I don't have a LOT of information on this topic, but here's what I do know... The 42LE transmission went through a number of revisions during the time it was being put into the 1st generation Intrepid. One thing that changed was the type of seals that were used along the driveline of the trans. My understanding is that they just about had it right by the time the 97s came out, and the 98 and up vehicles, although not perfect, have pretty reliable transmissions. There are folks out there who have done 2nd generation trans->1st generation Intrepid swaps in order to get all the benefits of the redesigned transmissions, since rebuilding an early unit to the later standards can be prohibitively expensive.
--Geoff On 7/24/06, Nathan E. Pralle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > for some reason most of the first generation treps have had their trannys > > rebuilt by 100k or in that neighborhood. i bought mine at 98k and it drove > > fine. 5k later 1800 for a rebuild. > > No, fair enough, I know that a lot of them DO get rebuilt. I'm just > saying it doesn't seem to be consistent -- my 96 now has 178K and never > had a single issue with the tranny, whereas yours did, and others have, > too. It just doesn't seem to be a consistent pattern, that's all. :) > > Nathan > > > > Web: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid> > Subscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Unsubscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Moderator: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > -- --Geoff MML Moderator/Admin/Website Admin/Map Keeper '92 Acclaim; '98 Intrepid; '03 Grand Caravan http://www.moparmailinglist.com Skype: ggariepy68 Web: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid> Subscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Moderator: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
