Heres a little background on my truck, 2008 f250 crew cab 4x4 6.4 with a spartan tuner (kept strictly on the 275 tune), afe air intake, 4" straight exhaust, arp head studs, egr delete, 35" toyo mud terrains and 186k miles on the truck. Now the truck began acting a little funny a few days ago so I kept paying attention to it and really just taking it easy on her and then on Saturday I began to notice the transmission slipping. It got worse very quickly to the point where I was just hoping I could just get it home but at highway speeds it had alot of trouble locking the torque converter in and taking off was awful. It threw the code for a bad torque converter, I don't remember exactly what it was. I knew I'd have to replace the tranny sooner or later but was hoping to save up for it. I plan on keeping the truck for quite a while. So as far as rebuilding or replacing it all of the work will be done at ford, since there's not any reputable transmission shops near Tuscaloosa. But heres my options and I'm just looking for opinions on what the best/most reliable deal is for the money.
Torque Converter options:
-Suncoast: $1350
-DPC- $1300
-River city diesel:$1300
-AFE f3 $1100
-ATS 5 star:$1400
-revmax stage 4:$600
-revmax stage 5:$1100
Rebuild kits:
-Elite diesel: $690
-Revmax: $700
labor to rebuild is about $1200
Complete transmissions:
-Elite diesel stage 1:$3200 (3 yr parts warranty)
-Elite diesel stage 2:$3800 (3 yr parts warranty)
-Suncoast- I was quoted $10k?
-ATS stage 1: $4500 w/ TC (everyone says not to go with ATS), 5 yr unlimited warranty
-ATS stage 2: $5000 w/ tc
-Revmax Signature Series: $3400 (2 yr unlimited mile warranty)
So what does everyone think? I need to get parts ordered and get this thing in the shop quick
Thanks
Torque Converter options:
-Suncoast: $1350
-DPC- $1300
-River city diesel:$1300
-AFE f3 $1100
-ATS 5 star:$1400
-revmax stage 4:$600
-revmax stage 5:$1100
Rebuild kits:
-Elite diesel: $690
-Revmax: $700
labor to rebuild is about $1200
Complete transmissions:
-Elite diesel stage 1:$3200 (3 yr parts warranty)
-Elite diesel stage 2:$3800 (3 yr parts warranty)
-Suncoast- I was quoted $10k?
-ATS stage 1: $4500 w/ TC (everyone says not to go with ATS), 5 yr unlimited warranty
-ATS stage 2: $5000 w/ tc
-Revmax Signature Series: $3400 (2 yr unlimited mile warranty)
So what does everyone think? I need to get parts ordered and get this thing in the shop quick
Thanks