Is a ea81 DR trans with a cracked housing worth anything

[comatosellama]

Figured out that the “spare transmission” I was sold with my brat has a decent crack in the housing. Is it worth keeping around / trying to sell to someone for the internals or is it just scrap at this point? 

Thanks- CL

[idosubaru]

no. 

put it up for sale right now and give it 6 months or a year.  see what happens and let the market tell you. 

if you want $200 for it, won't disassemble, won't ship, and won't spread it across various venues for exposure it's not likely going anywhere any time soon. ;
if you disassemble it, sell it for $50 and ship it - maybe someone will jump. 

if you're not willing to disassemble it to sell the guts that further constrains the value since it's unlikely to find a local buyer, you'll need to ship more than likely. 

yes - someone could look for one in a few years, maybe stumble on this forum, be close enough to get it....but that's highly unlikely. 

if you want to stash it away for that roll of a dice maybe, then sure have at it.  

 

[Subasaurus]

oh hey Comatosellama, haven't seen you on here in like 2 years

but yeah, just the guts inside are the only thing useful remaining, someone that's rebuilding one and needs the inside parts, gotta ship it so time to tear that thing apart and store it in the attic for a few years till that right person comes along.

[comatosellama]

6 minutes ago, Subasaurus said:

oh hey Comatosellama, haven't seen you on here in like 2 years

but yeah, just the guts inside are the only thing useful remaining, someone that's rebuilding one and needs the inside parts, gotta ship it so time to tear that thing apart and store it in the attic for a few years till that right person comes along.

It’s definitely been a while! Started college around then and just haven’t had the time to do much wrenching. 

 

Sounds like I’ll tear it down and post it. Worst case if it doesn’t sell I’ve got spares for the brat. 

[Subarule]

Metal recycler.