The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

Update on slipping tranny 850 1994

posted by  someone claiming to be Herb on  Sat Jul 27 01:11 CST 2002 [RELATED]

Sorry to say but that service manager is just wasting your time and is obviously incorrect. The guy then doesn't trust his own techs either? That'd be strange in my world. If the fluid was silvery with a slipping trans, it's toast and that's that, even if the fluid's been changed before.
I'd NEVER let anyone install a used 850 trans in my car as you have no idea how good THAT trans is either and unless they're going to warranty it for you or cover the labor (10 hours book time), it's very likely that you'll pay double labor time to eventually get a Volvo reman trans installed later on but you'll pay 20 hours for total labor and be out the cost of that used trans too as most used major components have a VERY limited exchange warranty, like maybe 30 days.

Now.....I work at a dealer so I know that the OEM Volvo reman trans runs about $1600 itself with a 1 yr, unlimited mileage parts warranty (labor's covered too if THAT fails during that time) and labor is 10 hours (with a new rear main crank seal, a good idea to avoid that cost in the future). I don't know what that dealers labor rate is but the job complete where I'm at is about $2,350 as I've done it several times.






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.