Personally I would just order a remanufactured Transmission and have my local shop swap it in or do it myself for a lot less money. Why would you waste $1,420.00 on a diagnosis for a 7 year old vehicles transmission? The dang thing is shot swap it out and move on.
Transmission gone... does this rebuild estimate seem fair?
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Airman68
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Wow, $6k to rebuild a tranny seems crazy. Almost the cost of my whole truck, LOL!
Your response has nothing to do with my question. I have no transmission problem. I was just curious about the turn around time. I agree with your response, for the OP, not me. When and if I have transmission problems, ask anyone here, it will be taken care of asap.
Sent you a PM.
4L60es typically take 2-3 days unless something has to be special ordered from out of state.
The price looks fair to me. My bigger problem is the warranty. A warranty for the internal parts is not very valuable. The big money is the labor, not the parts.
petethepug
Michael
Whoa, cheesy tactics charging for diagnostics on something you’re getting paid to disassemble and repair all the same.
I’m not sure this shop is capable of recovering from the fact they’ve just made a written attempt to fleece you. If taken to the governing body of Auto repair where you live they’d call it what it is: An attempt to contractually bind you to unneeded & unnecessary charges. If you sign that estimate and later let him begin work on the truck, you’re screwed. He’s gonna spring your 100k service on you AFTER he’s into the job and tack full retail parts, labor & MORE time on his estimate. You’ll have a $10k bill!
Let me fast forward. The trans rebuild on our 09 AWD Escalade ESV 6L80 last month was $6,670. $4k in labor, $2.6k in parts $2h tax. No tear down inspection, just a flat cost of $5k for all new trans parts & labor & new TC. The shop owner is a diesel tech and he, personally rebuilt the trans. I had 168k on the trans and knew it needed other maint done while it was apart. The labor would be free or at a 70-80% savings.
My Indi tech & I spent 45 min figuring what was needed. An additional $1.4k to the $5k trans repairs got a new pan gasket, oil pump O ring, oil & filter, rear main seal, fluid service on front & rear diffs, left & right front diff mount brackets & bushings, all 3 OEM hydraulic eng/trans mounts, shifter cable repair kit and poly sway bar, end link bushings, & exh mani gaskets.
If any of those things are spotted by your Indy do you think he’ll allow you to source the parts off RockAuto to save $3-$4h? Mine did. Local parts houses are scalping shops right now. It’s time for your 100k major service. Did he address that or that you can get $5k in parts and labor done for $1.5k while the trans is out?
Follow my lead and take it a step further. Go to R/A and put an order together for all those OEM parts for the motor but MOOG or similar for brackets & suspension. 2x check Amazon for a better price. Find a shop that’ll let you supply those parts for the trans service.
You’ll tackle your 100k major service almost for free and have another 100k+ left on the truck, PLUS, it’ll ride better than new with the new motor, trans, suspension & front diff bushings replaced. If you have 2WD take $5h - $1k off my estimates.
I’m not sure this shop is capable of recovering from the fact they’ve just made a written attempt to fleece you. If taken to the governing body of Auto repair where you live they’d call it what it is: An attempt to contractually bind you to unneeded & unnecessary charges. If you sign that estimate and later let him begin work on the truck, you’re screwed. He’s gonna spring your 100k service on you AFTER he’s into the job and tack full retail parts, labor & MORE time on his estimate. You’ll have a $10k bill!
Let me fast forward. The trans rebuild on our 09 AWD Escalade ESV 6L80 last month was $6,670. $4k in labor, $2.6k in parts $2h tax. No tear down inspection, just a flat cost of $5k for all new trans parts & labor & new TC. The shop owner is a diesel tech and he, personally rebuilt the trans. I had 168k on the trans and knew it needed other maint done while it was apart. The labor would be free or at a 70-80% savings.
My Indi tech & I spent 45 min figuring what was needed. An additional $1.4k to the $5k trans repairs got a new pan gasket, oil pump O ring, oil & filter, rear main seal, fluid service on front & rear diffs, left & right front diff mount brackets & bushings, all 3 OEM hydraulic eng/trans mounts, shifter cable repair kit and poly sway bar, end link bushings, & exh mani gaskets.
If any of those things are spotted by your Indy do you think he’ll allow you to source the parts off RockAuto to save $3-$4h? Mine did. Local parts houses are scalping shops right now. It’s time for your 100k major service. Did he address that or that you can get $5k in parts and labor done for $1.5k while the trans is out?
Follow my lead and take it a step further. Go to R/A and put an order together for all those OEM parts for the motor but MOOG or similar for brackets & suspension. 2x check Amazon for a better price. Find a shop that’ll let you supply those parts for the trans service.
You’ll tackle your 100k major service almost for free and have another 100k+ left on the truck, PLUS, it’ll ride better than new with the new motor, trans, suspension & front diff bushings replaced. If you have 2WD take $5h - $1k off my estimates.
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PJDYukonXL
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Attached is the quote I received this morning, adding $500 for new Billet TC.
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I really love not having sales tax here in Oregon.
Lol, “pump veins”….its “vanes” as in small metal plates not blood vessels…haha.
I don’t see a complete bushing kit on the invoice, only the pump body bushing. All bushings must be replaced in the 6L transmission family. Looks like they’re using the transgo stuff which is fine but their mark up is over 100% on those parts.
Im assuming they will inspect the parking rod assembly for rivet wear. 2018 is when GM finally fixed that problem.
What about the pump? Installing a new set of vanes (veins) is like putting a band aid on a gun shot wound. That thing needs resurfacing as well as rotor/slide pocket refacing and clearanced for the rotor and slide. And that assumes the TCC regulator and pressure regulator bores in the pump cover are not worn
What about the 3-5-r drum - are they going to reinforce the base welds to prevent future leaks/clutch burn up?
What about the 1-2-3-4 piston - will they reinstall the factory apply piston (big mistake if so though later units were less prone to failure than earlier ones)?
how thick is the converter clutch in the torque converter they will be providing?
Will they replace the snap ring that secures the rear sprag clutch assembly to the center support?
ETA: their initial invoice or write up was confusing as well,” we thoroughly inspected the transmission, found cross leaks) then “tear down and inspection is $1400+”
How did they thoroughly inspect the transmission before tearing it down?
What DTC codes were stored?
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Greetings PJD,
I have a transmission issue on my 1995 GMC Yukon 6.5L 4x4 2 door with 243k logged. I plan to replace it with a "remanufactured" 4L80E trans to eliminate any future trans issues. Scotty on YouTube warns against "trusting" any shop to rebuild your transmission. The go to source for a "reman" transmission is Jasper. The quote I received from Andy at Jasper this past Saturday afternoon (I was amazed they were open on a wknd.) was $3,676.00 plus a $800 deposit on the core and another $150 deposit on the flat that the piece is shipped on. Warranty for 3 years or 100K Jasper has their own trucks that will deliver to one of their existing network of installers. Important to note is this "reman" transmission has 16 different upgrades from the factory version from 1995. I live in south Florida where they have many, many approved installers. Called 3 in my area and got labor time at 9.5 hours at 165.00 an hour equals $1815.00 installed. Call Andy at 800 827 7455 x 10853.
He spent 45 minutes or more explaining to me why I should seriously consider their product. As an aside, my local shop that I have used since since owning my Yukon says they use Jasper in Florida State Police engine rebuilds and have for many years. Hope this helps. PS. Warranty only applies if you replace the trans. cooler as the fluid would be contaminated if you did not.
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