The weekend from hell....

[OrangeCrush]

I did want to call a tow truck but I had an enclosed trailer and figured I'd end up calling a rollback and hen they could tow the trailer.

I ended up driving home and pulled the tranny out yesterday. I dropped it off at a local shop this morning that specializes in racing trannys. They've got an excellent reputation so hopefully no problems.

The stuff from the ebay ad looks like the same stuff that my guy is doing. It's still costing 950 bucks but I should have it back in the next few days.


Mark

[Big.Z.hummin]

man that sucks bro but man you have way more patience than me!

i would have just said fukk it and put a for sale sign on my truck on the side of the road haha

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good luck!

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good luck!

[OrangeCrush]

Apparently the saga continues. I had my tranny rebuilt by a supposedly good source.

I got the truck back a few days later and within a few days, the check engine light came on with a code saying tranny slipping.

I took the truck back to him and he said the converter was slipping. Though it was a new converter, I specifically asked him if the converter wasn't an excellent product (I'm figuring that these are cheap rebuilt converters they stick in the trans when they rebuild them) that I'd spend the money and buy a precision industries converter.

He assured me he's never had a problem with those converters.

I got the truck back yesterday and within an hour, the CEL came back on.

I HATE doing things like this 2-3 times. I called the guy and though he apologized confusely, the bottom line is he's going to pull the trans again.

He was kind enough to offer me his own duramax diesel to drive if I needed a truck over the weekend.

Oh well, here we go again.


Mark

[Luv2Camp]

That stinks Mark. Hope it gets resolved quickly for you...

I remember back in the 80's I had an IROC Z-28 and blew the tranny. Had that thing back 4 times and every time I got it back within a few hours the tranny would stick in second gear. The last time the shop got it right but it was not until several weeks later when I noticed the paint on my fender starting to lift and guessing they spilled tranny fluid on the paint and just gave it a fast wipe off!