cpt jack Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Ok heres the low down... i have a 2002 protege my dad and i have that has a blown tranny... its goin to cost 2500+ my mom is goin to give me 3k for eather a down paymet or to fix the mazda... i really do not like the mazda because it really doesnt have any pirks. I want a truck to tow my car and to take tires and what not to events... so my question should i spend my 3k to basicly fix my mazda that has no warentee or go after a truck from carmax or a dealer that has a warentee for parts and what not that can do what i need and still take me to school.... and do any of u own ford rangers tacomas frontiers any input would be great help... big thing is school but the other thing like the truck is what i WANT lol some times beggers cant be choosers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
280zwitha383 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Throw a jy tranny in there, sell it. Money to burn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LS1T Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Yeah you could just throw a JY tranny in it for a couple hundred bucks and sell it. Your never going to get your money out of it if you sell it with a blown tranny. Or you go to a Mazda shop and talk to one of the guys that rebuilds the tranny's to see if he wants to earn some side money buy rebuilding it on the side. You could pull the tranny yourself and just drop it off for him to fix. Is the tranny an auto or manual? Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mario_82_ZXT Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 A lot of the Mazda's use a god forsaken auto trans made by Ford. The problems with them have been posted all over the web as a major issue, which is what stopped me from buying a 626 when I was looking for a beater. Like stated above, if you're at all mechanically inclined, check out the removal and installation procedures for the trans and maybe swap it out yourself with a jy unit. Mario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpt jack Posted August 13, 2007 Author Share Posted August 13, 2007 A lot of the Mazda's use a god forsaken auto trans made by Ford. The problems with them have been posted all over the web as a major issue, which is what stopped me from buying a 626 when I was looking for a beater. Like stated above, if you're at all mechanically inclined, check out the removal and installation procedures for the trans and maybe swap it out yourself with a jy unit. Mario its an 02 ive looked at the yards and even the mazda tech was like let me guess auto? i was like yea he said u got like 50kish miles i said yea he started laughin and asked if the tranny went out and i answered yes unfortunetly and he was like yea they go all the time... ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ mazda ive never liked them i told my parents to by a nissan or toyota... go figure was all my step mom "looked cute" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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