Hey folks.

I am looking at a 94 Mark to add to the collection. Body is great (working moon roof), interior is great (black). Everything works, but the front bags will need to be replaced... front will drop after setting a couple days. 100000 miles.

My concern is this - Tranny shifts, but needs to be coaxed into gear. To get it to shift, you have to let off the accelerator. After letting off, it will shift.

As I said, the car is in great shape and guy is asking $1000.... in my opinion, a good deal regardless of the tranny.

Any thoughts????

T

I wouldn't pay $1000. I would offer $500. The tranny is on the way out. Rebuilding it is going to set you back average $1500 at best. Lower some places. The older the Marks get, you have to consider everything. Most likely it is not being sold by someone on this site, so all of the things we take care of here will need to be done. Air bags (like you mentioned), blend door, it probably doesen't have heat. Take all of that into consideration.

Why rebuild when you can swap one in for half that?

IMO $500 may be insulting, but you could try. If he is asking $1000 then $800 may be an easy proposal. But $500 just cause it shifts a little slow may be insulting to the seller, depends on how bad they want the cash...

And having cold hard cash to flash can always make a sale go faster!

I am betting all the trans needs is a good flush to Mercon V. And if thats not it a new throttle position sensor should do it. Maybe even the MLPS but at this point likely not since it does shift correctly, it just hangs.

If the body is good and the interior is great its worth a grand IMHO.

If the body is good and the interior is great its worth a grand IMHO.

I might have to agree here... I like Unity's come with $800 and I bet he'd bite..

Tranny can be done for under $1000 if you can do the work yourself.

If the car interior is clean engine in good shape paint good and only bad part is the tranny... I'd go for it if it matches what you want.

Good Luck

800 definatly and i wouldnt waste the money on the airbags just do a coil over and save all the other issues. but i would snag it up if i were you

I would go for $800, but really have to think about $1000. If it is cherry other than the bags and tranny, great interior and paint I'd say $1000 wouldn't be outrageous. If there are some dents rust or broken interior $500 would be more resonable.

You could always swap in a used tranny out of a newer car, repin the harness and be on your way for a lot less.

The car is spotless inside and out. Really in very good shape for a 94. I'm glad someone mentioned the blend door because I did not check the heat. Front bags are no big deal to me... easy fix.

I am not however, a tranny guy. I can do about anything else my self, but just have not got enough tranny experience to do the work my self... shift kits are one thing, but rebuilds are another story. I will probably just do a swap on the tranny (that I can handle).

The car actually is not for sale, or at least advertised for sale. The guys brother left the car here when he moved to Chitown a few months back. The guy here does have the title though and really does not want the car setting in his yard. He will deal...$1000. for starters.


T

Thought I better add that his brother does know he is selling the car.:)

The blend door is not a problem on the gen I. There are spotty cases of the actuator motor going out (I am one of those), but it is not a real concern. At around the 100,000 mile mark the car is going to need upper control arms, sway bar end links, ball joints etc. This is the typical failure point for these parts on the Mark. I would check to see if they have been done already or not.
Even though coils weigh more than the air suspension I would go with that swap as mentioned earlier. The transmission could a bad MLPS. At that age a safe bet is that the 1-2 accumulator piston and springs are bad as well. If the tranny is bad I would swap for a 98+ tranny and call it a day.