I would think so...I haven't had to have my E4OD rebuilt yet, but my last tranny to get rebuilt had about $1000 in new parts put in. I could maybe see $250 including parts if all he did was replace seals, but that would still be a huge favor on the labor end.

Jason

 

He was some guy my dad knew, he used him almost exclusively for his transmission work. The guy did good work and could rebuild an E4OD for around $250, now mind you he wouldn't remove it from the truck, and probably wasn't replacing more than what absolutely needed to be.

 

GOOD WORK???

HOW DOES ONE REBUILD AN E4OD WITHOUT REMOVING IT FROM THE TRUCK?!?!?

HELL, MOST OF THE SEALS AND GASKETS ARE ON THE INSIDE AND CAN ONLY BE CHANGED AFTER THE "GUTS" COME OUT, SO HE CAN'T EVEN SAY HE IS RESEALING IT!

The pump comes out the front where the torque converter is and so does everything else as far as internals are concerned!

Let's see, without removing the transmission from the truck you can access the 2 valve body gaskets, band piston bonded seal, the oil pan gasket, the shifter lever shaft seal, and the end housing gasket and seal!
That's only 4 gaskets and 3 seals!

And as for what he would miss, there is the pump gasket and outer seal, the torque converter to pump seal, the 2 reverse seals, the 2 forward seals, the 2 direct seals, the 2 intermediate seals, the 2OD seals, and the 2 coast clutch seals!

Not to mention missing any bad clutches or seriously worn one way clutches and thrust washers!


That is 1 gasket and 14 seals he would miss by the fact that "he wouldn't remove it from the truck", and to pull those parts the trans MUST be separated from the engine which would be removing it from the truck and the only thing still bolted up would be the trans cooler lines, everything else must be unbolted!

And as for only spending $250, adding any hard parts to the seal kit would push that over $250 real quick!

And if a seal had hardened causing it to need to be replaced, it will cause damage to the aluminum surface it seals up to meaning there will be HARD PARTS REPLACED!

My rebuild cost cheap at about $400 and that's with a "free" torque converter left over from a rebuild (years ago) that never happened!

 

There is no way you can rebuild an E4OD for $250. Unless by "rebuild" you mean dropping the pan, changing the fluid and filter, and maybe taking a toothbrush to the valve body to clean it out.

 

Maybe what is meant here is you have to remove the tranny yourself or have someone else do it... and then deliver it to this guy for R&R.

 

Probably. But even so, I wouldn't want a $250 rebuild on an E4OD.

 

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maybe he didnt overhaul th tranny for 250$ but just changed the oil and filter?