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Turns out it was the rear, now I gotta try to find a shop that's not gonna screw me! On top of that my horn keeps honking by itself so I had to stick some folded paper in the steering wheel to keep it from sticking
 
I would think you would pay somewhere round $350-$400. But is it leaking terribly bad? how often do you have to put oil in it. If its something like 2 quarts a month or something....then I wouldnt rush out and get it done. Just make sure you check your oil frequently!!

If your fancy little fix for your horn stops working.....just pull the fuse out

HRD
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Its a small leak, every morning I see a puddle a little smaller than the size of a cd on the ground, I've gotten 3 quotes so far; $550, $690 and $700 :/
 
pro-tip NDK...find a spanish speaking friend and ask around at some llanterias (mexican tire shops) for a good mechanic. they run in circles and have a few good guys in any city running on nothing but integrity and word of mouth that will gratefully do the work very well at a fraction of that cost.

as for me...tomorrow i embark on a grand journey. i have to replace the clutch on an '88 ford bronco XLT, because i want to take it to washington with me in a couple weeks. i did it once back in high school, but that was when my pops was around to help me out/tell me what to do.

wish me luck!
 
lobo said:
pro-tip NDK...find a spanish speaking friend and ask around at some llanterias (mexican tire shops) for a good mechanic. they run in circles and have a few good guys in any city running on nothing but integrity and word of mouth that will gratefully do the work very well at a fraction of that cost.

as for me...tomorrow i embark on a grand journey. i have to replace the clutch on an '88 ford bronco XLT, because i want to take it to washington with me in a couple weeks. i did it once back in high school, but that was when my pops was around to help me out/tell me what to do.

wish me luck!
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Not much different, but there are a few things that lots of people like to fuck up!!

#1 a FORD transmission DOES NOT TAKE GEAR OIL for lubricant. It takes atf/dextron III tranny fluid. You wont blow up the tranny if you put gear oil in it or anything, but over time the gear oil foams up and losses its viscosity and it will become hard to shift

#2 88 is right around the time that ford went from a mechanical (cable system) to a hydraulic system. If its hydraulic, those things can be a complete bitch to bleed properly. I have a few tricks that work really well if you have trouble. A) open bleeder screw slightly enough to let it drip every 30 seconds or so. open the cap to the master and fill it up, let it bleed overnight (or at least that amount of time) but try to make sure there is always fluid in the master! B) Unbolt the master from the firewall, just below the master is a diamond shaped piece that also bolts to the firewall. Unbolt both pieces and lay them directly forward, resting on the tire wells. Then its just like bleeding a brake system EXCEPT have someone get in the truck and pump the pedal (dont lose me here with all this pumping) like 10 to 15 times then hold it down, crack bleeder open, do it again, then do it again, repeat this step until there is pressure built up in the pedal.

The bleeding process is the hardest part. The rest of it is just turning a bunch of bolts. Put loc-tite (red) on your flywheel bolts (if you decide to take it off, if you do, have it machined at your local machine shop). OH YEAH.....if it is a hydraulic system there will a clutch hose that might give you trouble. The hose that runs into the tranny can be hard to get off. you will see a nylon bushing...that needs to pushed down (there is a special tool for it that I have, but you can get away with gently prying with a screwdriver.) DO NOT try to pull, bend, insert into rectum or anything like that cause you WILL break it!!

And if you have a mechanical clutch system, then the 20 minutes I spent typing all this shit was pointless. If you have any questions youre always welcome to call me, dont be shy, youre good! If the wife answers just tell her its lobo....she knows who you are!!

@NDK thats a pretty serious leak. That should prolly get fixed pretty quick. However the prices are a little outrageous. The only way I can see that much money is if you had a manual tranny and they were gonna replace your clutch in there as well. Is it a stick or automatic? Lobo had a somewhat ok idea. The mexicans and asians all compete really hard with each other. Some places just whore themselves out just to keep doors open. If you look in the penny saver, a lot of times you will ads for clutch replacments for like a couple hundred bucks. Thats usually on rear whell drive cars/trucks (which you have) and it should be MAX $30 or $40 more to replace the rear main seal. But if you got an automatic theres no reason why it should be that high. thats easy shit. Shit if you lived a hellava lot closer, Id come fix it for you

HRD
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