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>He mentioned that it could well be a tranny problem. >He advised me that once shit starts on Chryslers, that it only gets >I am inclined to do just that. >i Having had major transmission problems on our last THREE American-brand It ought to be possible to isolate grinding noises to the transmission or If it is the axle, then I really don't see how some grinding in there is Jon Ignoramus16919 wrote: We just got rid of a 1998 Ram 3500B stretch extended van, that may or
>Just spoke to a friend of my wife who is a car mechanic who makes
>money by fixing cars.
>worse, and advised me to not do any repairs and to get rid of this
>truck as soon as possible.
may not have a similar drive train as your truck. (5.9 L engine, auto
trans). The transmission croaked at something like 89000 Miles, and they
rebuilt it for ONLY $3100! We did get a "lifetime" warranty on the
rebuild, so if it ever blew AGAIN, we'd be covered.
cars in a ROW, I've pretty well sworn them off. Meanwhile, I'm still
driving my 1989 Toyota Corolla station wagon with manual transaxle.
Maintenance on that one has run about $100/year, on average. Some
years it requires ZERO maintenance whatsoever. 170,000 miles on the
original wter pump, alternator, the A/C refrigerant has NEVER been
even topped-up, etc.
rear axle. Any way you can jack the rear wheels off the ground?
If it is the transmission, you are in deep DOO-DOO, and he's definitely
right, if you can in good conscience dump the thing, do so.
going
to take the transmission with it.