Drock
Well-Known Member
So I had a transmission leak, I knew it was there when I bought the car from the original owner , I just didnt know how bad it was... lesson learned.. I replaced the pan gasket and filter and got that one under control, however it apparently was leaking from every possible other location. My wife started complaining about it leaking in the street so I begrudgingly took it to my local reputable transmission shop.
They noticed there were leaks from every oraface other than the pan which I had already replaced and recomended taking the tranny out to inspect it properly. The cost to remove it and put it back in was a flat $500 which seemed high but when I thought about it, at $80 an hour ends up being 3 hours to remove and 3 hours to re-install which seems a little excesive, but not totally unreasonable. After removal they found all the clutches and bands where totally band burnt out.. no idea how it was even shifting.. I had a look myself and was shocked it was working as well as it was which is a testiment to what incredible transmission the 727 is.
They quoted $1150 to do a total rebuild all new everything including chemical bath for the housings. This included all replacement parts plus a shift kit and rebuilt torque convertor. (I intend to eventually "stock race" it on the 1/4mile)
So my total cost for a totally rebuilt tranny with some upgrades, install everything and a 20k Mile warrenty is $1650. So the question is how hosed am I ? To me this seems pretty reasonable if you just go hours 18.75hours * $80 , 12hrs of just working on rebuilding and testing the tranny, remember I am in Southern California in the city and everything is quite expensive here...
Buying something from TCI etc doesnt get me near the piece of mind of warranty etc... so we have to factor that in... Plus the $500 is going to happen regarless so if I bought "new" or not it will really be at the same price or higher..
They noticed there were leaks from every oraface other than the pan which I had already replaced and recomended taking the tranny out to inspect it properly. The cost to remove it and put it back in was a flat $500 which seemed high but when I thought about it, at $80 an hour ends up being 3 hours to remove and 3 hours to re-install which seems a little excesive, but not totally unreasonable. After removal they found all the clutches and bands where totally band burnt out.. no idea how it was even shifting.. I had a look myself and was shocked it was working as well as it was which is a testiment to what incredible transmission the 727 is.
They quoted $1150 to do a total rebuild all new everything including chemical bath for the housings. This included all replacement parts plus a shift kit and rebuilt torque convertor. (I intend to eventually "stock race" it on the 1/4mile)
So my total cost for a totally rebuilt tranny with some upgrades, install everything and a 20k Mile warrenty is $1650. So the question is how hosed am I ? To me this seems pretty reasonable if you just go hours 18.75hours * $80 , 12hrs of just working on rebuilding and testing the tranny, remember I am in Southern California in the city and everything is quite expensive here...
Buying something from TCI etc doesnt get me near the piece of mind of warranty etc... so we have to factor that in... Plus the $500 is going to happen regarless so if I bought "new" or not it will really be at the same price or higher..
Last edited: