Alan L.
Elite Member
My wife has this truck with 152K miles, we bought it new and love it and really want to keep it another couple of years since a new one just like it is like $45K. Also, I don't know what the economy is going to do, where fuel prices are going to be, and don't know if I would buy this large a vehicle if I were replacing it.
I plan to spend some money on it, new shocks, brakes, plugs (never been replaced), and possibly front end work like ball joints. But the transmission has never been rebuilt and I expect it could go at any time.
Does it make any sense at all to have a transmission shop go through it even though it seems just fine? Could the rebuild possibly be cheaper than it would be if it fails? I hesitate to take long trips in the truck because of the high miles on the transmission.
Before doing anything I will probably get the engine looked at to make sure it looks good to go for a long time. The oil has always been changed and it runs fine, doesn't use oil, and has no leaks. Hopefully its good for another 50 or 60K miles at least.
In all this time we have replaced the fuel pump and thats it (but that was $700).
I plan to spend some money on it, new shocks, brakes, plugs (never been replaced), and possibly front end work like ball joints. But the transmission has never been rebuilt and I expect it could go at any time.
Does it make any sense at all to have a transmission shop go through it even though it seems just fine? Could the rebuild possibly be cheaper than it would be if it fails? I hesitate to take long trips in the truck because of the high miles on the transmission.
Before doing anything I will probably get the engine looked at to make sure it looks good to go for a long time. The oil has always been changed and it runs fine, doesn't use oil, and has no leaks. Hopefully its good for another 50 or 60K miles at least.
In all this time we have replaced the fuel pump and thats it (but that was $700).