My 2005 Rubicon LJ's transmission went 'splody BOOM
It started simply enough, I ran down to vintage jeep to drop off the distributor for my 1946 Jeep and a used pencil gear to correct the speedometer in my 1981. On the way home I took I83 North to the PA turnpike, no issues at all, cruised the Turnpike to Carlisle, and as I pulled away from the toll plaza I had no 4th gear! Just noise. I nursed it home and did some testing and fears are confirmed fourth gear is broken in my 6 speed.
Now the saga begins. First call was down to Mt. Zion, to see if they had a line on a used transmission or knew of issues with the nsg 370 (there are some) Found out that this is a DEALER only repair. I checked around at a really good transmission shop, he does not even list that parts for that transmission in his books, the NSG 370 is "engineered" to be difficult to fix with out specialist tools and stands.
I have been in contact with several dealerships, I am not real impressed with Brenner, Outten (were I bought it) is kind of far away. Freedom seems to be gouging there labor prices so any one have any input on Dealerships down York ways? Right now I am leaning towards taking it to
Susquehanna Dodge Chrysler Jeep but I will have to rent a trailer to get it down there. (I could drive it down skipping the bad gear but at risk of making my transmission UN-rebuildable)
Preliminary cost are egregious, a new transmission from Chrysler is running around $2050 + tax + fluids + clutch/pressure plate and throw out bearing, then you add in the labor. Incidentally my jeep is 4000 miles past its power train warranty. What confuses me is I was not even in 4ths when it failed. Comments:
