Thread 28586258

What is the most costly repair anon has done to his car? I am facing auto tranny rebuild so i am coping hard right now.

head gasket blown and engine head rebuild/clean
was a bitch to do, but hearing the 4 banger shitbox that drove me to school every morning live was worth it

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I paid $800~ to get my brakes flushed and my oil changed

I had to pay $9 to replace a map light that the used car dealership failed to notice was out.
No other issues after 20k miles

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Had a junk chassis with good engine and bad transmission. Bought a good chassis with bad engine and good transmission to swap the motor into.

been driving for 20 years. the most i paid was like $500 for a serpentine belt and tensioners.

While technically a repair, it's more in the realm of a modification.
I ditched the mechanical water pump in my car for a fancy Davies&Craig electric waterpump that set me back about 500 bucks.

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Body-off-frame overhaul of my old jeep. Included swapping the entire drivetrain with that of an old big block Ford, about a foot of lift, stretching both frame and body a for longer to lengthen the wheelbase, mostly new interior.
Diy'd the whole way, I'm already in it for over $9k and it'll probably never be all the way done as I'm always wanting to do just a bit more. Fun though.

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I bought a boomers cruiser that the boomer swapped from 4 on the floor to a 3 speed auto.
I swapped a 5 speed into it.
It cost me $4k just in parts in pre-covid money.
The fat guy in flip flops from roadkill has a pretty good video on his YouTube channel on how to do this.
>t. Spent two nights under a late 40's GM product dial indicating my shaft and hammering offset pins.
>I didn't know that will be needed when I started

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I had to do a full swap last year. Very expensive. Nearly 40 grand all said and done.

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Repair? A toss up between rebuilding a close ratio 5 speed gear box ( including buying the whole transmission) for ~600 bucks.
And an engine swap to a newer motor that had been sitting on a shelf for the last 25 years which ended up being ~400 bucks + 200ish for gaskets all around.
I have always had dirt cheap cars.

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>>t. Spent two nights under a late 40's GM product dial indicating my shaft and hammering offset pins.
you know you can just stab the transmission in, it's not the end of the world if it's not in perfect alignment

Cracked head and new cooling system, $3k

I paid 450 euros for oil pan gasket