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You need to be clean when you assemble them but not like doing turbos or microchips. Similar to engine building.
SloopJonB wrote:Gate, as an aside, was the advice I was given about Dexron being better than synthetic ATF correct in your opinion?
Slick470 wrote:Thanks everyone for the advice. I posted this here, because I knew that Gate was in the business and I don't have to filter out half the responses to get to the useful stuff like other forums.
I'm completely pissed at myself for missing the warning signs on this transmission and costing myself a decent amount of money to fix it. I've never had transmission issues before so I'm pretty new to this, but that's not a good excuse. I obviously haven't been as up on maintenance for this truck as I should be.
The thought of DIY intrigues me. I like to see how things work and take a bit of pride in being able to fix things myself. I've rebuilt engines in the past but have always thought of transmissions as something beyond my skills. I've read quite a bit on the S-10 forums and the ZR2 forums about the different failure points and repairs for these trucks. (isn't it wild that there is a forum for pretty much anything these days?) There are step by step threads and videos on the teardown, parts replacement, and rebuilds for these transmissions and lists of parts that are recommended to update and where to buy. I take a lot of this with caution, as most of these guys are spending time upgrading everything about their truck, have a garage, and are generally beating the hell out of the truck on the weekends. Mine is basically stock, I don't have a garage (so I work around sunny days, but I have a 16x12 shop space in my basement for stuff once it's off the truck) and I use the truck to haul lumber, mulch, manure (for the garden), boat stuff, and getting places when the weather is nasty.
The fact is, I just don't have time in my life right now to even try this myself, so a shop will see this transmission. After that I will follow their recs to stay in compliance with whatever warranty comes with their work.
Slick470 wrote:Hmm... Jasper is the most expensive of the rebuilds that I've come across that aren't performance upgrades. I do like that when you use their pricing tool they come up with a list of the upgrades that they do to the stock transmission, all for reliability. I'm guessing that installed, they would be in the $2500+ range. They also don't list an automatic as available for my truck, so I put it in as the standard 4x4.
Slick470 wrote:I hear you Larry. Retail on this truck in good condition is about $9000 and trade in is about $6000, so at a certain point, the economics don't make much sense.
I have heard, but not confirmed, that a typical rebuild should cost me in the $1600-$2000 range depending on how many bits need replacing. An extra $500 isn't out of the realm of possibilities, but I'm a thrifty guy. Or I at least try to be.
I also don't really have a trusted mechanic. I have a couple of shops that I've been to where I don't feel like I've been screwed over... and others that... well not as much.