Good trans. shop in SEATTLE???

[In2cruisers]

I picked up a sweet 85 FJ 60 for the wife (her snow mobile) only thing that is wrong with it is it will need front and rear main seals.

I have had a used h55f transmission that I purchased from a guy in Australia for pennies....cost me almost twice what I paid for it to have it shipped. Looks to be in good condition and only had 180km on it when truck was totaled. I just want someone to check it out before I put it in replacing a perfectly good 4spd when I go after that rear main.

Took into a local shop and they did not want to touch it....not knowing anything about that trans


Thanks Chris

 

[lovetoski]

I've heard that these aren't too hard to rebuild. Are you going to do the front and rear mains? If so, since the tranny is out anyway, why not give it a go?

 

[Theecomer]

Congrats on your purchase.

Don't know if this can help you or not, but if you're ever in the Portland area here's a couple of Landcruiser only specialists that I'm sure could offer up an opinion on that trans:

Over The Hill 4X4
503.289.4547
oth4x4@overthehill4x4.com
www.overthehill4x4.com

Landcruiser Northwest
503.224.5115
800.563.2777 (toll free)
www.landcruisernw.com

My son attends a school across the street from Landcruiser NW and there is always five to ten different LC's there on any given day. It's actually quite a site. Never gone in there though...

Jesse

 

[Moby]

If you want a tranny shop I highly recommend Dean Transmission. They did a great job with my A440 and tcase. They did some custom tuning of the valve body and used a McNamara input gear (that I supplied) in the tcase. They're in downtown Seattle.

Over the Hill also does great work and might be a better place to handle the non usa h55f. I recently had them regear my axles, put an air locker in the rear and do a couple of other projects I didn't have time to get to this past summer. W and James did a great job and I really liked their attention to detail. Plus you've got to see W's FJ-55!