Rawhide and The Burb

[0xDEADBEEF]

$7500 is insane.

 

[Stumpy]

Guy local to me would rebuild several transmissions for that price.

 

[kennythewelder]

A transmission rebuild, is a transmission rebuild. It's all about the same amount of work, to rebuild it, give or take. Yes, part prices will very, but $7500, is insane!!!!!. I had mine done last February. I drove the truck there, with no OD, and no reverse. I had a performance rebuild done, with a HD master rebuild kit, Corvette survos, a shift kit, and a brand new torque converter. I didn't touch a thing, and the price was $2700. Then a month and a half later, when I blew it up again, they redid the whole thing, and it didn't cost me a dime. 24 month, 24,000 mile warranty. Yes, that's for a 2 WD, 4L60E, and although your may be a 4x4 4L80E, there shouldn't be that much difference in price.

 

[df2x4]

Just wanted to echo what everyone else has already said, $7500 for a stock 4L80E rebuild is wild. You can get one brand new from Hughes Performance that's warrantied for use with up to 1500HP for $4400.

Sorry you have to deal with a bad shop, that's always frustrating.

 

[454cid]

Hissing sound in the dash could describe what mine sounds like and the hydrbooster still seems to work fine. When I replaced the lines it got better but it's quite noticeable again....my plan is to leave it be unless it stops working fine. I'm not sure what actually causes the noise.

 

[Dravec]

Well...the garage is saying that their transmission guy is quoting $7500 for the rebuild and replace. That sounds high to me, and I'm not entirely convinced the transmission is the problem. I think the hydro boost unit is going bad, because I can't see the transmission making the hissing sound in the dashboard. Now that could be causing a problem with the transmission....
Also, I know the front brakes are dragging a little, maybe that isn't helping.

$7500 my arse. I paid $3000 for a "performance tow" rebuild on my old K3500. Granted, that was in I think 2014, but there is absolutely no way in hell that it's $7500. Shouldn't be more than $3500 for removal, rebuild, reinstall.

 

[SUBURBAN5]

I agree with the others. Even the dealer charged me about 2700 for the 4l60e. I needed front end work and ended up with a final 4kish bill

 

[termite]

I had a 99 k1500 4L60e replaced with a jasper while in grad school (2012?) for about $3500. Included them towing it in, swapping, and picking me up from my apartment when it was ready to go.

 

[df2x4]

Since we're all sharing stories...

The 4L80E swap in my red truck came out to just over $4K. Granted that was using a $500 junkyard transmission, but I had a lot of nice parts in that project and did zero labor myself. I think the -6AN hose and fittings for my cooling lines were almost as expensive as the transmission. I just skimmed back through my thread on that swap out of curiosity, my parts total was just shy of $1900. So I paid a little over $2K in labor to swap from a 60E to an 80E, and that was including my mechanic researching and sourcing a used driveshaft that would work.

 

[Erik the Awful]

WCJr's running a $250 LKQ 4L60 that I installed in a couple hours (2wd ftw). I rebuilt the original 4L60 for under $1000 with about 8 hours of labor, and that's because it's been 25 years since I've been deep inside a transmission. Somebody's trying to get a Hawaiian vacation on your dime.