I'm looking to purchase a 5 speed for my 72 Z. What would be a fair price to pay for a rebuilt 5 speed. What should I look out for?

I'm running a 5 speed that I got out of a '82 ZX. I got the donor car for 300 bux from a salvage yard, put the engine and tranny in my '73. I did a leak down test on all the cylinders to insure the L28 was in good shape. It is running SU carbies instead of the fuel injection. With the help of another Z car nut, I opened the tranny to inspect the internals and clean it up real good. I replaced the seals on the input shaft & output shaft. You can download a service manual from carfiche.com if you decide to take the DIY approach.

I would expect to pay $175.00 to $250.00 for a 5 spd. worth rebuilding. Then $550.00 to $650.00 to have one professionally and completely rebuilt. Depends on where you are... to some extent.

FWIW,

Carl B.

I paid $250 for my 79 ZX 5-speed, and I'm getting quotes of around $600 (to as high as $1,100) for a complete rebuild here in MA.

Thanks That gives me a good starting point.

I just bought one for 450 82 zx 5 speed, 60k

frankie

My buddy used to charge 5 hours labor to do a Datsun 5 speed. I thought he was going straight out of the book for time. $500 seems like a lot of money.

My 77 5 speed was $275 in usable condition. I plan to get it rebuilt before putting it into the car. Have a verbal quote for $550.

Hey Julio, who did you get the quote from? If I puss out on rebuilding my own or run into a snag, I may be in the market for a quote minus the parts which I already have on hand.

I paid $350 for mine and have an estimate of $650 for a "worst case" rebuild.

Dennis

I think I figured out the discrepancy. If you have to buy the parts at a normal markup, that should add about $200 - $250 to the cost of the rebuild. The rest of it works out to 5ish hours at $60-75 per hour. I don't know current labor rates, but if parts are included in that $550 that sounds more reasonable to me.

Paid $100 for my 79' ZX 5-speed at the local Pull a part. It worked great "Right out the box" No problems yet (3 years now)

Dave