$1600 for a rebuild job sounds pretty darn high. Round here the shops
charge $600 if you pull the tranny and about $1000 if they remove and
reinstall. You can get a decent, low mile unit at the scrapyard for
less than $700. But be careful on the year. There were a lot of
variations on these. The '95 is the worst, the one used on the trucks
that year does not interchange with any other year.
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Ronnie Day <ronnie.day@gmail.com> wrote:
> We have a '93 GMC PU, 4.3 V-6 with the 4l60e trans. This is your basic
> short wheel base, standard cab, rubber floor mat work truck. It's got
> around 125K on it. Our son's been using it for most of the year to
> drive from his apartment in north Arlington to north of DFW, about a
> 20 mile (one way) highway commute. He was down over Thanksgiving
> weekend and everything appeared fine. The truck drove fine and shifted
> okay.
>
> He called me on Tuesday and said the truck wouldn't shift into Drive.
> I called the shop in Temple that works on the truck when I don't want
> to and I was told it could just be a solenoid. Friday James took it to
> a place in Arlington that our Honda specialist up there recommended.
> These guys checked it out and said the trans was DOA, suggesting a
> rebuild for $1600. OUCH!! Monday I'm going to call my guy in Temple
> and get his thoughts on rebuilding, and I'm planning to get the truck
> towed back down here. A couple of online troubleshooting sites did say
> that the exhibited symptoms were probably due to worn 3rd gear
> clutches and the "fix" is a rebuild. Assuming the DOA diagnosis is
> correct I see a couple of alternatives.
>
> Just for grins I called the local O'Reilly's to see what they get for
> a reman. They get $1607 plus a $200 core charge. I know these guys
> pretty well (it's the only parts store in a town of about 6,000) and
> the manager said I could probably get a new tranny from GM for about
> the same price. I'll probably have my guy down here look at it and
> have him either rebuild it or see what I can get a new trans for and
> get it installed. I have neither a place, the tools or the desire to
> tackle this myself right now.
>
> Has anyone on the list had a similar experience with a vehicle
> equipped with this transmission?
>
> TIA
> --
> Ron
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