Finally got my truck back after 3 long weeks. I picked a bad time to get it to this mechanic because of Christmas and New Years but I finally picked it up today. It runs better than before...lower RPMs and temperature stays way lower. I also had a radiator with a cracked tank and a torn heater hose. I replaced the radiator myself but was unable to remove the heater hose due to a broken connector as expected. The guy that did my tranny also connected the heater hose for me but told me he would do it for free, when I got the receipt there was a $75 charge which I think is a little overpriced but it's in the past. I got a real good chance to test out the new tranny because the mechanic I transported it to was about 50 miles away. It runs great but this is only day 1...I may be paranoid but I think I felt a little jolting going on when accelerating but I'm still determining if it's me or the truck. Originally it was supposed to be a $650 repair which is abnormally cheap for a rebuild...when I dropped of my truck at his shop...he told me that $650 was for parts only and that he would charge another $350 for labor equaling $1000. I paid him 50% upfront which probably was not such a good idea being how it took him 3 weeks to do it. So everything is running smoothly and decent for now...I leave the contact info for this mechanic for anyone who is near him because $1000 for a tranny rebuild is pretty cheap although he may have pulled the price out of his ***.
Burgess Auto Salvage
9108 HWY 87
Lubbock, TX
806-745-1212