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Another T56 Magnum XL Blues Story
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<blockquote data-quote="Mat5.0" data-source="post: 15538071" data-attributes="member: 184158"><p>Posting this in hopes that it helps someone out. Story about how going to the wrong shop for my t56 swap cost me alot of money 500 miles later. </p><p></p><p>When doing the swap in an '11 or '12 coyote, you NEED the shim for your slave cylinder that is inside of your old transmission. The shop that installed my t56 didn't know this/didn't care to find out, so they didn't. This caused a semi strange clutch feel and some slight issues with gear engagement buthe I didn't read too much into it initially because 1) it was a totally different driveline setup, and 2) I hadn't driven my car in 7 months (deployment) so I didn't have an exact comparison metric. </p><p></p><p>Anyways, without this shim installed between your slave cylinder and trans, you'll basically immediately rupture your seals in the slave cylinder, and at that point it becomes anyone's guess as to when it fully fails. Mine took about 500 miles. </p><p></p><p>The 2nd shop I went to to get the issue fixed, Virginia Speed in Virginia Beach, went way above and beyond to get me fixed up. For guys who are admittedly not proficient with the coyote platform, they put in the effort and research. After phone calls to both American Muscle and JPC Racing, and a couple days of putting in and removing the transmission to get measurements, they finally got to the bottom of the shim issue. It's necessary in '11 and some '12 models made before a certain date. </p><p></p><p>Turns out my original shop no longer had my old transmission to get the shim, and became EXTREMELY unpleasant once they learned i had gone to another shop to get their mistake fixed. They then literally created this shim from scratch using one of their in house engineers and a CNC machine. </p><p></p><p>All in all this ordeal left me without my car for about 5 days and a good bit of cash spent. But I did learn a good bit and at the end of the day my car now shifts WAY better than it did after driving it home initially after getting the swap done. </p><p></p><p>Hope anyone considering a t56 swap reads this and can inform their shop to hopefully prevent them from having to go through this. Don't let this shy you away from the t56, it's phenomenal now that it's up to 100%</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mat5.0, post: 15538071, member: 184158"] Posting this in hopes that it helps someone out. Story about how going to the wrong shop for my t56 swap cost me alot of money 500 miles later. When doing the swap in an '11 or '12 coyote, you NEED the shim for your slave cylinder that is inside of your old transmission. The shop that installed my t56 didn't know this/didn't care to find out, so they didn't. This caused a semi strange clutch feel and some slight issues with gear engagement buthe I didn't read too much into it initially because 1) it was a totally different driveline setup, and 2) I hadn't driven my car in 7 months (deployment) so I didn't have an exact comparison metric. Anyways, without this shim installed between your slave cylinder and trans, you'll basically immediately rupture your seals in the slave cylinder, and at that point it becomes anyone's guess as to when it fully fails. Mine took about 500 miles. The 2nd shop I went to to get the issue fixed, Virginia Speed in Virginia Beach, went way above and beyond to get me fixed up. For guys who are admittedly not proficient with the coyote platform, they put in the effort and research. After phone calls to both American Muscle and JPC Racing, and a couple days of putting in and removing the transmission to get measurements, they finally got to the bottom of the shim issue. It's necessary in '11 and some '12 models made before a certain date. Turns out my original shop no longer had my old transmission to get the shim, and became EXTREMELY unpleasant once they learned i had gone to another shop to get their mistake fixed. They then literally created this shim from scratch using one of their in house engineers and a CNC machine. All in all this ordeal left me without my car for about 5 days and a good bit of cash spent. But I did learn a good bit and at the end of the day my car now shifts WAY better than it did after driving it home initially after getting the swap done. Hope anyone considering a t56 swap reads this and can inform their shop to hopefully prevent them from having to go through this. Don't let this shy you away from the t56, it's phenomenal now that it's up to 100% [/QUOTE]
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