Jeep to the Emergency Room, waiting for phone call.
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Nope, sent me to the bar. All I have to do now is tell the fiance we're eating spaghetti this month.
No visible damage, guess it's all internal.
No visible damage, guess it's all internal.
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I'd get a second opinion if possible. That's a hefty price...junkyard transfercases typically don't go over $200. Labor can be a few hours...but still, $950 sounds like too much. Then again, i don't trust any mechanic.
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you're getting it with no lube and not even a kiss afterwards....
For one, I feel like he's ripping you a new one. $200 tops for a JY t-case and maybe $100 for all new seals and fluids. that leaves $650 for labor. I just looked it up and the book calls for 2.1 hours to replace it. Looks like he's trying to charge you roughly $310 an hour.
secondly, how would a broken gear in the t-case cause your transmission to mess up?
Sounds to me like you found yourself a scam artist. It's people like him that give people like me a bad name. If you were closer, you'd be looking at a $125 transfer case, ~$100 for seals and lube, and $105 labor at my shop.
For one, I feel like he's ripping you a new one. $200 tops for a JY t-case and maybe $100 for all new seals and fluids. that leaves $650 for labor. I just looked it up and the book calls for 2.1 hours to replace it. Looks like he's trying to charge you roughly $310 an hour.
secondly, how would a broken gear in the t-case cause your transmission to mess up?
Sounds to me like you found yourself a scam artist. It's people like him that give people like me a bad name. If you were closer, you'd be looking at a $125 transfer case, ~$100 for seals and lube, and $105 labor at my shop.
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Sounds fishy. I don't see how hitting a hole, could cause a gear in the transfer case to fail, which makes your tranny to mess up. Sounds to me like a "Junkyard Transfer case" Is a way to cover up the fact that he wont actually change yours, and you wont question why it doesn't look different.
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I've been there before for some minor things, had no reason to think he's not honest up until now. Called 3 JYs near me and no one has an NP231 spline 23 for my manual I6 95 XJ. Mechanic says this is a rebuilt transfer case with warranty not a JY pull, my mistake. Checked online and didn't find a lot of better options, this company is selling the same thing for $700+
http://www.midwesttrans.com/NP231_new_transfer_case.html
Mechanic is quoting $630 for parts and 3.5 hours labor at $90
Believe me I would rather not be dropping this amount of money on a repair but it's a DD and I don't have a lot of other options at this point.
http://www.midwesttrans.com/NP231_new_transfer_case.html
Mechanic is quoting $630 for parts and 3.5 hours labor at $90
Believe me I would rather not be dropping this amount of money on a repair but it's a DD and I don't have a lot of other options at this point.
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a broken gear in the xfer case wouldn't affect where the gears hit in the ax15. take the top off the trans. unless the entire transmission is shifted because a mount broke or something, it's shifter related.
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I get t cases from the jy all the time for 75$ install is about an hour really that is way too much for a 231. Even fully rebuilt. For 200 olus a 754 case you can have a nice jy t case and a sye installed if you can works pliers and a socket wrench
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