It finally went....damn
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From: Rockland County, NY
Read my lips - I, that means me personally, would not pay over $2,000 for a trans rebuild, and I know for a fact that I could get a quality rebuild done for that or less, taking all factors into consideration ,, And yes, that includes labor.
What "extras" are you talking about that makes a jacked up price sound so sweet, getting the lines flushed ?
You might be willing to pay it, you might be willing to pay twice as much, knock yourself out, thats you.
He asked for opinions, he got em, and don't expect everyone to agree with yours.
Magnum, some more [perhaps unwanted] advice.
Since this guy has torn it apart, he should have a near exact idea of what needs replacing and/or reworking.
You should get an itemized list, including brands, of all the components he plans on replacing.
Knowing this, you can get at least a ball park idea of what the parts themselves are going to run, maybe even adding 30% or so for markup.
The balance will be the labor - He should also have a pretty good idea of how many hours this is going to take to do, so if you get those figures and it comes out to $200/$300 an hour labor, you know you are getting jacked.
What "extras" are you talking about that makes a jacked up price sound so sweet, getting the lines flushed ?
You might be willing to pay it, you might be willing to pay twice as much, knock yourself out, thats you.
He asked for opinions, he got em, and don't expect everyone to agree with yours.
Magnum, some more [perhaps unwanted] advice.
Since this guy has torn it apart, he should have a near exact idea of what needs replacing and/or reworking.
You should get an itemized list, including brands, of all the components he plans on replacing.
Knowing this, you can get at least a ball park idea of what the parts themselves are going to run, maybe even adding 30% or so for markup.
The balance will be the labor - He should also have a pretty good idea of how many hours this is going to take to do, so if you get those figures and it comes out to $200/$300 an hour labor, you know you are getting jacked.
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From: Rockland County, NY
Read my lips - I, that means me personally, would not pay over $2,000 for a trans rebuild, and I know for a fact that I could get a quality rebuild done for that or less, taking all factors into consideration ,, And yes, that includes labor.
What "extras" are you talking about that makes a jacked up price sound so sweet, getting the lines flushed ?
You might be willing to pay it, you might be willing to pay twice as much, knock yourself out, thats you.
He asked for opinions, he got em, and don't expect everyone to agree with yours.
Magnum, some more [perhaps unwanted] advice.
Since this guy has torn it apart, he should have a near exact idea of what needs replacing and/or reworking.
You should get an itemized list, including brands, of all the components he plans on replacing.
Knowing this, you can get at least a ball park idea of what the parts themselves are going to run, maybe even adding 30% or so for markup.
The balance will be the labor - He should also have a pretty good idea of how many hours this is going to take to do, so if you get those figures and it comes out to $200/$300 an hour labor, you know you are getting jacked.
What "extras" are you talking about that makes a jacked up price sound so sweet, getting the lines flushed ?
You might be willing to pay it, you might be willing to pay twice as much, knock yourself out, thats you.
He asked for opinions, he got em, and don't expect everyone to agree with yours.
Magnum, some more [perhaps unwanted] advice.
Since this guy has torn it apart, he should have a near exact idea of what needs replacing and/or reworking.
You should get an itemized list, including brands, of all the components he plans on replacing.
Knowing this, you can get at least a ball park idea of what the parts themselves are going to run, maybe even adding 30% or so for markup.
The balance will be the labor - He should also have a pretty good idea of how many hours this is going to take to do, so if you get those figures and it comes out to $200/$300 an hour labor, you know you are getting jacked.
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From: Central Oklahoma
Read my lips - I, that means me personally, would not pay over $2,000 for a trans rebuild, and I know for a fact that I could get a quality rebuild done for that or less, taking all factors into consideration ,, And yes, that includes labor.
What "extras" are you talking about that makes a jacked up price sound so sweet, getting the lines flushed ?
You might be willing to pay it, you might be willing to pay twice as much, knock yourself out, thats you.
He asked for opinions, he got em, and don't expect everyone to agree with yours.
Magnum, some more [perhaps unwanted] advice.
Since this guy has torn it apart, he should have a near exact idea of what needs replacing and/or reworking.
You should get an itemized list, including brands, of all the components he plans on replacing.
Knowing this, you can get at least a ball park idea of what the parts themselves are going to run, maybe even adding 30% or so for markup.
The balance will be the labor - He should also have a pretty good idea of how many hours this is going to take to do, so if you get those figures and it comes out to $200/$300 an hour labor, you know you are getting jacked.
What "extras" are you talking about that makes a jacked up price sound so sweet, getting the lines flushed ?
You might be willing to pay it, you might be willing to pay twice as much, knock yourself out, thats you.
He asked for opinions, he got em, and don't expect everyone to agree with yours.
Magnum, some more [perhaps unwanted] advice.
Since this guy has torn it apart, he should have a near exact idea of what needs replacing and/or reworking.
You should get an itemized list, including brands, of all the components he plans on replacing.
Knowing this, you can get at least a ball park idea of what the parts themselves are going to run, maybe even adding 30% or so for markup.
The balance will be the labor - He should also have a pretty good idea of how many hours this is going to take to do, so if you get those figures and it comes out to $200/$300 an hour labor, you know you are getting jacked.
I don't care if you would never pay more than $499.99 for a rebuild -- it all boils down to LOCAL LABOR RATES, the price of replacement parts, the price of UPGRADED parts, the type of transmission, and if any kind of warranty is included. I live in Oklahoma and can guarantee you that the price for labor is cheaper than New York (where the OP is located), and California. Those are just two examples. My transmission rebuild probably would have run me over $2,000 had I upgraded the torque converter, but it was more costly because I upgraded to a shift kit and was lucky none of the electronic parts were bad. You start talking replacing the electronics and the price is really going to increase.
And with that,
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All I see from your post is "Blah blah blah, MY ***** ARE FREAKING HUGE, BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH".
I don't care if you would never pay more than $499.99 for a rebuild -- it all boils down to LOCAL LABOR RATES, the price of replacement parts, the price of UPGRADED parts, the type of transmission, and if any kind of warranty is included. I live in Oklahoma and can guarantee you that the price for labor is cheaper than New York (where the OP is located), and California. Those are just two examples. My transmission rebuild probably would have run me over $2,000 had I upgraded the torque converter, but it was more costly because I upgraded to a shift kit and was lucky none of the electronic parts were bad. You start talking replacing the electronics and the price is really going to increase.
And with that,
I don't care if you would never pay more than $499.99 for a rebuild -- it all boils down to LOCAL LABOR RATES, the price of replacement parts, the price of UPGRADED parts, the type of transmission, and if any kind of warranty is included. I live in Oklahoma and can guarantee you that the price for labor is cheaper than New York (where the OP is located), and California. Those are just two examples. My transmission rebuild probably would have run me over $2,000 had I upgraded the torque converter, but it was more costly because I upgraded to a shift kit and was lucky none of the electronic parts were bad. You start talking replacing the electronics and the price is really going to increase.
And with that,
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From: Western NY,
your right ...In my case because I didnt see those extras mentioned when the thread started....I thought it was for a rebuild period..which $2500 is high ...even for NY I live there too...You could buy a reman outright for that . but if you factor in the additional stuff you want done it seems like a fair deal.
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Cute smilies, probably the same kind you use on yahoo teen chat pretending to be a girl !
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You ... Turn someone down in chat .. ???
Right.
Listen sunshine, if I'm such a troll, why not take your own advice and not feed me.
Right.
Listen sunshine, if I'm such a troll, why not take your own advice and not feed me.
