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when i bought my 85' it had a bad fm145 and my options were to swap it and hopefully find a good unit or rebuild. My former school teacher set me up with a place here in Denver called TranStar and I got a complete rebuild for 115$. that included gaskets, bearings ect. the only thing it didn't have was syncros and since mine were fine i left them. It is a goofy trans to rebuild and you would need access to a press and an assortment of bearing pullers/spliters.
With swaps there are alot of posibilities if you have a 2.8, 2.9 or 4.0. You would just have to get driveshafts shortened/lengthened ect.
If you do decide to rebuild, let me know - I have a ford service manual that has a 200 page break down of rebuilding a fm145.
when i bought my 85' it had a bad fm145 and my options were to swap it and hopefully find a good unit or rebuild. My former school teacher set me up with a place here in Denver called TranStar and I got a complete rebuild for 115$. that included gaskets, bearings ect. the only thing it didn't have was syncros and since mine were fine i left them. It is a goofy trans to rebuild and you would need access to a press and an assortment of bearing pullers/spliters.
With swaps there are alot of posibilities if you have a 2.8, 2.9 or 4.0. You would just have to get driveshafts shortened/lengthened ect.
If you do decide to rebuild, let me know - I have a ford service manual that has a 200 page break down of rebuilding a fm145.
Um...yeah...
The guy says that its going to be around 1500 for parts (if he can find them) and 600 for labor.
Hey BeaterMan, I just signed up and was reading your post about having a manual for the fm145. If you get this and still have the manual I would like a copy for my rebuild. Thanks, Mike e-mail to: meavfp@netzero.com
when i bought my 85' it had a bad fm145 and my options were to swap it and hopefully find a good unit or rebuild. My former school teacher set me up with a place here in Denver called TranStar and I got a complete rebuild for 115$. that included gaskets, bearings ect. the only thing it didn't have was syncros and since mine were fine i left them. It is a goofy trans to rebuild and you would need access to a press and an assortment of bearing pullers/spliters.
With swaps there are alot of posibilities if you have a 2.8, 2.9 or 4.0. You would just have to get driveshafts shortened/lengthened ect.
If you do decide to rebuild, let me know - I have a ford service manual that has a 200 page break down of rebuilding a fm145.