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My 62TE transmission update!

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Back in April, I took out the transmission on my 2016 Dodge GC. It took 4 grown men around 7 hours with food and beer breaks. The transmission came out relatively smooth for a bunch of us that haven't had worked on the 62TE before. I dropped off the transmission about a week after we got it out of the van. Took the rebuild shop a month to get it on the bench to give me a price to have it fully rebuilt. Got the call yesterday that they needed between $3,800 and $3,900 to get it rebuilt. I sped over there right after work paid them the half they needed. I'll have my transmission back within 3 to 4 weeks and then it will be time to put it back in. (Not looking forward to this) It's easier to take things out then putting them in. Once it is back together the shop wants to flush the lines, new fluid and let it quick learn it again. Still along ways and lots of hard work ahead of us.
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Jesus, for the price you would have been close to having a shop pull it and put in a reman.

FFS, a proper rebuild should cost less than $2k if they're replacing everything. Should be around $1k if they're reusing factory hard parts.
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I hope you marked everything and took pics. Ya might want to remove the beer from the process when you put it back together.
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$4000 USD???? Dude that would be over $6000 Canadian dollars. I have seen whole vans for that money. Do you have to buy the oil extra too? I thought yku were going to say you rush down to get your tranny bzck not give them money. It doesnt sound like they are trying to help you at all.
They will slide out of any warranty because it was not "professionally installed".
I would not get them to fix it. Tranny shops are notorious for being dishonest.
Buy a used tranny from a reputable auto dismantler.
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Look on car-part.com in your area.

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Mine was $3985.66. Reman unit with 3yr unlimited mileage warranty. Reputable independent shop.
No good shops rebuild these, they put remains in.
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was around 3000 for me to get mine done, somewhere around 1500 for the labor and 1500 for the reman unit
Mine was $3985.66. Reman unit with 3yr unlimited mileage warranty. Reputable independent shop.
No good shops rebuild these, they put remains in.
Quite the opposite, the good shops build/rebuild them. The hacks install remans.
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Quite the opposite, the good shops build/rebuild them. The hacks install remans.
Even the most reputable shop here said they advised against it. They said they could. For the same price of a reman with only 12k mile warranty.

And in September of 2021 it would be a 5 week turnaround, same as a reman.
Quite the opposite, the good shops build/rebuild them. The hacks install remans.
the good /transmission/ shops rebuild. general mechanics usually do not, and should not. i would be concerned if they were.
the good /transmission/ shops rebuild. general mechanics usually do not, and should not. i would be concerned if they were.
One should never take a transmission problem anywhere other than a transmission ONLY shop.
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There's no such thing as a remanufactured transmission, only a more thorough rebuild.

ALL of the hard parts get reused. A good, reputable transmission shop, they are going to use a master rebuild kit, in which case they replace every friction disc, friction plate, snap ring, gasket, and seal. No new bushings, no new bearings, no reshiming of the gearsets or differential. If a hard part is obviously damaged, they'll replace it.

A remanufacterer is going to do the same thing. The difference is that it's going to be done in a more controlled environment, with someone only rebuilding 62TEs and not whatever rolled into the shop. They'll spec and measure everything as they go, so the transmission will be reassembled to factory specifications instead of mechanic specifications.

I haven't worked on a 62TE, but I've rebuilt my 41TE and a Mazda transmission in the past. Mazda, it had dead friction disc's, no question. The three 41TEs I've had completely stripped apart, they all had hard part wear, and good friction discs. Two of them were rebuilt in the past though. The hard part that killed mine was the Overdrive Input Clutch Hub, and the Underdrive Input Clutch Hub was almost as bad. The 62TE shares the exact same part numbers for the input clutch hubs, I actually bought "62TE Input clutch" listed hubs for my 41TE.

Here's those 41te/62te hubs. Dead in my transmission 80k miles after a rebuild. Those teeth/splines are supposed to be smooth.
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Here's a set out of the core that I rebuilt, which a shop had recently rebuilt, not much better.
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The sad truth of transmission repair, is that statistically, one third of rebuilt transmissions in the USA fail before they leave the parking lot. It's cheaper to rebuild a bunch quickly, and eat the loss on units that fail, than to rebuild them thoroughly.

Make sure you do whatever you can to honor the warranty. You absolutely must replace the torque converter, and transmission cooler (which often means replacing the radiator). I'd go one step further, and use a torque wrench on the bellhousing bolts, then mark a line off the bolt head onto the engine block with a paint pen, that's top tier mechanic work and it'd impress me if 4 guys armed with beer and sandwiches in their garage were that thorough. Save the receipt for the transmission cooler, and radiator if it has a cooler in it. Clean out the cooler hoses thoroughly with compressed air I'd you reuse them, replace the hoses if you want to be safe.

The Torque Converter supplies the transmission cooler. The transmission cooler return is the supply for the lubrication circuit. If there is any trash in the torque converter or cooling system from when the old unit kicked the bucket, it will get pumped into the lubrication circuit of your new transmission, meaning your bearings and bushings get destroyed.
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I saw a teardown of 62te and its got a lot of moving parts. It looks super comp,icated and you need an photographic memory to put it back together properly. When people want to tow heavy objects with these vans i just cringe. Most i would tow is a aluminum fish boat or atv or tent trailer.
One should never take a transmission problem anywhere other than a transmission ONLY shop.
not sure why i would do that when general mechanics are more than capable of removing a transmission and putting a different one in

they know to bolt it in and add fluid
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not sure why i would do that when general mechanics are more than capable of removing a transmission and putting a different one in

they know to bolt it in and add fluid
Yes but there is more to a "transmission shop" than knowing how to R&R.

I meant for diagnostics and troubleshooting.
And not every mechanic knows how to properly fill the fluid on these units.
And not every mechanic knows how to properly fill the fluid on these units.
True, even at the Dealerships reportedly.
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I dunno, my mechanic quoted me $2k or less for a guaranteed used transmission installed and I can keep the old one if I buy him and his guys dinner and beer. He just did a 70k mile motor for me for $3k and it's been awesome for almost 10k miles in 3 months so I trust his judgement and he does ok work.

Some of the numbers you guys throw around are
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$2k or less for a guaranteed used transmission
sounds about right, used is much cheaper than reman or rebuild
I looked at a few and at $5k+ I figured I could get 2.5 used ones and still probably be ahead. So, I'm saving for one in the fairly near future.
Yes but there is more to a "transmission shop" than knowing how to R&R.

I meant for diagnostics and troubleshooting.
And not every mechanic knows how to properly fill the fluid on these units.
Let's be honest, the average "transmission shop" still tries to put universal fluid in these and only knows how to do R&R jobs.
That's why they choose reman over rebuild, they simply lack the skills to do the rebuild.

A proper rebuild/build is far better than any transmission shop throwing remans. Not only do they know what to upgrade, but they know how to rework valving, and generally know the best clutches to use.
A reman is thrown together as cheaply as possible with no intents of longevity.
Let's be honest, the average "transmission shop" still tries to put universal fluid in these and only knows how to do R&R jobs.
what do you do when the company that makes the reman and the warranty calls for a specific type of non atf-4 universal fluid
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