does anyone know who rebuilds slim jims in the chicago area and how do i get in touch with them

 

Fatsco transmissions will have rebuild parts for that transmission.

http://www.fatsco.com/

 

I had a local shop that uses the Aamco name rebuild mine...bunch of real car guys. I was a little shocked on the price of the rebuild but they said it was the parts they needed that cost so much.

 

Here it is, ready to go. take a look
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/pts/1052620843.html

 

64Rocket,

At that cost I would consider a conversion first and end up with a better transmission. I have heard and read nothing but bad reviews on the Slim Jim

 

The Slim Jim is a POS.

 

POS or not, it is what came in 1961-64 Oldsmobiles and if you have any sense of restoration, that is what you will keep in it.

Beside, by the time you go thru all the trouble and expense of changing the car to a later transmission, you'll have the same money in the job and you'll always have a bastard car.

A lot of the trouble with Slim Jims is nobody knows how to service them and nobody wants to learn how. Yes, they have their issues. Yes, those issues can be overcome.

When a transmission guy who does Torqueflites or PowerGlides, or even 200-4Rs tells me he can't do anything for a Slim Jim, I call BS. SJ works off the same principle all those transmissions do, by throttle valve position. No need to tell me you can understand an electronic transmission with a hundred inputs to the car's computer and then tell me you can't understand a fluid coupling transmission. The biggest reason nobody wants to touch one is because they don't want to warranty it.

Chicago, your guy is Tom Kasper at A-1 Transmissions in Elgin.

 

A longtime advertiser in JWO.

Norm

 

I paid $2600 for mine...pulled rebuilt reinstalled with a 1 year warranty.

 

are POS'

I had a Slim Jim in my 64 98. It wasn't a good transmission.

As far as "restoring" a car goes, if you are really "restoring" a car to win shows and trophies then of course you don't want to put in a different transmission. Personally, I couldn't care less about keeping a car original.