Hi, so this is my second post. My family has a 1997 suzuki sidekick, JLX sport. It's 4 door, 4 wheel drive, has the 1.8L 16V engine (I think it's the 1.8, the bigger of the two, could be 1.6...), and a now defunct 5 speed manual transmission. That leads me to the topic at hand.
This is our second transmission. The first one lasted for 250k miles, ran perfectly, was moderately abused in clay mines, treated nicely on the freeway for 100's of miles at a time, etc. It started making horrible noises, then stopped going into gears. We got a replacement one from a nation wide rebuilding chain, changed it out with a new clutch, bearings, and all that and it was running just fine. After the warrentee ran out, the transmission started making the same noises, then it dropped whatever gear that works 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th gear into the oil pan, or somewhere of that vicinity.
So the questions are, what are the best options. I'd rather not get a $1200 rebuilt transmission, put it in, and get 15k miles out of it again. It's fairly hard to find an exact copy of my car anywhere, let alone one that I can pillage for parts, will other transmissions/transfer cases work? If not, is a rebuild something I can do? I've rebuilt a domest automatic transmission (transaxle actually). I don't even know where one would even begin go to get the parts for a 'zuki manual though. Is an automatic swap easier or cheaper? How long do these things normally last? Are my family members shifting improperly to kill these transmissions (necessitating an auto swap!)? Finally, for good measure, who framed Roger Rabit : D
Off to scour the classifieds! Thanks in advance
-Tom Kelly
P.S. I live in Gresham Oregon, if any of you are nearby, wanted to give advice, hawk your parts at me, or whatever, my email is
tkelly278@yahoo.com
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