Transmission dead in the water

Galvatron · Dec 5, 2011

Rusty Shackleford said:
now polo mints are dangerous. only 4 people in the entire world are qualified to handle those, and 3 of them are dead, the other being in a looney bin

i am trained to remove the hole from the middle :yum:

...not for the faint hearted :wink:

Rusty Shackleford · Dec 5, 2011

now THAT statement worries me :yum:

Rusty Shackleford · Dec 5, 2011

wait, wasn't this thread about a car or something? :confused2:

Galvatron · Dec 5, 2011

Rusty Shackleford said:
wait, wasn't this thread about a car or something?

i was trying to take your mind off it numbnut :yum:

Rusty Shackleford · Dec 5, 2011

Rusty Shackleford · Dec 5, 2011

And the results are in: $2980.00 out the door, with a possible $100 more coming off of it, depending on how the rebate works that they have going right now.

Galvatron · Dec 5, 2011

Rusty Shackleford said:
And the results are in: $2980.00 out the door, with a possible $100 more coming off of it, depending on how the rebate works that they have going right now.

and what is the cars value may i ask...not taking the piss just curious???

OhioTC18 · Dec 5, 2011

Rusty Shackleford said:
And the results are in: $2980.00 out the door, with a possible $100 more coming off of it, depending on how the rebate works that they have going right now.

That's for a new trans installed? Did you check in a rebuilt from Jasper?

jwstewar · Dec 5, 2011

Rusty Shackleford said:
And the results are in: $2980.00 out the door, with a possible $100 more coming off of it, depending on how the rebate works that they have going right now.

Which means, if he hadn't taken it to a dealership, but a good independent, it could be done for maybe $1000.

Rusty Shackleford · Dec 5, 2011

Galvatron said:
and what is the cars value may i ask...not taking the piss just curious???

Around 3K.

OhioTC18 said:
That's for a new trans installed? Did you check in a rebuilt from Jasper?

Jasper trans is $500 more than what I'm getting from Ford. And yes, that is total price out the door.

jwstewar said:
Which means, if he hadn't taken it to a dealership, but a good independent, it could be done for maybe $1000.

A new trans installed for a grand? You tell me where. And will that come with the 3 year unconditional warrany?

Av8r3400 · Dec 5, 2011

All I have to say is, "Wow."

fogtender · Dec 6, 2011

Rusty Shackleford said:
And the results are in: $2980.00 out the door, with a possible $100 more coming off of it, depending on how the rebate works that they have going right now.

Geeze, for that much I'd flown down there and rebuilt the transmission myself, gave a $500.00 discount and still made a Killing!

Trakternut · Dec 6, 2011

I think Rusty made the right move. I had the tranny on a Plymouth Voyager go out. I checked out the local Plymouth dealership's price. A factory reman unit could be had as they had one in stock. My thoughts were this, on front wheel drive vehicles, the transmission and front axle assembly is one package. Sure, you can just overhaul the transmission part for about half the money, BUT the rest of the unit is still relatively old and could fail at any time. This way, Rusty has the whole danged thing ready for another 200,000 miles. If he just did the tranny and something else went bad, he'd be sitting there with $1000 worth of junk anyway.

Rusty Shackleford · Dec 6, 2011

This is the best way, with the best coverage. Done alot of research, and thanks to help and information from my Dad, who is a trans specialist at a GM dealer, this became the way to go. Is it cheap? No. Am I covered under any circumstance that goes wrong? Yes. Being as this car gets driven as hard and as often as it does, I need all the coverage I can get.

muleman · Dec 6, 2011

Buy a giant condom! :yum:

Rusty Shackleford · Dec 6, 2011

Trakternut said:
I think Rusty made the right move. I had the tranny on a Plymouth Voyager go out. I checked out the local Plymouth dealership's price. A factory reman unit could be had as they had one in stock. My thoughts were this, on front wheel drive vehicles, the transmission and front axle assembly is one package. Sure, you can just overhaul the transmission part for about half the money, BUT the rest of the unit is still relatively old and could fail at any time. This way, Rusty has the whole danged thing ready for another 200,000 miles. If he just did the tranny and something else went bad, he'd be sitting there with $1000 worth of junk anyway.

Thanks, Tnutz. You said it perfectly. For those who think I just went straight to the dealer and said go ahead, I did not. Did tons of work to come to this conclusion. Not a naive decision, but one that was well thought out.

Av8r3400 · Dec 6, 2011

Rusty, just out of curiosity, how many miles are on your Taurus and what year is it?

You've made your decision and I hope it works out well for you. I'm just curious on the car itself.

Rusty Shackleford · Dec 6, 2011

106 and it's a top of the line, loaded 03 SEL, with the only pending issue being a battery

Galvatron · Dec 7, 2011

Rusrty whilst it is in the shop see if they can do anything about the loose screw behind the wheel :yum:

muleman · Dec 7, 2011

Galvatron said:
Rusrty whilst it is in the shop see if they can do anything about the loose screw behind the wheel

Been over tightened and stripped out. Wait.........that is just normal for Rusty! :clap:

Rusty Shackleford · Dec 7, 2011

She's done! Going to pick up tomorrow AM before work. Just gotta make sure to get my ass up out of bed early enough.

muleman · Dec 7, 2011

I will call you at 5 and again at 5:10 and again at 5:15. :whistling:

Rusty Shackleford · Dec 7, 2011

as long as I get up when my alarm does, I will have plenty of time. They don't open till 7:30, so as long as I leave by 7, no problem.

Galvatron · Dec 7, 2011

muleman said:
I will call you at 5 and again at 5:10 and again at 5:15.

whats his number bill....i can call him in hours he never knew existed :yum:

Rusty Shackleford · Dec 7, 2011

Galvatron said:
whats his number bill....i can call him in hours he never knew existed

I don't accept calls from Neverland Ranch :yum:

Galvatron · Dec 7, 2011

Rusty Shackleford said:
I don't accept calls from Neverland Ranch

you sick fucker...take that back or we will never ever speak again :hammer:

Rusty Shackleford · Dec 7, 2011

Galvatron · Dec 7, 2011

Rusty Shackleford said:

on vacation until further notice.............

muleman · Dec 8, 2011

Called the little shit at 5:12 and left him a message to get up and clear the snow for Lithium if he wanted her to drive him for his Furd. Bet he oversleeps! :hammer:

Galvatron · Dec 8, 2011

muleman said:
Called the little shit at 5:12 and left him a message to get up and clear the snow for Lithium if he wanted her to drive him for his Furd. Bet he oversleeps!

i bet he looks like this :yum:

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