OMG: Lee Myle's

ThorOtheBIG · 07-20-2008, 03:33 AM

DUDES! So I am a broke slacker and nothing that I posted in that sticky post (which is no longer sticky THANK YOU! Seriously, thanks, it was a horrible post) actually got done. I rebuilt an engine and took my tanny to a shop, obviously Lee Myle's. Well they offered me a SWEET quote: 600 labor + parts. So I am thinking about 900-1,000 bucks. Pretty good deal when everywhere else is saying 1,500. So I dropped it off and waited.

They called me up, two weeks later, and said "Hey, we are having problems locating the correct parts for your transmission. Can we have your exact model year?" I told them, 03/90. Then waited... And waited. I kept trying to get in touch with them and every time I got the answering machine. WTF! So I took a trip to the shop during business hours. They were closed! I asked the Jiffy Lube next door (which btw there was a old co-worker from my first job, at Jiffy Lube, managing the store. It had been at least 3-4 years) what had happened and he said that there were cops there with customers a few days before. So, obviously they got shut down.

What the hell do I do now? I called up to the corporate office and got in touch with a representative. She opened the shop for me to look for my tranny. After looking through about 5 different ones I came across mine taken apart on a greasy workbench sitting, and mixed in, with another transmission that was disassembled. I gathered as much parts as possible and took them to a local AAMCO. They sent it to a few different shops and none of them want to touch it. I guess I'll rebuild it myself.

I am currently ordering the Toyota repair manual for it (part 2 of the engine manual) so I can find out if I have all the parts for my tranny. The only downside is it is on backorder and I only have a limited amount of time to figure out if Lee Myle's has any other parts that belong to me. Also, I found a business on Ebay called Anaheim Gear. They have a bearing and syncro kit for it for about 500-600 bucks. I don't need gears or anything else (Lee Myle's said I only needed bearings and snycros).

I guess what I am asking is: Does anyone have that manual? If you do are you able to utilize it (in reference to rebuilding a tranny) like the engine manual? Also, does anyone know where I can find a used or rebuilt S54 tranny? Any help?

Thanks guys!

P.S. Maybe I should just save up and buy that E153 off of twos'r'us?

Servin · 07-22-2008, 02:35 PM

Why dont you look in the stickys. The BGB is hosted on numerous sites and the links are in the sticky...

ThorOtheBIG · 07-23-2008, 02:55 AM

Sheeeit, maybe I should send you the hundred I was gunna pay for the book.

Thanks man!

Servin · 07-23-2008, 09:27 AM

Lol i have no problem with that! I would like the books aswell but @ $100 i rather just print the pages off even though its a PITA...

muffinman · 07-23-2008, 11:02 AM

why aren't they buying you a new tranny?

from what i read if i were you i would seek legal representation

GINA2MR2 · 07-24-2008, 06:02 PM

shoulda gathered a couple trannys on your way out for your trouble. hehe

ThorOtheBIG · 07-24-2008, 07:30 PM

They almost gave me a mazda tranny too. lol. I dont think I have much of a case... They gave no receipts and didnt charge me anything..

muffinman · 07-24-2008, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThorOtheBIG

They almost gave me a mazda tranny too. lol. I dont think I have much of a case... They gave no receipts and didnt charge me anything..

you gave them a complete tranny and they gave you back pieces which may or may not be complete. i'd say they at least owe you the cost of used or rebuilt tranny

HeartbreakMR2 · 07-24-2008, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by muffinman

you gave them a complete tranny and they gave you back pieces which may or may not be complete. i'd say they at least owe you the cost of used or rebuilt tranny

+1 not to mention all the time you lost waiting on it, and had to go through a third party to get what you got back.

TomsMR2 · 07-25-2008, 03:37 AM

send that tranny to the recycler. its a waste of money to rebuild s54's..

ThorOtheBIG · 07-26-2008, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TomsMR2

send that tranny to the recycler. its a waste of money to rebuild s54's..

Yeah cuz my two runs without a tranny, the first in the world! So for 500 on parts plus my own time i save +500 bucks on having someone rebuild it. Find a junk yard? There are only 2 or 3 MR2s in junkyards around here. Then they will probably ask 800 considering when I went there last to get a window motor they wanted +100 with no guarantee, because it is a electric part. So either 500-800 on a used tranny w/ +80000 (no low miles here!) or 500 for a zero mile tranny... Hmm.... Any sugestions, Toms?

TomsMR2 · 07-26-2008, 02:24 AM

look harder.

i dont think id pay more than 50 bucks or so for a good condition s54. maybe 100 if i was desperate.

Mister2.2 · 07-26-2008, 07:24 AM

I wouldn't have taken a thing but I would have had my Lawyer give them a nice letter. You made a mistake in taking the tranny IMO.

07-20-2008, 03:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
ThorOtheBIG No Skills Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 56 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	OMG: Lee Myle's DUDES! So I am a broke slacker and nothing that I posted in that sticky post (which is no longer sticky THANK YOU! Seriously, thanks, it was a horrible post) actually got done. I rebuilt an engine and took my tanny to a shop, obviously Lee Myle's. Well they offered me a SWEET quote: 600 labor + parts. So I am thinking about 900-1,000 bucks. Pretty good deal when everywhere else is saying 1,500. So I dropped it off and waited. They called me up, two weeks later, and said "Hey, we are having problems locating the correct parts for your transmission. Can we have your exact model year?" I told them, 03/90. Then waited... And waited. I kept trying to get in touch with them and every time I got the answering machine. WTF! So I took a trip to the shop during business hours. They were closed! I asked the Jiffy Lube next door (which btw there was a old co-worker from my first job, at Jiffy Lube, managing the store. It had been at least 3-4 years) what had happened and he said that there were cops there with customers a few days before. So, obviously they got shut down. What the hell do I do now? I called up to the corporate office and got in touch with a representative. She opened the shop for me to look for my tranny. After looking through about 5 different ones I came across mine taken apart on a greasy workbench sitting, and mixed in, with another transmission that was disassembled. I gathered as much parts as possible and took them to a local AAMCO. They sent it to a few different shops and none of them want to touch it. I guess I'll rebuild it myself. I am currently ordering the Toyota repair manual for it (part 2 of the engine manual) so I can find out if I have all the parts for my tranny. The only downside is it is on backorder and I only have a limited amount of time to figure out if Lee Myle's has any other parts that belong to me. Also, I found a business on Ebay called Anaheim Gear. They have a bearing and syncro kit for it for about 500-600 bucks. I don't need gears or anything else (Lee Myle's said I only needed bearings and snycros). I guess what I am asking is: Does anyone have that manual? If you do are you able to utilize it (in reference to rebuilding a tranny) like the engine manual? Also, does anyone know where I can find a used or rebuilt S54 tranny? Any help? Thanks guys! P.S. Maybe I should just save up and buy that E153 off of twos'r'us?

07-26-2008, 07:24 AM	#13 (permalink)
Mister2.2 Cheese it! Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6,165 Thanks: 106 Thanked 104 Times in 89 Posts Blog Entries: 1 My Google Map iTrader Rating: (3/100% )	I wouldn't have taken a thing but I would have had my Lawyer give them a nice letter. You made a mistake in taking the tranny IMO. __________________ --Josh MR2Trader.com Free Accounts to Buy and Sell your MR2 Parts! Deal of the Week: MR2Only Magazine, Get it NOW! Click Here. Ask me about Web Hosting Solutions, starting at $5.95 a month. 'I am at two with nature.' 'Students achieving Oneness will move on to Twoness.'

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07-22-2008, 02:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
Servin Cage Fighter Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 277 Thanks: 4 Thanked 13 Times in 11 Posts iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	Why dont you look in the stickys. The BGB is hosted on numerous sites and the links are in the sticky...

07-23-2008, 02:55 AM	#3 (permalink)
ThorOtheBIG No Skills Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 56 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	Sheeeit, maybe I should send you the hundred I was gunna pay for the book. Thanks man!

07-23-2008, 09:27 AM	#4 (permalink)
Servin Cage Fighter Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 277 Thanks: 4 Thanked 13 Times in 11 Posts iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	Lol i have no problem with that! I would like the books aswell but @ $100 i rather just print the pages off even though its a PITA...

07-23-2008, 11:02 AM	#5 (permalink)
muffinman Cage Fighter Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 434 Thanks: 13 Thanked 29 Times in 29 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	why aren't they buying you a new tranny? from what i read if i were you i would seek legal representation

07-24-2008, 06:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
GINA2MR2 Not A VR6 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: J-Town Posts: 237 Thanks: 2 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	shoulda gathered a couple trannys on your way out for your trouble. hehe

07-24-2008, 07:30 PM	#7 (permalink)
ThorOtheBIG No Skills Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 56 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	They almost gave me a mazda tranny too. lol. I dont think I have much of a case... They gave no receipts and didnt charge me anything..

07-25-2008, 03:37 AM	#10 (permalink)
TomsMR2 Formerly TomsH Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,894 Thanks: 8 Thanked 142 Times in 119 Posts Blog Entries: 1 iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	send that tranny to the recycler. its a waste of money to rebuild s54's..

07-26-2008, 02:24 AM	#12 (permalink)
TomsMR2 Formerly TomsH Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,894 Thanks: 8 Thanked 142 Times in 119 Posts Blog Entries: 1 iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	look harder. i dont think id pay more than 50 bucks or so for a good condition s54. maybe 100 if i was desperate.