'02 XLT Tranny Rebuild and Question.

[dogginfox]

Last Monday driving home from dinner my transmission starting acting up (slipping and shifting hard) and my OD light starting flashing like a strobe light. The next morning the same thing plus my check engine light was on. I took the truck to AAMCO and they ran the code ..blah blah blah.. something about broken bands. Basically I was not going to make it the 48 miles to school that day.

A week later....

1-New Assembly Kit $394.65
1-New Filter $36.33
12.6 Fluid Mercon V $75.35
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Exchange Rebuilt torque Converter $379.00

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New Band Intermediate Flex & Overdrive
New Band Intermediate Flex & Overdrive
New Rear planet Thrust Bearing(H) $31.25
New Intermediate/Overdrive - Servo set $76.98
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New Solenoid Pack $375.16

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Labor to Remove , Rebuild, and Reinstall $1120.00

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New -Update- Pump Valve $90.03
New -Update- TCC Valve $52.18

Total Labor $1120.00
Total Parts $1510.93
Tax $105.77
TOTAL $2736.70

I drove around on surface streets after getting the truck back and felt a huge difference in the way the truck drove from the start, after a while I hit the highway and put the hammer down. Around 4500 RPM it sounded like a belt under the hood started squeeling till the tranny upshifted and the Revs dropped. I hardly ever get on the throttle hard but i had to see how the new tranny felt. Anyways what could that squeeling belt be? Should I be worried? I have to take the truck back to AAMCO in 10 days for some sort of adjustment. Is this standard procedure?

 

[E.B. Cornburner]

I wonder if it's possible that it didn't get filled all the way and it's starving for fluid. In any case, I'd take it back and have it looked at ASAP.

I still have a hard time seeing people paying so much money to have trannies rebuilt. Especially if they aren't done right!
My personal take is it's better to have a used low-mileage "unmolested" transmission installed than it is to try and rebuild one that failed. Even the best rebuilders have problems I've found. If/when my tranny goes south, it's going to get a nice used tranny from a reputable salvage yard. I'll do the install myself because I have that ability, but the tranny will have a parts and labor warranty...If something freak does happen, I'll be making money swapping it out again. My chances of something happening that would require a warranty claim? Slim to none.