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    Music For Swingin' Transmission Swappers!

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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/15/09

    In reply to Music For Swingin' Transmission Swappers!
    Murilee, it's pretty clear now that you're no Herb Alpert, but that's a good thing. #cooltransmissionnameoftheday
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    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet was starred Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet was unstarred
    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/15/09

    In reply to Music For Swingin' Transmission Swappers!
    My life was easy growing up.

    My male parental unit schooled me in clutch replacement a few times on the '80 F-100 we had. Never wore, out, but the plate always managed to have a spring break, the TO bearing would start howling, or the plate managed to get a bent finger or tow. That truck was just cursed.

    I'd become an expert at transmission removal/replacement, and was even using the input shaft as the dowel, when I was 16-17.

    This was on a three-speed Dodge A-100 manual trans. Transmission jack? Pfft, it weighs only like 100 lbs., what's your problem, wuss.

    Then I took the 5-speed out of the '86 Nissan 720 pickup.

    I thought I was gonna die under there.

    Learned, firsthand, why transmission jacks were developed.

    I'm not about to go down the automatic route.... #cooltransmissionnameoftheday
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    11/15/09

    In reply to Music For Swingin' Transmission Swappers!
    The worst thing is, I actually enjoy music like this.

    Yes, I am relatively lonely. #cooltransmissionnameoftheday
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    Paul Y. don't drive too fast. was starred Paul Y. don't drive too fast. was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/15/09

    @Paul Y. don't drive too fast.: I used this video (and several others) as part of my portfolio when attempting to get into art grad school. Didn't work. #cooltransmissionnameoftheday
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    11/15/09

    @Murilee Martin: I can see that. Away from Jalopnik, there are few that would appreciate a video of a transmission swap, no matter what the soundtrack. #cooltransmissionnameoftheday
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    Paul Y. don't drive too fast. was starred Paul Y. don't drive too fast. was unstarred
    Image of LuciferV8 LuciferV8
    11/16/09

    @Paul Y. don't drive too fast.: Autechre fan? #cooltransmissionnameoftheday
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    11/16/09

    @LuciferV8: Casually. I'm more into the early (pre 1991ish) Wax Trax! stuff and similar. #cooltransmissionnameoftheday
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    Paul Y. don't drive too fast. was starred Paul Y. don't drive too fast. was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/16/09

    @Paul Y. don't drive too fast.: Murilee Arraiac's big influences were Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, Negativland, and the Residents. #cooltransmissionnameoftheday
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    11/16/09

    @Murilee Martin: That makes sense; I know you've mentioned TG & PTV in the past, which is great, and that's really evident in that track.

    So, yeah, get a 4-track from eBay, and treat us to more! #cooltransmissionnameoftheday
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    Paul Y. don't drive too fast. was starred Paul Y. don't drive too fast. was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    11/17/09

    @Paul Y. don't drive too fast.: I drove home the other night blasting "Cypress Sandwich". So satisfying.

    EDIT: Also, Negativland are awesome, by and large.
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    Edited by MushyHeirloom at 11/17/09 3:35 AM MushyHeirloom was starred MushyHeirloom was unstarred
    Image of dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
    11/15/09

    In reply to Music For Swingin' Transmission Swappers!
    weekend jalopnik is way cooler than weekday jalopnik. thanks murilee! #cooltransmissionnameoftheday
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    Image of Uncle Bo Uncle Bo
    11/15/09

    In reply to Music For Swingin' Transmission Swappers!
    "That's me with the Plumber Butt on the right, and my friend ChunkyDeath on the right. "

    Jack stands from Lee Auto Supply? $40.

    Used TH350 from Pick Your Part?
    $150.

    Installing a TH350 with your doppleganger?
    Priceless.
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    Edited by Uncle Bo at 11/15/09 12:32 PM Uncle Bo was starred Uncle Bo was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/15/09

    @Uncle Bo: Actually, that's me on the left. #cooltransmissionnameoftheday
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    Murilee Martin was starred Murilee Martin was unstarred
    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    11/15/09

    In reply to Music For Swingin' Transmission Swappers!
    ... all this time, I thought I had pioneered the floor jack leg pump maneuver to facilitate transmission replacement. You have no idea how disturbing it is to learn I simply followed in the footsteps of someone called "ChunkyDeath". #cooltransmissionnameoftheday
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/15/09

    In reply to Music For Swingin' Transmission Swappers!
    Hey, Murilee's got some pretty good Philly Dog moves getting that jack in place so that ChunkyDeath can do his leg thang.
    There are web sites where this kind of tranny pr0n can earn you enough to buy a box of Tascam Portas. I don't have any links, but I'm sure such sites must exist. #cooltransmissionnameoftheday
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    Novaload was starred Novaload was unstarred
    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    11/15/09

    @Novaload: You can find Portastudios on craigslist & e-bay all the time... cheap too. Yamaha also made a couple different variants on the 4-track cassette theme.

    Murilee, if you want, I can get those cassettes dubbed over into regular .wav files for you. Ping me if you're interested.
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    Edited by HoonThatFerrari at 11/15/09 12:21 PM HoonThatFerrari was starred HoonThatFerrari was unstarred
    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/15/09

    @HoonThatFerrari: Do it, Murilee! We must have those tunes. #cooltransmissionnameoftheday
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    11/15/09

    @Novaload: Shot him an e-mail in case he doesn't notice my offer above. #cooltransmissionnameoftheday
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/15/09

    @HoonThatFerrari: I can also digitize the tracks with a regular cassette deck fed into the computer (tracks 1/2 will be L/R stereo tracks, flip it over to get 3/4), then use software to cut the speed in half and reverse direction on 3/4. Done it before. #cooltransmissionnameoftheday
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    Murilee Martin was starred Murilee Martin was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/15/09

    @HoonThatFerrari: Well, maybe I'll dig up the tapes with car-related tunes. There's one song that uses samples of the sound of a '65 Imperial dragging its rusty exhaust over train tracks, played on a Casio SK-1, as the beat. #cooltransmissionnameoftheday
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    Murilee Martin was starred Murilee Martin was unstarred
    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    11/15/09

    @Murilee Martin: Ah, OK, if you've got the software to do that, then yer good... I've got a pretty comprehensive audio production setup with multiple channels of convertors, so it would be easy for me to do it for you in one pass & then render the .wav files & either upload as a zipfile or send them to you on a CD-R... it would just be a matter of finding a Portastudio to dub the cassettes out of, which is not a problem, as there were only about a bazillion of those made in various models & they're fairly easy to come across.

    Do you have the ability to mix the individual stems/tracks, as well, or is your audio software just a two-channel package? If it's just a two-channel version & you can convert to .wav files, but you just need 'em mixed, lemme know - I'll do it as a fun favor! #cooltransmissionnameoftheday
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/15/09

    @HoonThatFerrari: I've got all the software and hardware I need, just too lazy to extract all the tracks via a regular cassette deck.

    Come to think of it, I might have a video for "Chrysler New Yorker." Totally easy to extract that from VHS tape. #cooltransmissionnameoftheday
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    11/15/09

    @Murilee Martin: Don't want to do it via two-track cassette with the whole flip & reconvert thing? Here's a Yammy 4-track in San Mateo for a buck-twenty, posted just today, in fact!:

    [sfbay.craigslist.org]

    OR... even better - here's a Tascam for 50 buckaroonies in El Cerrito, also looks like it was just posted today:

    [sfbay.craigslist.org] #cooltransmissionnameoftheday
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/15/09

    In reply to Music For Swingin' Transmission Swappers!
    Reminds me of how I learned that the chest is a wonderful transmission stand. OTOH, you didn't have to align and insert the input spindle to the clutch assembly, and you seem to have way too much room to maneuver.

    Music certainly fits the descent thru the circles of hell that these sorts of projects are. #cooltransmissionnameoftheday
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    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    11/15/09

    In reply to Music For Swingin' Transmission Swappers!
    I just had an Our Lady of Fátima moment watching that. Like stigmata, my knuckles began to bleed and I began swearing at the c***sucking engineer who made that bolt so f***ing difficult to get started or reach, and why the hell did the concrete, which wasn't that uncomfortable before, now hurt like hell and my right arm is numb.

    GAH...I'll be back. I have to go kick a socket I need under the workbench and throw a wrench at a cat. #cooltransmissionnameoftheday
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    11/15/09

    @JCWhitless: Try welding in rocker panels while laying on crush n run. "Hmmm, was that sharp stabbing pain in my back a piece of rock, or a bit of weld spatter that is now burning through my skin? Oh shit! Fire!" #cooltransmissionnameoftheday
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    07/19/09

    In reply to 1990 Buick Reatta
    I tried, desperately, to talk a good Greek friend, as in from Greece, not that frat-crap, while we were still in school, out of one of these, but I thing I may have exhausted my value with the Capri...which was a complete heap-O-junk. I was was not going to let him buy one of those, if I was around.

    The Reatta really wasn't a bad ride, though , at the time, I think I audibly sighed when he told me. I changed my tune when I saw it, though. The 3800 was freakin' bulletproof, and it was quite a good boulevardier. His was a hardtop, but I can see the convertible being even more pleasant for those in the right frame-of-mind/part of the country.

    JB_Finesse...you'd better hope that, for tomorrow, Murilee doesn't find an Allanté.
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    Edited by that ain't the way to have fun, son at 07/19/09 4:55 PM that ain't the way to have fun, son was starred that ain't the way to have fun, son was unstarred
    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    07/19/09

    In reply to 1990 Buick Reatta
    Bad price. There's a nicer one than this (Hardtop) with super low miles for sale in Rossmoor, CA and they wanted 3500 for it -- and even then I thought it was kinda overpriced.

    An interesting choice of vehicle, but not my cup of tea.
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    Image of ishigakisensei ishigakisensei
    07/19/09

    In reply to 1990 Buick Reatta
    Buick actually made RWD mules using Buick GN turbo engines. It is possible to make you own. There is a guy on CarDomain that has swapped over a 3800SC engine for more power.

    http://www.lesabret-type.com/TurboProto.html

    The car has potential and it would be something different. For too many years, I've seen car guys decry the ubiquity of Honda Civics but as soon as someone mentions a possible alternative (like a Reatta, a 1970s Rolls Royce, Cadillac Allante, etc) car guys say its too hard or too expensive to be different.

    So which is it? Conform to the herd willingly of be frightened into conforming to the herd? Neither is an acceptable option to me.

    This is not a bad price, but one could find a hard top for around $1500 and you could put another $8500 into it and have a 300hp two seater with a custom interior that might not be as fast as a Civic in a drag race, but you'll be a hell of a lot more rare not seeing another one like you car. Take the Road Less Traveled and let it make all the difference....
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    can't find no job, that's why I ain't go no money to pay the rent promoted this comment ishigakisensei was starred ishigakisensei was unstarred
    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    07/19/09

    @ishigakisensei:

    I want several GN engines just to play with 'em and find out just how stoopid one can get with boost coupled with propane & water injection.

    I think, the 3.8L engine can get close to 500 HP, reliably, if done properly. Yeah, I can live with that.

    I personally love the entire luxury sedan Q-ship idea, and this is a good candidate. How many do you see? That's what I thought....
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    07/19/09

    In reply to 1990 Buick Reatta
    Nice price! Of course, if you take it out of the magic space that is Alameda, it will deteriorate into a rusted out heap. But the price is good perfectly in line, maybe even cheap since it's a drop top.
    These were interesting because of that odd shaped greenhouse and because it was Buick's only 2 seater. It reminds me of a Mazda on steroids.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    07/19/09

    In reply to 1990 Buick Reatta

    Touch screen? Not on the 1990-91 Reattas. They had full electroluminescent gauges and conventional controls, which are a big plus compared to the previous Reatta/Riviera Graphic Control Center (GCC) touchscreen. The picture above is a 1990 Reatta dash. I remember playing with the GCC on an '86 Riv. It was a cute novelty, but I wouldn't have wanted one in my car. Resuscitating a dead GCC after all these years would be a real challenge.

    $5,575 is not a bad price for a Reatta convertible, if this is a good one in excellent shape. Only around 2,400 convertibles were made, and they are becoming true collectibles. I've always though the Reatta was a handsome car in its own way.
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    skitter promoted this comment Edited by tonyola at 07/19/09 12:05 PM tonyola was starred tonyola was unstarred
    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    07/19/09

    In reply to 1990 Buick Reatta
    There's a hardtop, daily-driven Reatta that I see pretty regularly that's been for sale for ages.

    In their own way, I think these are pretty cool cars. It's a shame GM almost (but not quite) got this car right.
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