spinnakr
11-28-2007, 12:46 AM
The long saga ....My 17 y.o. son's 92 525i with 204k has major transmission problems.(GM LK model) A week ago,driving a mountain road, trans went into limp mode, After restarting at roadside, no motion in any gear,I finally got it into limp mode,drove it home, ( a few clunks when stoping along the way). fluid check OK,, not a burnt smaell, but dark color.Drove it to indy to run puter diag. Bottom line... (don't remember all the codes he threw at me) trans needs replacing,,! Quality rebuilt unit 1800.00 plus labor for R&R,about 6 hrs @100./hr. plus trans fld etc... I figure 3 grand total.
Option 2 & 3 is Bavarian Auto,, 995.00 plus ship,tax etc..and lifetime parts warranty for xtra 300.00..... or a couple E-Bay stores for 6 to 800.00 + tx and ship..and at most a 6 mo. parts warranty.
Question is,,, if I buy the used tranny what should i have the indy do before installing,,besides the obvious, fluid,filter,clean the pan,, ? Renew the seals... ? several hrs labor and we are back to square 1...the price of a rebuilt from the indy.... Oh the rest of the car is in great shape,we have owned for 2 yrs...but lack the complete history of the vehicle..
We aquired it,from a friend it after someone had vandalized it, and cut every wire and cable under the hood and for good measure tossed all the relays away...It took us many hrs to trace,splice and rewire it...and the only thing we couldn't "fix" was getting the ABS light to extinguish.... We would appreciate any input on our options or those with similar expirences...
Option 2 & 3 is Bavarian Auto,, 995.00 plus ship,tax etc..and lifetime parts warranty for xtra 300.00..... or a couple E-Bay stores for 6 to 800.00 + tx and ship..and at most a 6 mo. parts warranty.
Question is,,, if I buy the used tranny what should i have the indy do before installing,,besides the obvious, fluid,filter,clean the pan,, ? Renew the seals... ? several hrs labor and we are back to square 1...the price of a rebuilt from the indy.... Oh the rest of the car is in great shape,we have owned for 2 yrs...but lack the complete history of the vehicle..
We aquired it,from a friend it after someone had vandalized it, and cut every wire and cable under the hood and for good measure tossed all the relays away...It took us many hrs to trace,splice and rewire it...and the only thing we couldn't "fix" was getting the ABS light to extinguish.... We would appreciate any input on our options or those with similar expirences...