tranny makeover

[tootall]

I know this is a stupid question but how would you go about cleaning up a transmission without getting water or something else in the axle holes, no good way to seal them up. could a machine shop sand blast or steam it.

[wed3k]

is the transmission out of the car or not?

[tootall]

yes its out, doing the swap and the tranny is nasty

[94b20gsr]

plug the axle holes with a rags and use S.O.S pads to clean the cast part.

[tootall]

by cast part, you mean the whole outside casing,sorry for the questions, i just want it to look good, but i dont want to paint it. I thought about pressure washing it ,but figured i would get water in the axel holes.

[Shag Wagon]

You should polish that tranny. That would be so badass.

[plee3]

I used a couple of bottles of brake cleaner and it cleared 70% of the dirt and grime away.

[js593]

Use engine degreaser (the one that foams up) make sure all the holes are plugged of course, and it should be fine. get a coarseparts brush, and scrub away in those hard to reach places.

Painting the tranny black would look sick in a white car FYI. Not sure what your's is. Mine is going Gunmetal grey in my next car.

[kart11]

We just replaced the trans in my sons car this weekend and the one we got was grimmy, we stuffed the holes with rags sprayed on some decgreaser let it soak for about 1/2 hr the sprayed it off with a steam jenny and it cleaned up great.

[JoshM]

You should polish that tranny. That would be so badass.

TypeG style.

[Granite CB7]

Kerosene works well, plus, it's not water