The owner of the garage drove my truck. He claims to be an expert on trannys and engines with 30+ years experience. He also claims to do $300,000 a year in Jasper tranny and engine replacements per year.

Quite frankly, I think they are both right.

 

must be a big shop, that's at least a couple a week.

 

I would look into the plugs and coils since it could be cheaper. I would at least do the coils DIY because that could save you a bit. Also I have heard of some dealers that do the plugs for as low as $300, so look around. If you are in the Phoenix, AZ area I know a dealer tech that could do it for A LOT less. He did my plugs for almost nothing.

 

Check the coils and plugs. Also clean the MAF. And if you need a tranny BC Automotive is the only way to go IMO.

 

just got mine done in the chattanooga area for 2900 + tax. It comes with a 3yr 100K warrantee. i'll b driving the **** outta this truck in the next 3 years. i have to let them service it once a yr for 179 + tax and i bitched about that so they gave me the 1st one for free

 

Ask them how they do it. My brother worked for Ford and Lincoln Mercury dealers for Many Many years and told me the same thing. I have worked at Ford dealers and the parts guys told me the same thing. When I bought the '99 new, it had a vibration in the driveline at 1850-2000 RPM when I drove it home from the dealer. After they tried several other things, Ford authorized a "REMANUFACTURED" transmission and had it sent to the Ford dealer. This is in a brand new truck! I refused to accept it and the Ford factory guy said WE DON'T HAVE NEW TRANSMISSIONS! The dealership kept the truck for 6 weeks until they got a NEW transmission through the "REMAN" system. My brother told me as well as a guy I worked with who worked at this Ford dealership previously as well as the parts guy from the Ford dealership I used to work at, that the only time you get a NEW engine, transmission or any other part that CAN BE rebuilt is when they run out of good rebuildable cores, they feed new units into the system and they are billed as "REMANUFACTURED". They waited 6 weeks for one to come through the system and it was indeed billed as "REMANUFACTURED", though it's easy to tell the new, they are packed completely different, aren't painted gray and don't have the "REMAN" tag on it. Maybe Ford changed their system, but I doubt it.

 

if you cops and plugs are older i would replace them(or have them replaced) first... becouse you will adventually have to anyways...... if that doesnt fix it... i would persue the transmission idea

 

How is it driving??