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Originally Posted by blazerbrad
I hate taking stuff to a shop...both for the price and I just hate not doing it myself. Just never been into an auto trans before.
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Same here. The first transmission I rebuilt was a 350. I bought a rebuild book and borrowed the tools from a friend. I was around 26 then, now 44.
I have all the tools now. If you want to try it yourself, I will let you borrow the tools and give you some pointers. Patience and cleanliness is important. The 700 is the hardest one I've done, but easily doable is you take your time and lay everything out on a clean bench as it comes out of the case. There are a few seals that can suck, and one c clip in the bottom of the case that I always fight with. That's where the Patience comes in. If you want it built with a bunch extra stuff, then you might want to take it to a shop. That take skill from experienced builders. If you want it freshened up like new on the cheap, then do it yourself. The 700 in my rig is stock except I put a shift kit in for firm shifts. That's great in 2H, but in 4L it rips your neck off with 538 gears. I put the lightest shift feel in it too.