LONG STORY ON THE REBUILD. BASICALY I PUT IN A NEW ELECTRICAL SERVICE, AND WIRED A SHOP FOR AN EXFRIEND. IN RETURN HE WOULD REBUILD MY TRANSMISSION AND BEEF IT UP . HE RUNS A TRANSMISSION SHOP HERE IN HOUSTON.WELL I GET THE TRANSMISSION BACK AFTER SEVERAL TIMES OF TAKING IT . AND HE SAYS THAT THE TRANS IS BULLIT PROOF, THAT IT WILL HANDLE ANYTHING THAT MY MOTOR COULD HANDLE. THREE MONTHS LATER MY OUTPUT SHAFT SHEERS IN TWO AND THE CASE DESINTAGRATED. HAD TO FIND A USED CASE AND HE PROBABLY PUT USED PARTS BACK IN. TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH I DOUBT THAT ANYTHING IN THE TRANS IS PERFORMANCE.I DONT TRUST ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I TOLD MY WIFE AFTER I PICKED IT UP THE LAST TIME THAT IT WASNT GOING TO LAST PAST SIX MONTHS. WELL I WAS WRONG IT LASTED NINE MONTHS. THE SHOP COST ME 5,000 TO DO, SO I THOUGHT HE WAS GETTING A REAL GOOD DEAL, BECAUSE I WAS SUBTRACTING THE COST OF THE INITIAL UPGRADE THAT HE FIRST DID.SO MY TOTAL CAME OUT TO ABOUT A 3500 PROFIT FOR ME.(MINUS MATERIAL). ANYWAYS HE BLAMED ME FOR THE OUTPUT SHAFT BREAKING AND DAMAGING THE CASE.HE TOLD ME I WAS ABUSING THE TRANS BY PUTTING IT IN NEUTUAL AND THEN DROPPING IT INTO DRIVE NOT IN MY TRUCK!!!!!!!SO ANY WAYS NOW MY TRANS IS WHINING IN 1ST AND 2ND, AND IM NOT ABOUT TO TAKE IT BACK TO HIM ONLY TO HAVE HIS SOCALLED HELP F*** IT UP EVEN MORE. SO I'VE DEDCIDED TO PURCHASE A NEW PERFORMANCE TRANS. WHICH IS WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE TO BEGIN WITH. SOMEONE HAD MENTIONED ABOUT A FLP TRANS BUT WHEN I WENT TO THEIR SITE THEY ONLY OFFER FOR A FBODY AND A CORVETTE
MY OTHER OPTIONS ARE A HUGHES TRANS
OR A TCI TRANS

 

OH BY THE WAY I ONLY RECIEVED 500 FOR DOING THE SHOP. AND HE THOUGHT THAT WAS TO MUCH MONEY.
YOU DO THE MATH
WHO GOT SCREWED HERE?

 

That FLP one is nice but isn't it like $2300 + shipping + install? I bet you can get on built locally for less.

I'd look around locally to get one built. I have had VERY good work done at Cottman Transmission down on Westheimer close to Hwy 6 in Houston area. I am not sure what part of that area you are in. They had my F-150 in and out in a day also.

Anyway most of their rebuilds include many performance minded upgrades...extra clutches, resurfaced drums, better band, etc. Shoot me a PM and I'll get you a list of **** to buy for the trans. Call around and see if you brought the parts if you could get one built. I did that in the past and got exactly what I wanted done...I paid around $600 for labor to get a trans built and I brought the parts.

 

Be sure to get a background reference on them or something .. I've had really bad luck with getting a tranny built locally, but I'm in a small town. This guy supposedly does warranty work for a dealership here, so I thought he would be ok ... but .. after the first one ripped itself apart on a brutle 1-2 shift, I became sceptical and ended up trading the truck off with 2nd slipping. You couldn't tell it was slipping once the blower came off though.

 

YAH THATS WHY IM PROBABLY JUST GOING TO ORDER ONE. AND INSTALL MYSELF AT OUR SHOP.

 

PLUS IF I RECALL THE TRANSMISSION SHOPS WILL NOT WARRANTY A TRANSMISSION THAT IS NOT BUILT WITH THE PARTS THEY NORMALLY USE.THEY'LL BUILD YOU A TRANSMISSION WITH THE PARTS YOU BRING'EM BUT THE GUY TOLD ME HE WON'T WARRANTY IT. I THINK THAT WAS COTTMAN HERE IN PASADENA. I COULD BE WRONG.

 

You might as well get the FLP. You will probably save money in the long run since you seem to break trannys so fast

 

YAH ITS ALL THAT TORQUE IM GETTING OUT OF MY MONSTER 5.3 KILLER RIGHT?

 

Yeah anything involved with the dealer is bad news to begin with, so I can see why that went bad for you. Sorry you guys have bad experiences with shitty shops

 

anybody heard good stuff about the direct replacement b&m transmissions