Brett:
Glad things are working out for you. Since you are just now getting
everything done on the tranny and use your vehicle for a lot of miles a
year, why don't you look at extending your warranty. On a used vehicle,
most of those places want a mechanic to certify that everything's in good
shape before they'll sell you the warranty so it looks like you're in a
good position.
I'm surprised about them having to remove the headers to get to the
tranny. I can understand the exhaust (some of it). DO you have long
pipes? Your commnets about the tranny do warrant further discussion. Who
was it that said this tranny was merely a 727 with overdrive?
Anyhow, glad to know you'll be out and about in that shiny, red
superstock Dodge real soon!
ttyl,
Richard
On Thu, 13 Apr 2000 19:59:55 CDT "Brett Forehand"
<brett4hand@hotmail.com> writes:
> Well folks, looks like I get my baby back tomorrow. Shop manager
> said
> thanks for burning the transmission up real good, I made him a lot
> of money.
> (I'm just a VERY happy camper that I bought the extended
> warranty). Total
> bill looks to be about 2300 bucks. The guys that said it was the
> carrier
> bearing were right... that was just a part of the repair though. It
> looks
> like I have a brand new tranny sittin' in my '94 Dak now.
>
> They are sticking me for the removal of the headers and exhaust,
> plus for
> some mysterious reason the right side header had no gasket (?) So I
> have
> all new gaskets in my exhaust system too.
>
> Anyone know why a Mopar exhaust wouldn't be covered under this
> warranty? I
> would figure you'd have to remove exhaust manifolds to do the same
> repair.
> I guess I should be happy that all this will cost me is about 280
> bucks.
> Apparently nothing was wrong with the differential.
>
> I'm just scratching my head wondering what the previous owner did
> with this
> truck! The shop guys said that the carrier bearing usually doesn't
> go out
> unless you do a lot of towing. I don't tow anything but my tall ass
> to all
> my accounts... 30k miles last year. Again, I thought the
> Torqueflite based
> transmissions in these things were 10 feet tall and bullet proof, so
> I
> wonder what the deal is!
>
> I've only got another 15k on the warranty, so hopefully if anything
> else
> major happens, it will happen before I turn 100k.
>
> That's all for now... I'll keep ya'll posted after I get her back
> tomorrow.
>
> Brett
> '94 Dak Sport CC
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