The junkyard trans gave out today. I got the original trans on the bench in my garage waiting for me to be able to afford the rebuild kit and do the work. Well now that she is down again(and probably for a while) i think im gonna do that timing cover gasket and the gears/chain myself. I almost thought about just getting rid of the Bonnie III, but i have put in so much work already and so many new parts. Aside from the trans and the timing cover gasket there is basically nothing wrong at all with her (still only 81,800 original miles on an 87). What u guys think keep it/fix it or sell it/part out?

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"CERTIFIED BONNIEHOLIC"
B I-1999 Bonneville SE -My First Bonnie- gone forever
B II-2000 Bonneville SSEi (black) 7/3/09 ZZpcm 1.0, Thrasher Cold Air Intake, Magnaflow hi-flow cat, 180 thermostat, Autolite 104's, solid hockey puck front mount, Intense 3.4 MPS. (OCT 2010 COTM Nominee)
B III-1987 Bonneville LE (burgundy) 7/22/10 -- Gone to Heaven
B IV-1991 Bonneville LE (black) 12/6/12 Parts Car -- Gone!
B V-1998 Bonneville SE (green) 9/11/13 -- 270,000+ and going strong! -- gone 287k+
B VI-1989 Bonneville SSE(gray)9/23/15

Keep it definitely. Once you get that stuff done there's not much more to go wrong (knocks on wood.)

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yeah u are right, i already have the timing cover gasket, gear and chain set. do i have to lift the engine to do that? it still runs but its parked til i can fix it. it wont go over 30 mph wont upshift to 3rd.

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"CERTIFIED BONNIEHOLIC"
B I-1999 Bonneville SE -My First Bonnie- gone forever
B II-2000 Bonneville SSEi (black) 7/3/09 ZZpcm 1.0, Thrasher Cold Air Intake, Magnaflow hi-flow cat, 180 thermostat, Autolite 104's, solid hockey puck front mount, Intense 3.4 MPS. (OCT 2010 COTM Nominee)
B III-1987 Bonneville LE (burgundy) 7/22/10 -- Gone to Heaven
B IV-1991 Bonneville LE (black) 12/6/12 Parts Car -- Gone!
B V-1998 Bonneville SE (green) 9/11/13 -- 270,000+ and going strong! -- gone 287k+
B VI-1989 Bonneville SSE(gray)9/23/15