My tranny recently bit the dust, and I decided that a remand tranny from GM is my best shot. I don't trust rebuilds, because I've heard too many horror stories, and I have been thinking about getting a TCI streetfighter, but it cost a bit more (you have to buy the $1200 tranny and a $300 TC), but the thing that shot that down is that they only have a 90 day warranty on their trannies. I really dont want a stock remand, but I'm in college 6 hours away from home, and the 3 year 50,000 mile warranty that comes w/ the GM unit is exactly what I need...and it costs $1,080. The tranny is from Jim Pace GM parts warehouse if anybody has a GMPP book from them. Well to my question...has anybody used one of these? What was your experience w/ it? Thanks.

 

I got one for my 91 Z28 2 years ago when mine grenaded. Its a good solid tranny, its taken all the abuse Ive thrown at it. Its internals are updated to 1993 specs so its stronger than stock and the warranty is a nice peace of mind. I'd recommend it to you.

 

i got one, mine had 30,000 mile or 36 month

 

GM warranties their motors and trannys all for 3yrs/50,000 miles.
Looks like you somehow got cheated out of 20k miles....ede
The "remand" tranny you are talking about is a SRTA (Service Replacement Transmission Assembly). It's basically rebuilt by GM where it is in "new" condition.

 

Thanks for the reply. Only thing that I dont like about getting this tranny is that since it's under warranty, I can't put a higher stall converter in it like I've been wanting to. I know I could, but I'm not gonna risk warranty problems...at least not right away.

Thanks again

 

I would do a little more digging, If you were to get a higher then stock stall converter from "GM" it shouldent void any warranty and the converter its self would be covered also.

 

I had thought of that, but haven't gotten a chance to call about it....sucks that they're open mon-fri till 5....i work monday through friday till 5 Thanks

 

You could get P/N 24202310 its the S-10 2200 stall Torque converter: $168.00 + $30.00 Core charge. That is what im going to do.

 

I would skip the GM remanufactured trannies and go to http://www.pro-built.net because I heard transfixleo see some bad things when he opened up these trannies and I have heard nothing but good things about pro built. :hail:

 

I just got done redoing a SRTA 4L60E on Wednsday. We get them in all the time.

 

I was wondering how long it'd be before someone mentioned probuilt...haha I didn't bother mentioning them because in my initial post because I really cant afford that much right now... Thanks for the heads up though.

 

I finally got a chance to call about the GM remand tranny....the price went up. $1,274 for the tranny, 251 for the core and 215 for shipping....that's $1,740 I'd have to have up front...and I dont have time to wait long enough to get that kinda $$. I guess that idea is out. I may end up having to go w/ the TCI $1200 tranny, $300 converter, or i can get mine built for about $1,000...but I just dont trust rebuilds.

 

What do you think the TCI is? It's a rebuild! If you are looking for a hi-quality setup with a warranty, give me a call.

 

I know the TCIs, as well as your units and the GM ones are rebuilds....i'm saying that I dont trust rebuilds from local shops. I hear your trannys are good, but I just cant afford that right now....what kinda warranty's do u offer for the 700s?

 

Mine is being built as we speak by Dana at Pro-Built. I did alot of research and it seems that Pro-Built was the only company that tells you exactly what is going into it. If you call Dana he can tell you and how the parts he installs address the flaws of the 700r4. I was in the same situation as you, I couldnt decide between a GM re-man or a custom rebuild. After getting the bottom-line pricing on both, they end up about the same dollar wise depending on you choose to have installed. You can actually save some money with a custom rebuild though over a GM re-man. The selling point for me was the positive comments about Dana's work and knowledge about the 700r4's(his specialty). That and why spend the same amount of money for a tranny that may only be re-manned for common problems using OEM parts when you can get a custom re-build using stronger high quality parts by a company that does nothing but trannies.

FWIW

 

How much did it end up costing you in all?

 

I was given a nice deal on the parts, but I'm not going to mention the price unless Dana says its okay. Also there isnt a core charge required from Pro-Built, so that will save you some money in both exchange and shipping. I'll probably have the original tranny rebuilt later time/money permitting and keep it as a spare.

 

As a guage to judge by I just had my tranny rebuilt locally (the shop came highly reccomended) I bought the Super Trans kit by B&M from Summit $285, $400 in labor for the rebuild and $50 for new sprags (the only part that didn't come in the trans kit), $80 for a B&M flex plate and $264 for a TCI converter.

$1079 for a completely rebuilt and upgraded trans. Not that much less than the $1200 TCI unit from Summit, of course shipping is a bugger on things like that.
Tough call to make on what to do.

~M~

 

Surprisingly, to ship the TCI tranny to my house...it's only $79. But get this.....the place I called about the ramand tranny is Jim Pace GM parts warehouse....the same place I got my motor about 9 months ago....shipping was $256 (engine weighs 450lbs.)...well they gave me a shipping price on the tranny....$251 (tranny weighs 175lbs)!!! Now somebody explain to me how it costs the same to ship 2 items that are nearly 300lbs different!!

 

Yeah I looked into them for an engine too, they wanted over $200 for shipping, so I checked Scoggins/ Dickey, they only charged $165 shipping.
Keep an eye out on E bay for trannies...like this one.

http://cgi.aol.ebay.com/ebaymotors/w...ADME:B:SS:US:1

Hope you get it up and running soon.

~M~