my tranny on my 87 4runner has finally fried after driving over three thousand miles on bad bearings. i was driving home last night and going about 65 it threw itself out of 5th gear and the only gear i could find after that was 4th lol so now im wondering if buying a junk yard tranny would be better than rebuilding it myself. ive found a tranny at a junk yard for about 450

 

what tranny is it? that sounds like A LOT!!!

I would hit Craigslist, forum classifieds, etc. You can find one MUCH cheaper than that.

 

I agree $450 for a junk yard trans sounds kinda high. I wouldn't pay that much even for an R151.

 

W56 shouldn't be more than $250 depending on geography

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I live in south texas and ive had trouble finding parts for my truck I managed to find the only 1st gen. In the all the junk yards here

 

That's odd since these trucks seem kinda popular in Mexico. What part of south Texas? I spent 2 years in Kingsville.

 

Corpus christi

 

And all these trucks in the area are taken to mexico

 

ouch that happened to my 96 ranger 100 miles from home. one minute it was running fine then pulled into a rest area,used the facilities pulled back out ,pulled onto the freeway and lost all gears it only cost 250 bucks for the tow and 55 dollars for a used tranny plus a 200 dollar clutch works fine now.

 

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