09-19-2014, 02:34 AM
Hang in there and read all of this and you will understand my logic. I do about 95% of my own vehicle repairs/upgrades. One of the weird things that I always do is find out how much it would cost to have the stealership do it.
I had a pump seal go out on my Allison transmission. She had about 148,776 miles on it. The trans was tough but for whatever reason I lost a pump seal and she was spewing fluid out the weep hole. I called the stealership and they questioned why the seal would go out. They said for the cost of dropping the trans and replacing the seal, that just may go out again, it would be better to replace the trans with a re-manufactured GM Allison 1000 trans. Looking at a $6k fix...umm,ya, I don't think so.
So. Here is my logic; If it's going to cost me that much to fix it, I better have it fixed right, right?
Watch this video [url "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrNIyLP-zVY"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrNIyLP-zVY[/url]
So I had a Suncoast transmission and TC built by Dmitri. A list of other upgrades. I learned a lot about every little thing on my truck inside and out, got new tools that I needed for upgrade projects, found the best forums and parts for Duramax performance. Added some beauty queen stuff. Walked away happy, 'saved money' by not going to the stealership. It might have taken me a lot longer.
I ended up with a new trans, a 'new' truck, had my Dad help me and learned that the right tools do make a difference again and I added them to Datass (name of the big tool box).
However, the GM mechanics are awesome. They really do know what they are doing which is comfort to the price and I couldn't have done it without their help.
I'm looking forward to the next problem with the truck.
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I had a pump seal go out on my Allison transmission. She had about 148,776 miles on it. The trans was tough but for whatever reason I lost a pump seal and she was spewing fluid out the weep hole. I called the stealership and they questioned why the seal would go out. They said for the cost of dropping the trans and replacing the seal, that just may go out again, it would be better to replace the trans with a re-manufactured GM Allison 1000 trans. Looking at a $6k fix...umm,ya, I don't think so.
So. Here is my logic; If it's going to cost me that much to fix it, I better have it fixed right, right?
Watch this video [url "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrNIyLP-zVY"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrNIyLP-zVY[/url]
So I had a Suncoast transmission and TC built by Dmitri. A list of other upgrades. I learned a lot about every little thing on my truck inside and out, got new tools that I needed for upgrade projects, found the best forums and parts for Duramax performance. Added some beauty queen stuff. Walked away happy, 'saved money' by not going to the stealership. It might have taken me a lot longer.
I ended up with a new trans, a 'new' truck, had my Dad help me and learned that the right tools do make a difference again and I added them to Datass (name of the big tool box).
However, the GM mechanics are awesome. They really do know what they are doing which is comfort to the price and I couldn't have done it without their help.
I'm looking forward to the next problem with the truck.
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