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Bearing housing broken in transmission of 1989 Toyota Camry?

• Hi....would LOVE some advice on this if you could? I have a 1989 Toyota Camry V6 2.5 Liter DLX Sedan. Last year, it broke down. I took to a transmission shop and he told me that the "bearing housing in the transmission" broke and that it would cost more to replace it than the car was worth (approx $2,000). Everything else on the car is near perfect, body, engine, rubber, inside, etc..... I parked it and was getting ready to sell for scrap when someone told me that it should only cost a few hundred dollars to fix it. Does anyone know about this?

• Answer:

  Kenny's right. Used Japanese transmission is the way to go. Do a search for Toyota A540E. If you can find one, you can probably get it swapped for no more than $900 parts and labor included. Hre's example of a place that has it: http://www.cncmotors.com/warranty.shtml If you can do it yourself, the transmission is $475. Definitely worth the swap. Also, find a good, honest mechanic that can look at it before you do anything. Transmission shops are the most expensive to work with from my experience. A regular mechanic might do the work for 50-70% of what a tranny shop quotes you. Just take it to a mechanic who works on Japanese cars. They won't tell you that the car costs more to repair because it's an import. Quite the contrary with your Camry. It is cheaper to repair than a domestic car.