used valve body

[Blueraven]

is it worth the trouble to pull a valve body out of a 5R55E that has 54000 miles on it and put it in my 99 Sport?

Also, besides gaskets, is there anything I should do with it. I don't want to hassle with rebuilding it.

Thanks

 

[BrooklynBay]

Do you know if it works? You need a 1/4" drive In/Lb torque wrench for the bolts.

 

[Blueraven]

I don't know the condition, but it's out of a 97 Sport Cash for Clunkers vehicle. I can get the whole transmission for $75, but I really don't want to hassle with swapping them.

I don't know what they would want for the VB, but it's got to be no more than $75.

I think a rebuilt VB goes for $250-300.

 

[BrooklynBay]

You could get a valve body for less money from WWW.800700Tran.Com.

 

[Blueraven]

wholly crap batman, $69.95, you can't beat that.

As you probable know from answering my other post. I have no forward gears, but reverse works fine.

I did check out the TRS, and it seems OK.

With all the post out there about bad VBs, I figure I might as well swap it out before I take it in to the shop. If it doesn't fix the problem, then that's one less item they will have to rebuild if the trans requires to be rebuilt.

Thanks

 

[BrooklynBay]

This place just went up in price. They were $50 the last time I saw it advertised. You could rebuild your valve body if you don't want to get a new one. The sticky thread called the 5R55E valve body rebuild diary explains how to do it.