 Follow-Up To Tranny Failure
Hi Everyone,
I got my van back from the transmission shop yesterday. Unfortunately I forgot to bring the work order with me so I don't have a complete breakdown of what was done, but among the highlights were:
The drum was shot. I saw it - the bands had worn almost all the way through in one spot. Obviously the bands needed to be replaced as well.
All the clutch rings were pitted and burnt. Broken wave ring. All the valves were worn to the point of failure. The ECU controller was bad. Let's see, what else...ah, whatever, there was a ton of stuff worn and broken. They replaced the speedometer module as a matter of course. Although my speedo hadn't yet failed, it was in the failure window, and apparently it's expensive to replace if it goes all of a sudden. This is actually kind of important - the speedo module sits at the end of the tranny right next to the HOT cat converter, and they tend to fail after roughly 200K. This module is one of the inputs to the computer that controls the shift points, so if it fails it can affect the way your vehicle performs, not just stop showing speed.
Anyway, I got it back. This rebuild has also fixed the transmission shudder I was having for a few years. Final cost was $2469 including taxes. It actually would have cost more than that, but the guy at the transmission shop wouldn't go over the maximum he had quoted me. I'm not happy with the cost, but I'm happy with the service. | 
