turbo4life]

saif.. there is like 2 bolts that are a pain in the fukin ass. like seriously. i forogt weather it was top or bottom but man there a bitch. i think there like right behind the head and u have to snake up there.. lol i remember we started at noon and we wanted to go to woodward that friday. we where there by 9
so it isnt hard but those bolts and re aligning it too. you need liek two jacks and 2 2x4's and jack it up level. its alot easier.

 

[madsupra88]

cool thnx guys, i think imma end up doin a write up on it just for future refrence for who ever wants to do thiers

 

[Jspec7m88]

If you are experienced enough, it's much easier to pull the motor with the tranny.

 

[92turbo4life]

lol that was the day we put his jdm motor in and swapped the harness beacsue the jdm one didnt work. so i guess the trans that the jdm motor came with didnt come out of 1st. so the motor that he locked up had a trans. so we swapped it
we did a hg job and he mashed it right away and blew the damnt hing. and kept going..lol i was like o great job!

 

[92turbo4life]

now felix is doing 15psi on a stock turbo wich is about to go but he has a garret t3 and his headgaskett is holding fine. <stock> he wants it to go so he can doa proper hg job this time. machining etc and put a 1.2

 

[Jspec7m88]

now felix is doing 15psi on a stock turbo wich is about to go but he has a garret t3 and his headgaskett is holding fine. <stock> he wants it to go so he can doa proper hg job this time. machining etc and put a 1.2

Oh yeah? He told me he had a .60 Trim.

 

[92turbo4life]

yea it is a 60 trim
or so the housing says lol...? i thaught they where smaller and when i looked at it it doesnt look like a 60 but w.e.. lol those look small

 

[suprarich]

Cool thanx guys i appreciate it, one more question did anyone do a write up on how to remove and install an auto trans, if not, i was thinking about doing a write up

Don't forget to put in your write up that the most important part of swaping an auto is the new hight stall converter you should put in instead of the worthless stock one.

 

[jdub]

One other thing you might want to check...there are two versions of the speed sensor on the drivers side tranny tail. Pretty sure it's split from the '87-'88 to the '89 up. When I had mine built, it had a sensor with it, so I installed as is...plugged right up. Got a tranny ECU code (O/D light blinking)...swapped the sensor from my old '89 tranny and all was well.

 

[madsupra88]

About the high stall converter, this trans is only lasting me this summer, i got the th350 project going on right now, (my plates are being custom made) so im just puttin this tranny in to last me a month to be honest, this will be my 4th auto trans im putting in but i will mention that in the write up. thnx.

Jdub: i will make sure of that, thnx

 

[92turbo4life]

SAIF like 26 pounds is gonna hold on a shit auto..lmfao
you have to throw me a ride before it takes a shit on you

 

[madsupra88]

SAIF like 26 pounds is gonna hold on a shit auto..lmfao
you have to throw me a ride before it takes a shit on you

Ill make sure i do that and its actually 24psi

 

[92turbo4life]

haha my bad
did u get good couplers

 

[madsupra88]

no, but i kind of fixed the problem, i moved the coupler out of the heat, cuzz it was right on top of the turbo and god damn that thing gets hot