Well after blowing up my second transmission in all of 200 miles last weekend, I finally got to assess the damage last night :thumbsdown

I have a buddy driving over is ~2000 Neon tomorrow with a brand new engine and transmission that he's parting out since he now owns the turbo pt cruiser. I'm hoping since they replaced everything, it has the newer 3.55 hydraulic clutch setup. As of right now, I need a new tranny, clutch, flywheel, bolts, etc ... so a direct bolt-on replacement would be awesome, especially considering shipping all that to me in Alaska is EXPENSIVE.

Have fun with these.....
EDIT: For some reason they wont show. if i place a space between p and g the link will show but the picture itself wont show in the post if i remove the space. Sorry X, i tried to fix it.

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I dont know i cant get them to open like that either.

You have to delet the space between jp and g. Here let me help:

I put that space there so the link would show up. i dont see a link in your post or a picture where did it go? Maybe a mod placed the space there for a reason so you could at least view the link.

They're all directly off my server, so the links should work fine when put together completely. Maybe the spaces were added because I posted 41 pics lol. All the pictures in the world just couldn't do all that carnage justice.

So I am correct in assuming the neon tranny bolts right up if indeed it is a hydraulic setup :shrug Otherwise, I will have to go per Terry's write-up and find a bellhousing to use since both of my blown ones are either phucked on the inside or holes blown right through the casing.

I'm really loving my life right now :thumbsup

Since we can use the neon transmissions, does it make sense that I can also snag the clutch, flywheel, and bolts for both as well :shrug

If the transmission in my buddies neon is indeed hydraulic, I will be taking it off of his hands this afternoon, but I would still need the other parts as well...the only thing I have laying around is my old stock clutch that won't last very long when I turn the boost up.

DAMN...the neon tranny is cable clutch


The search for a bellhousing is on!!!

Originally posted by XMasta19
DAMN...the neon tranny is cable clutch The search for a bellhousing is on!!!

yea its a cable clutch unless you snag one form i think a 2001+ neon, the swap is easy as hell, i droped the trans swaped everything and had the car driving down the street in a little less than 4 hours, welcome to the suck imo, for a average joe it will probly take around 6 hours or more to do it, but since i usually drop my trans a couple times a month it seems iv become a master at it....lmfao

Yeah I got my trans out and on the floor in under 2hrs easy, and we were drinkin and having some hot wings hehe. Not to mention stopping every 5 minutes to snap pics of all the destruction.

So you just went by Terry's write-up and it was cake huh. Yeah, his neon is a 2000 with brand new motor and tranny. I was just hoping since they just replaced it, that they might have upgraded to the new hydraulic setup.

So...am I correct in dreaming that I can also snag his flywheel, clutch, and necessary bolts for each?

i snaged everything out of the neon, but the cable clutch setup

Originally posted by donnyb373
i snaged everything out of the neon, but the cable clutch setup

I bet that made one hell of a sound when it went...I wish I would have gone with a 3.94 trans, but I got a deal on a new T350 for $450..

Any reason in particular that you would want to stick with the 3.94? This blows, not one single salvage yard in the entire huge state of Alaska has what I need :( Why can't anything just go my way lol.

yes you can use the clutch and bolts.

Looks to me like the loose bolts caused all that carnage. I used red loctite on mine...drastic? yes, but piece of mind is worth it.

ALWAYS clean those threads.

Well at least I know I can use the clutch for a little while...gotta suck it up and call Andy at SBC since my $650 OFE is no longer of use to me :thumbsdown

...still need to find a dang bellhousing though haha

Originally posted by cc8balla

Originally posted by donnyb373 i snaged everything out of the neon, but the cable clutch setup

I bet that made one hell of a sound when it went...I wish I would have gone with a 3.94 trans, but I got a deal on a new T350 for $450..

hrrm how can i type it, of heres a shot


clank clank rrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer bbbbbbbboooooooooooommmmm then a faint pop, then grid grind grind. then all i heard was a bunch of words that iv never heard befor, i think there called sentance enhancers

Yeah my car is still in pieces...is this the longest search ever for a damn bellhousing that comes in like 10 different damn cars :shrug

Whatcha gonna do with the dead trans?

I have two dead ones lol, and I have no idea what I'm gonna do with them...I'm actually thinkin of gettin ready to open up the one that blew up back in january to assess the damage.

one of em got a good bellhousing?

Nope, both had shrapnel fly through the casing lol. Thus me having to find another hydraulic bellhousing to use with my neon tranny instead of just taking either of the two I had.


FYI: neon tranny shifts like butter :thumbsup Pics should be up soon.

i :love locktite

Originally posted by grain
i :love locktite

+1 ... amen to that :thumbsup

WOW...so this weekened I blew up the clutch that I took from the neon. I've already dropped the trans and put my old stock one back in that I took out back in january when I grenaded the first tranny. This transmission work is like butter now...but I really don't feel like doing it anymore. I have a WTB ad now for a nice beefy clutch...