Initial inspection of A500
Im not a transmission guy and this is the first time working on one. I’d like your first impressions on the condition of the 1991 A500 I picked up for my Swap. I don’t know how many miles were on the vehicle as it had a dash fire but we rigged wires to make it shift into OD and the lock up and it shifed as it should on a short drive. The shift quality was good but they might have been a little soft.
For those who have experience in this area please look at the pictures and let me know if the debris on the magnet and on the filter looks normal or should it be sent off for a rebuild. Let me know if there is further disassembly I should do for a more complete inspection.
It looks clean inside upon initial inspection
The magnet had some material built up on it. I don’t know how much is normal
There were what look to be sand like bits in the filter
I think the snap ring has a magnetic charge as it held the disbris in the photo
How bad is this?
Can you tell anything about the condition of the tranny from the pictures?
Im not a transmission guy and this is the first time working on one. I’d like your first impressions on the condition of the 1991 A500 I picked up for my Swap. I don’t know how many miles were on the vehicle as it had a dash fire but we rigged wires to make it shift into OD and the lock up and it shifed as it should on a short drive. The shift quality was good but they might have been a little soft.
For those who have experience in this area please look at the pictures and let me know if the debris on the magnet and on the filter looks normal or should it be sent off for a rebuild. Let me know if there is further disassembly I should do for a more complete inspection.
It looks clean inside upon initial inspection
The magnet had some material built up on it. I don’t know how much is normal
There were what look to be sand like bits in the filter
I think the snap ring has a magnetic charge as it held the disbris in the photo
How bad is this?
Can you tell anything about the condition of the tranny from the pictures?
