Hello Group,
I have a '96 S-10 w/ the 4.3L 4x4 and a manual transmission. Sometimes when I take off from a stop it snaps out of first gear. Very hard in fact that sometimes it goes into second. It is totally random one day it did it three stop signs in a row and then didn't do it for 3 months. I don't get it. Anyways how hard would I be for me to rebuild the tranny. I have the shop manual and getting it out doesn't look that hard (knock on wood). But the shop manual doesn't show the internals of the tranny, so I really don't have a clue on what to expect. I'm sure there are manuals for this but I haven't looked for one yet. Was just wondering if someone here has done it before and how hard it is. I know what you are thinking, " Why don't you just take it somewhere", well since the truck is a '96 I looked at the Blue book value of it and it is only between 3100-5100 dollars and taking it someplace, I'm guessing would cost at least 1000 bucks right? So if it is going to cost this much I might be better off looking for a new truck.
Thanks
John