Tell me 350,000 miles is good on Auto Box

[mikes]

Being the cheap ___ I am it is hard to accept that I will pay someone else to repair my car, but I have limited time to tackle it myself.

Shop here in Houston quoted me $2000 to rebuild my tranny in '90 535ia,

does that sound fair?

[Bill R.]

transmission for your car with bmw warranty coverage for 1732.00, this includes the torque converter i believe. I'd much rather go with the zf factory rebuild than a local builders, especially with bmw warranty coverage.. I seem to recall that local bmw dealer will sell them to you for about the same price also. And i think the bmw warranty is 2 years unlimited mileage. Here's zionsville's page
(http://www.zionsvilleautosport.com/store/shop.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=6134&Product_Code=NP-Z2EC&Category_Code=RT)





Being the cheap ___ I am it is hard to accept that I will pay someone else to repair my car, but I have limited time to tackle it myself.

Shop here in Houston quoted me $2000 to rebuild my tranny in '90 535ia,

does that sound fair?

[632 Regal]

Holey ****!
http://www.zionsvilleautosport.com/store/shop.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=6134&Product_Code=NP-Z1&Category_Code=RT
+500 core...
I dont even want to think about this day.

[Kalevera]

I utterly agree with Bill.

Get the zionsville unit. Better yet, have a good indy install it for the grand total of $2.4k including tax and get the BMW 2 year/unlimited mileage warranty with it.

It's a good idea for two reasons: 1) the valuelines that ZF sells and BMW installs in cars are inexpensive compared to a (usually partial) rebuild, 2) if the trans blows up (and I've had it happen to me -- about 2,000 miles after install -- do a search, there's a thread on it ;) ), take it to any dealer (ugh), anywhere, and they'll replace it for free.


best, whit