ExploderXLT
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- City, State
- Ringgold,Va.
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '92 XLT
I have a '92 XLT with 142,000 miles that the auto trans. is shot in.(By shot I mean-While nurseing a slipping trans I left in a hurry one morning.Knowing it was slow going in gear I still got on gas hard immediately after shifting into drive.The following BOOM did not sound good.WHOOPS!Now all I have is PARK.)
I did a search for transmissions and was not to thrilled about what I read.This is my first experinces with a 4x and I am hoping not the last.
A friend and I have just about got the trans out so I need to make a decision pretty quick on what to do.I talked to a guy who owns a trans shop ,that was recommended to me by more than one person because of his honesty and good work,and he told me that he did'nt work on this trans anymore.He went on to explain that most of the ones he had rebuilt never lasted even after using all FORD parts.His recommendation was to call Jasper or Ford to check on a rebuilt unit with a decent warranty.I called the local Ford dealership and found a rebuilt unit would cost me around $1400 with a 2 year\24000 mile warranty.I will be completely honest I don't want to have to wrestle this thing out again in 2 YEARS OR LESS!
Are there any questions I should ask the dealership about before I buy.(i.e.Does it have newer upgrades or is it the same as what I have?etc.)
I saw in a post from EXTREME4X4 about the person she gets to do her trans work.Judging by her comments she has great confidence in him and the$1200 price did'nt sound bad either.
I was planning a lift in the near future to accomadate 33x12.50's but I'm a little hesitant now wondering if the trans will hold up.Right now I run 31x10.50's with no lift.
Sorry about the length but I'm a newbie trying to make the right decision.
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me,
Brian
I did a search for transmissions and was not to thrilled about what I read.This is my first experinces with a 4x and I am hoping not the last.
A friend and I have just about got the trans out so I need to make a decision pretty quick on what to do.I talked to a guy who owns a trans shop ,that was recommended to me by more than one person because of his honesty and good work,and he told me that he did'nt work on this trans anymore.He went on to explain that most of the ones he had rebuilt never lasted even after using all FORD parts.His recommendation was to call Jasper or Ford to check on a rebuilt unit with a decent warranty.I called the local Ford dealership and found a rebuilt unit would cost me around $1400 with a 2 year\24000 mile warranty.I will be completely honest I don't want to have to wrestle this thing out again in 2 YEARS OR LESS!
Are there any questions I should ask the dealership about before I buy.(i.e.Does it have newer upgrades or is it the same as what I have?etc.)
I saw in a post from EXTREME4X4 about the person she gets to do her trans work.Judging by her comments she has great confidence in him and the$1200 price did'nt sound bad either.
I was planning a lift in the near future to accomadate 33x12.50's but I'm a little hesitant now wondering if the trans will hold up.Right now I run 31x10.50's with no lift.
Sorry about the length but I'm a newbie trying to make the right decision.
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me,
Brian