advice, trans failure
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From: Norco,CA
He got back with me in a e-mail today. He said he'd call me next week. He's still out of town till tuesday or Wednesday now and he's sure he has a back log. We shell see. I'm glad he did get back anyway. There's now light at the end of the tunnel.
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From: Texas
I am glad he got back to you. For me personally, if I ever had an auto trans again, this would be the very reason I would go with a Ford RemanHD. What happens if your truck is absolutely needed every day? Now you are stuck waiting on him to get back into town, check his schedule, drink some coffee, etc.... I know he can't help it, but he could at least have his help doing the work since it his unit that failed and has left you in a bind. Hopefully he will make it right.
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From: Norco,CA
I am glad he got back to you. For me personally, if I ever had an auto trans again, this would be the very reason I would go with a Ford RemanHD. What happens if your truck is absolutely needed every day? Now you are stuck waiting on him to get back into town, check his schedule, drink some coffee, etc.... I know he can't help it, but he could at least have his help doing the work since it his unit that failed and has left you in a bind. Hopefully he will make it right.
Chet
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As it was said in my previous position, "What happens if you get hit by the proverbial beer truck?"
Even the best guys are just "one guy" That in itself makes its own challenges
Even the best guys are just "one guy" That in itself makes its own challenges
Tuned
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I just joined the bad tranny club yesterday. Driving home and it felt like the clutch was slipping. Wasn't quite able to make it up the hill home. Had it towed. Odometer is 183,500. No funny noises or smells prior to failure. We'll see what the estimate is when the shop opens in one hour. Manual says 13.1 hours. Best regards.
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That seems like a lot of hours, but they have to make money too. The HD4R100 I've priced are between 3600 & 3900 if that's an option. I'm still haven't made my mind up which way I'm going yet. My warranty on mine doesn't sound like I want to go that way because of the hassle but we'll see. I just don't want it to break again.
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So your going with the standard rebuilt or this guy building a heavy duty trans? Not bad if it's heavy duty and good convertor.
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That seems like a lot of hours, but they have to make money too. The HD4R100 I've priced are between 3600 & 3900 if that's an option. I'm still haven't made my mind up which way I'm going yet. My warranty on mine doesn't sound like I want to go that way because of the hassle but we'll see. I just don't want it to break again.
Not saying that is your best option, but might be something to help you out of your current predicament
PS- Is the warranty transferable?
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There's still a core charge. If there wasn't that would be a good option. There was to many stock transmission breaking around be at the time, family, and this was to be the last trans you will ever have to buy, right. Blows on a stock truck, with an old guy driving it? Right, great work.
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I have strated looking into this as well. It looks like the TQ will run at least $600 for the HD tripple clutch billet cover with lower stall speed. I have ordered a book. My plan is to find a trany and build it before mine craps out on me. If you have a extra one lying around in So Cal. let me know. The price for the rebuid kits is all over the place from about $300 to over a grand. This seems like a 2K DYI project if you have a tany to work with. The guy in Ventura gave me a price of $2600 for one with a good kit, and a good TQ installed but the waranty is only one year.
