Just dumped all my tranny fluid!

sargentrs said

Gonna let friend who towed it, pull it and give me a damage report. He knows a rebuilder and can get me a decent deal. Known him a long time, work with his wife. He's honest and a straight shooter, no BS and no sugar coating. I trust him and whoever he trusts. If it needs rebuilding, I might just buy a TCI. Opinions?

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Just a word of advice. I did this same scenario. My buddy is in the auto parts business and he knew a guy with a transmission shop that would rebuild my trans pretty cheaply. We took my car to him and he rebuilt it for $500 including a shift kit and torque convertor. Fast forward five years and we decided to pull it back apart and replace the seals because it has always leaked and it was already out for my engine swap anyway so we figured what the hell. I had a competent 727 guy (member VOETOM) look at it and he was surprised that the car even moved under it's own power. He found so many things wrong with it that we quit counting.

Long story I know, but my point is make sure you get a guy that knows 727's inside and out. Not some guy who's used to working on Fords and Chevys and thinks he can figure out "one of them there Chrysler transmissions".

As far as buying a TCI or any other brand for that matter, I would think that would be fine until you try to get some warranty work done. I like having my guy right down the street and I can talk directly to the guy who rebuilt my transmission and tell him what it's doing.

Just my early morning two cents. Hope it saves you from making the same mistake I did.