F/S: 1992 Eclipse GSX - 6/4bolt

[talntid]

F/S: 1992 Eclipse GSX 6/4 - 134k miles. Cloth Interior, sunroof, all power, stock radio.
Pic: http://www.spokanespeed.net/attachment.php?aid=206

This is what the car has, from my understanding: I can verify everything but the internals, but have no reason to believe it is not all there. This is what the previous owner gave me as a mod list.

2g Pistons/1g big rods
Cometic HG
Revised 3g Lifters
Shepherd Racing GVR4 Tranny
Ported RRE Big 16G turbo with 38mm wastegate & Ported 2g Exhaust Mani
ACT 2600 clutch
Extended Slave Rod
Steel Braided Clutch line
Taboo Speed Shop Clutch Fork Uninstalled
Fidanza Flywheel
Dave Brode 2" upper intercooler pipe
B&M fuel pressure gauge
Supra Fuel Pump
SpoolinUP AFPR Uninstalled
3" Turbo Back with Magnaflow Performance muffler & 3" Test Pipe
EVO 8 shift knob
Grant Steering Wheel
Ground Control coilovers & Koni Yellows in rear Need Servicing
Eibach Sportlines & KYB GR2's in front Need Servicing
Nuespeed front & rear strut tower bars
VooDoo III MBC
TMO Stage 3 Chip Uninstalled, but EPROM is there.
Chip Burner & Software
Clear Corner lights
Autometer Boost & Air/Fuel Gauges
1g MMCd Logger & Cable
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Car runs GREAT. Starts up every time, all the time (even now). Idles fine, pulled hard, etc. Interior is in very good condition. All glass is there, none is broken. Tint is peeling and needs to be removed. Rear defroster does not work.

The bad: Since I got the car, I have had trouble shifting to reverse while the car is running. The clutch does not fully disengage. I replaced slave cyl, master cyl, installed steel braided clutch line, and bled the system multiple times. Same issue. Installed extended slave rod, same issue. I was going to pull the trans sometime in the next few months and install the clutch fork and pivot ball, but then yesterday, something went wrong:

I was driving home from work yesterday and it started making a clunking sound from the drivetrain. I have not had time to inspect it yet to see what it was, but it appears the CV axels are not causing this (but should be replaced). I have not inspected it further than that. The car moves on it's own power, but makes a clunking noise from the drivetrain.

Paint on both front fenders is fading. Paint on front bumper is peeling/cracked. Rear bumper is same way - this was a California car and the heat killed it.

I have a folder full of recipts from this car.

Best Offer offer around $3000. Located in Spokane, WA
509-280-6106

[4STFED]

Dude...WTF is wrong with you??? :-) I cant belive you are selling it so soon.

[talntid]

John,
I can't afford to fix it right now and pay my other bills... Wish I could - but if the right price does not come along, I am keeping it.

[4STFED]

Seems like everyone is getting rid of their DSMs nowa days. Sorry to hear about the situation. If there is anything we can do let us know.

[talntid]

Heh. I need a garage to inspect it, a garage to fix it, a flatbed trailer to tow it to that garage, and a bit of time to work on it. Other than that, I am not going to sit out in the snow attempting to pull a tranny for the first time ever laying on the cold ground and blistering wind. I could use the money for bills/holiday season, too, if the car is not going to be doing me any good.

[4STFED]

I thought you had a garage???

If needed, your welcome to use mine as long as you bring yer own tools - you dont want to use mine, they are crap.

[talntid]

I have my own tools too. :)
You realize that my car could be there for ~3-4 weeks, right? depending on what the actual issue is

[94blueGSX]

I feel for ya man.wrong time of year to be havin car problems and no garage. I would try to hold onto it if you can. get your daily goin and wait for a better time to work on it. I'd hate to see you get rid of it already.

[gregc]

$1500 Cash and I'll take it off your hands. :D

[talntid]

Add another grand to that :)

[Kolat]

$1500 Cash and I'll take it off your hands. :D


that's what I offered him when he called me last night while he was waiting for the tow truck.

T

[a1320honda]

Man.....There are some retarded low lowballers on here. thats why i hate this forum anymore.

[Kolat]

no, there's just people that think that their broken 15 year old cars are worth tons of money, kinda like the kid on craigslist wanting 10k for his 92 toyota celica.

T

[a1320honda]

$2500 for Eric's car isnt a ton of money. And bein offered $1500 for a newly rebuild 4g63 6-bolt in a clean 91 GSX is bein extremely lowballed. Eric....dont sell the car. It sounds like a dropped u-joint or carrier bearing failure. Fix it. Look at the driveline first. Sorry. not tryin to start a war, but on idahostreetracing.com, i was offered alot more for my car running and also was told if i was local i would get the $1700 i wanted for it not running. So dont try to sell your car on here Eric. if your gonna sell it put it on idahostreetracing.com. I got what i was askin for my car in the first week i put it up. Need any help, call me.

[talntid]

Steve, I am going to be checking the simple things, but if it is tranny failure, I can't afford to fix it any time soon. Don't worry, I am not accepting any lowballs :P

[gregc]

FWIW, I am pretty sure Eric knew I was kidding. No need to start a "war", just have some sense about context when smiley's are used.

[a1320honda]

I know man, and i wasnt speakin directly to you. I just feel really insulted by the couple of offers that i got for my car on here that were sent on P.M. And i didnt want Eric to get the same crap i got. No worries though.:D

[4STFED]

Eric - PM

[talntid]

Hey Greg, I suppose I will take you up on your offer to trade straight over for your Camaro.. when will you drop it off? ;)

[96gsx]

If I still lived at the duplex I would let you take over my garage.**Sorry man.**You need to hurry up and heal and we'll dig into it and find out whats wrong..**

Don't heal up to fast though, it's really fucking cold outside..**Springs good for me.. ;)

[Kolat]

feel free to be offended by my offer, it was on a non running car that blue books for much less than you were asking for it and that had body damage, and with how the car needed a re-build in the first place who knows what else you screwed up with being dumb.

T

[4STFED]

Fuck this lowball shit....Right in the ear!

Let’s get the local dsmers together, fix Eric's ride, call it a xmas gift and be done with it. Seriously, it cant be that difficult to diagnose your clutch engagement issues, its prolly going to involve dropping the tranny but thats no big deal. Your drive train noise is likely ujoint or carrier bearing related as Steve suggested.

[Kolat]

I've already told eric how to fix the shifting thing, he has the parts, just needs time and money.

T

[a1320honda]

feel free to be offended by my offer, it was on a non running car that blue books for much less than you were asking for it and that had body damage, and with how the car needed a re-build in the first place who knows what else you screwed up with being dumb.

T


You make it sound like its been totaled 3 times. the body damage isnt bad at all. You need to get that out of your head. And yes....it wasnt running. But considering eveything that cam with it.....Thats a good price. Theres over $1200 dollars worth of new parts and a ton of other stuff. Why did you make an offer of $1400 the way it sat, and when i said $1600 and all my dsm parts go with you laughed at me and told me $1500 running. Thats a fucking joke. Your just tryin to take advantage of people who are at their weakest. Lowballer from hell. And i was insulted...until i considered the source. Anyways....The subject is dead. You dont have to worry about buying my beater pos dsm. But as long as im a member on here i wont let you try to screw others Like Eric who will openly admit he doesnt know everything. Im down with 4stfed. Lets fix it and get it up and running again. sort of a get well soon, merry christmas gift. i dont have money but ive pulled a couple of these trannys and drivelines and will offer my labor. Lets do it.

[94blueGSX]

I would like to help any way I can. The people that know me will agree I probably shouldn't attempt to fix anything, but always willing to try. Eric's a good guy and I like to do things for good people. I'll buy ya a couple cases of Dew to keep you goin when you find the time to fix it. I'm not going to see you in a Supra or whatever again that you don't want. Ultimately its your decision man, but like everyone else except a select few, I would like to see you up and running again smoother than before. You got my number.

[talntid]

That would be great guys.. I won't lay around in the snow breaking it further than it already is, but if someone who has already pulled a tranny can help me out, that would be awesome. I'v never done it, and learning in 0degree weather sucks worse than most things... I dunno.. I really don't want to sell this car - it is honestly the best running 4g63 i have ever seen... not the fastest, but it starts RIGHT up on the first crank and has no issues... i am out working on it today trying to find out what's up with it.. if anyone feels like driving out to deer park. heh. 509-280-6106

[4STFED]

Although i’ve never done it myself either, pulling the tranny is fairly strait forward as I understand it - pop the axels, pull the t-case, remove a cross member or two, remove tranny mount, loosen some bolts and down she comes. My buddy in Portland pulled his tranny to replace a broken clutch fork and only took a few hours - I watched on the webcam :-) The only issue he ran into was jacking the tranny back up. After wrestling with it for over 2 hours we enlisted the help of 'oldman' on dsmtuners. He suggested using an engine hoist to support the tranny instead of a floor jack - worked like a charm.

If you still need some help tomorrow, i've got the day off so just let me know.

EDIT: Im busy tonight - New parts arriving from machv :-)

[talntid]

I work tomorrow.. (If I can get to work, LOL) :(

[2GTalonTSI]

Eric like 4STFED said if you can get a cherry picker do it... my brother and I did the change on my 92TSI and it was a beotch... lol he lifted from the top and I pushed from the bottom. After about 5 tries it went in like butter. LMAO!!! Damn man if I could help you know I would man!!! I know you know what the VFAQ's are but this is what I used when I did my tranny swap... http://www.vfaq.com/mods/clutch-1G.html same place I got the info on doing the output shaft swap on my new tranny. YOU NEED A GARAGE MAN!!!

[4STFED]

YOU NEED A GARAGE MAN!!!


Or at least one of these:

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/acecanopy_1919_7214784

The Bently - or whatever that is would be nice too!

[2GTalonTSI]

:D That'll keep the wind chill out!!!

[talntid]

Indeed! Is that an austin martin on the left?

[a1320honda]

Like the first 3 i did it, i was using a floor jack to prop it back up in there. the scary thing is i was alone and those things weigh alot and its kinda scary balancing those on a floor jack and waiting for it to come tumbling down. Fortunately it never did. And the last time i pulled from the top while Chad pushed from the bottom and it only took a minute or so to get it up....LOL! But ya, the basics....Pop the axles out, unbolt the lower ball joint and pull those out toward you, More than likely youll have to loosen if not drop the downpipe all together to gain access to the 5 17mm bolt that hold the x-case in, Drop thex-case, unplug your backup light switch, and your speed-o cable, and then the 2 12mm that hold the slave cylinder on. Its alot easier if you remove the whole tranny mount completely, which is 2 17mm on the tranny and the long one goin through the mount itself. Youll need a jack or something under the engine and sometimes its easier to unbolt the front mount to let the motor drop down a bit more. At that point its the 4 14mm around the bellhousing and ya there is a crossmember under there too that needs to come out. And its all easier if you remove your intake pipe and your upper charge pipe. Thats just a quick summary i guess.. Eric, you know my number if your gonna attempt this and need any help, call me.

[talntid]

I'm gonna wait until I have some sort of garage to do this in. Doing it in the snow while snowing is stupid, esp since my car is litterally sitting on ice right now - jacks are not friendly ;) I'll keep you guys posted if/when I do this. thanks

[2GTalonTSI]

There you go man... keep the car and sit on it for a bit... :)

[talntid]

But how will I get to work? LOL
I don't have the $100 it takes to fix my OTHER car, and the Eclipse doesn't move.

[rrussell]

But how will I get to work? LOL
I don't have the $100 it takes to fix my OTHER car, and the Eclipse doesn't move.


I can help to if you need hand. I just R/I my trans and engine a couple months ago with a cherry picker and a couple tie-downs around the trans. It made it a lot easier. My Black talon I used a floor jack and had it come crashing to the ground but lucky my arm broke the fall.;)

[talntid]

Seems like all the DSMers in this area have R&R'd trannys except me! I am starting to feel left out... lol.. :)

Little does everyone know, I live in the cold, cold Deer Park. Brrrrrr.......

[a1320honda]

Well...if your gonna be a dsm'er, you better learn to pull trannys, lol.

[2GTalonTSI]

Little does everyone know, I live in the cold, cold Deer Park. Brrrrrr.......


Believe me, I know brotha... I am in the same damn boat... did a head swap in this old dodge truck I had a few years ago!!! Brrrrr..... :)

[Kolat]

I've swapped out, um....16 trannys in dsms's, just make sure you get the little 10mm bolt that goes in the opposite way in the differential otherwise the tranny will push away from the block when you push in the clutch and it'll snap off the little sleeve that the TOB slides on after a little bit....don't ask how I know :-)

T

[Kolat]

hopefully things work out and I get a winter beater :-)

T

[talntid]

Wierd. I put the car on jackstands and ran it through some gears - no noise - so I figured it was only under load and i would not be able to diagnose it. I took it back off jackstands and went to pull it out of the garage.. no noise! I then drove it around the block 4 times, even got it up to 75mph and no noise. WIERD. But that's good news for me!@ :)

[2GTalonTSI]

Wow that is weird... hope it does not come back.

[talntid]

yup, i hope it stays away :)

[Kolat]

I hope it stays away too....I'll be out to pick up the car on monday :-)

T

[talntid]

Ok, bring $4000 :)

[Kolat]

pft we already had a deal.

T

[Kolat]

sold!

T

[talntid]

YUP :(

[Kolat]

shifts like butter now.

T

[talntid]

liar :P

[Kolat]

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b294/Qolat/GSX/DSCF0069.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b294/Qolat/GSX/DSCF0070.jpg

[4STFED]

Those fucking POS forks will ruin your day!

Eric - A few hours pulling the tranny and replacing this $100 item is all it would of taken.

Tiernan - Enjoy your new car...I hope it gets stolen....j/k

[Kolat]

4stfed - the car even came with a TOB and a fork, the exhaust seriously pissed me off though and found lots of random mystery things that the car has going on, doubt eric would have gotten the tranny pulled in anything short of a month. For example one of the nuts on the strut tower bar would spin, had lots of tension on it, but it never loosened, the stud it was on was'nt spinning either, that took me like a fucking hour to get resolved without taking a hack saw to the car.

T

[a1320honda]

4stfed - the car even came with a TOB and a fork, the exhaust seriously pissed me off though and found lots of random mystery things that the car has going on, doubt eric would have gotten the tranny pulled in anything short of a month. For example one of the nuts on the strut tower bar would spin, had lots of tension on it, but it never loosened, the stud it was on was'nt spinning either, that took me like a fucking hour to get resolved without taking a hack saw to the car.

T



Fucking DSM guys. No one wants to help another one out, just screw them over. Its like, " Oh look, Ill screw over another guy just to get ahead and make myself look better and be cheap as hell doin it." How many of us sat here and said, lets help Eric pull the tranny and get this resloved. Im glad im back into hondas where i know i dont have anyone to count on but myself.

[4STFED]

Fucking DSM guys. No one wants to help another one out, just screw them over. Its like, " Oh look, Ill screw over another guy just to get ahead and make myself look better and be cheap as hell doin it." How many of us sat here and said, lets help Eric pull the tranny and get this resloved. Im glad im back into hondas where i know i dont have anyone to count on but myself.


Whoa...Wait a minute here! I was the first to offer to let Eric use my garage. I even offered to help with the wrenching. The only stipulation was that it couldn’t sit in there for anything more than a few days since I use that garage to park my cars at night. I guess it was a motivation thing on Eric’s part. I’m still sad that he sold the car.....But you gotta do what you gotta do.

[Kolat]

and hmm, wonder why the car came with a replacement TOB and fork.....oh yea, it's cause I told him what was wrong with the car and he bought the parts to fix it. Not gonna say I did'nt get a good deal on the car, but I definently did'nt screw eric over.

T

[a1320honda]

Fucking DSM guys. No one wants to help another one out, just screw them over. Its like, " Oh look, Ill screw over another guy just to get ahead and make myself look better and be cheap as hell doin it."**How many of us sat here and said, lets help Eric pull the tranny and get this resloved. Im glad im back into hondas where i know i dont have anyone to count on but myself.


Whoa...Wait a minute here! I was the first to offer to let Eric use my garage. I even offered to help with the wrenching. The only stipulation was that it couldn’t sit in there for anything more than a few days since I use that garage to park my cars at night. I guess it was a motivation thing on Eric’s part. I’m still sad that he sold the car.....But you gotta do what you gotta do.


Sorry 4stfed, I wasnt referring to you... You were one of the ones that that i was talking about helping Eric.

[talntid]

Steve, in all honesty, he offered to help me fix it, but I did not have the money to fix it. I could not throw down the $500+ that it could have taken to fix everything on the car. I had medical bills flowing, and needed to get out of debt. I will get another DSM in the future, but for now, it was in my best interest to sell the car to anyone. I am now out of debt and can work on getting my life more in order.

DSMers here DID offer to help me pull the tranny and such, but the fact of the matter is, no matter what is wrong with it, I could not afford to fix it. I did have the clutch fork and TOB, but I will be surprised if Tiernan puts it back together and those 2 things alone fix all the problems. Also, I needed a running car to get back and forth to work, which is more important than owning a DSM. I have to keep myself supported, and the DSM was dragging me down at the time.

[Kolat]

got it back together tonight, needs a new tranny, got the crunchy parts inside sorted out but the case is cracked too and could'nt tell till I got it back together and it weeped oil.

T

[gregc]

TIG it back together you master mechanic you.

[96gsx]

Kolat, Give me a time and place and I'll help you work on it..

[96gsx]

Fucking DSM guys. No one wants to help another one out, just screw them over. Its like, " Oh look, Ill screw over another guy just to get ahead and make myself look better and be cheap as hell doin it."**How many of us sat here and said, lets help Eric pull the tranny and get this resloved. Im glad im back into hondas where i know i dont have anyone to count on but myself.

Thats coming from a guy who doesn't even respond to PM's from other DSM'ers offering to help them work on their cars.

[talntid]

JB Weld!@#

[a1320honda]

Fucking DSM guys. No one wants to help another one out, just screw them over. Its like, " Oh look, Ill screw over another guy just to get ahead and make myself look better and be cheap as hell doin it."**How many of us sat here and said, lets help Eric pull the tranny and get this resloved. Im glad im back into hondas where i know i dont have anyone to count on but myself.

Thats coming from a guy who doesn't even respond to PM's from other DSM'ers offering to help them work on their cars.



?????? I never got a pm saying anything like that?


And not to sound full of yself, but i rarely need help workin on my cars. I mean, when i build my own motors, your not really goin to find me askin for someone to help me do something trivial. I still to this day take pride in the fact that im the only one who worked on my talon, and it ran 12's

[Kolat]

TIG it back together you master mechanic you.


thought about welding it, but my welding skillz are weak sauce unless it's copper pipe :-)

T

[96gsx]

That would be the reason I never heard from you..

[a1320honda]

LOL. it woulda been cool for you to come over Scott. Im sure i couldve learned something from you. If you ever need a place to do some wrenching, let me know. Just beause i dont have a dsm.......Doesnt mean im not a dsm'er.