Hi Andrew,
New York is about as far Northeast as we go. Oh well, it was worth a shot. Jim Petty654 S. Poplar St.Wichita, KS 67211-2827(316)686-4646 From: Andrew <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 9:00 AM Subject: [dodge_intrepid] Re: Dying Transmission Hi Jim I'm in Nova Scotia, Canada. 1st question is whether you come out here? Andrew --- In mailto:dodge_intrepid%40yahoogroups.com, Jim Petty <jocko91flocko@...> wrote: > > Andrew, >  > I have a 2003 ES 3.5 with bad engine but only about 15k since tranny > rebuild. Where are you located. We have trucks traveling to many parts of > the country. Sometimes with trailers. My plan was to install engine and > tranny out of my 2002 ES 3.5 into the 2003. >  > Anybody see any problems with this approach? >  > That would leave me with a 2003 tranny. could sell it or buy your 2003 > depending on logistics, location, price ect ect. >  > What are your thoughts??? > > > > > > > Jim Petty 654 S. Poplar St. Wichita, KS 67211-2827 (316)686-4646 > From: Andrew <Pavesa@...> > To: mailto:dodge_intrepid%40yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 1:58 PM > Subject: [dodge_intrepid] Dying Transmission > >  > Hi > > I had the very sad experience of the transmission getting burned on my 3.5L > 2003 Intrepid. I was pulling the smallest U-Haul box trailer (empty) and it > pushed it over the edge. > > It isn't altogether dead. It grates a bit in 1st and seems fine in 2nd and > 3rd and grates in 4th. It has a feature to pull it back to 3rd from automatic > so I've been using that to keep it out of 4th gear. > > I've had them replace the burned transmission fluid and the filter and I've > been advised to drive it until it dies and then replace the car - estimated > cost of sorting the transmission is about $2000 incl labor and parts. Another > couple of transmission specialist garages said $1,500 - $1,800 I have found > someone locally who's parting out an 2001 Intrepid - not sure of the model > though and he has a transmission. Does anyone have any thoughts about the > best way forward. See 3 possibilities: > > 1) Wait til it dies and replace > > 2) Get the transmission fixed with new > > 3) Buy the used transmission the guy's who's parting out. > > Regarding (3) I wonder if seeing clean trans fluid in the transmission would > be any kind of sign that it would be ok to use. > > Otherwise, the car's pretty ok. Body has a bit of rust here and there but no > known other problems. Brake lines, timing belt replaced about 10,000 miles > ago when I bought it. > > My problem with replacing it is that you spend $2000 to replace and then > $1,000 more to get it into shape so $1,500-$1,800 for a car that seems > otherwise fine isn't such a bad deal. It has 131,000 miles on the clock. > > Thanks for any thoughts > > Pavesa > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> 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/
