Anybody know of a dependable transmission shop in the Minneapolis, MN area? I need my 6L80 torn into and I have not had a lot of luck in the past with transmission shops.
My '06 Yukon got stolen in February right out of my driveway. The insurance company totaled it pretty quickly and that's when I found out that the minute they decided to total it I didn't have a rental car. That made it difficult to go out truck shopping. I had held off truck shopping because I really wanted my Denali back and thought it would turn up (it, or most of it, eventually did turn up). Now I had to act a little faster than expected. I came across a nearby dealership with a 2011 Suburban LTZ that appeared to be reasonably clean for a Minnesota truck. It had a little over 200,000 miles so I was a bit careful because I knew that the 6L80 transmissions have issues and this had a lag in the down shift. I took it to a mechanic for a prepurchase check out and specifically asked for an opinion on the health of the transmission. Two of the mechanics at the shop had Suburbans and experience with their issues. They didn't think the issue was serious but, of course, explained that there were no guarantees. They thought this was a great deal. By the time I brought it back to the dealership it was running and shifting fine. I figured a filter and fluid change was due. You can probably see where this is going.
We made the the deal (AS IS because of the age and mileage). Drove it home, drove it to work, and then everything went to heck. On the way home it acted like it was slipping, RPM started climbing, the truck started slowing down, I pulled over, shut it off, waited a bit and restarted. Seemed a little better and I limped home. I read the codes and had a P011, P0700, P2771, and P0796. Some of these can be from dirty fluid or a clogged filter so I kept my fingers crossed and dropped the pan. Sadly, there was whole lot more junk in the pan than I was expecting. A lot of stuff on the magnet and still more just sitting in the pan.
There was a time I would have jumped at the chance to yank this out and rip into it. But the last time I rebuilt an automatic it was the 2 speed Turbo 300 in my '65 442. I was a little younger and a lot stronger.
So, that leaves me with looking for a transmission shop. I thought I would see if anyone has had good luck with a shop in my area. So far, I have come across one small shop that really sounds like they know this transmission but can't find any feedback on the shop. Thought I would look for some input.
My '06 Yukon got stolen in February right out of my driveway. The insurance company totaled it pretty quickly and that's when I found out that the minute they decided to total it I didn't have a rental car. That made it difficult to go out truck shopping. I had held off truck shopping because I really wanted my Denali back and thought it would turn up (it, or most of it, eventually did turn up). Now I had to act a little faster than expected. I came across a nearby dealership with a 2011 Suburban LTZ that appeared to be reasonably clean for a Minnesota truck. It had a little over 200,000 miles so I was a bit careful because I knew that the 6L80 transmissions have issues and this had a lag in the down shift. I took it to a mechanic for a prepurchase check out and specifically asked for an opinion on the health of the transmission. Two of the mechanics at the shop had Suburbans and experience with their issues. They didn't think the issue was serious but, of course, explained that there were no guarantees. They thought this was a great deal. By the time I brought it back to the dealership it was running and shifting fine. I figured a filter and fluid change was due. You can probably see where this is going.
We made the the deal (AS IS because of the age and mileage). Drove it home, drove it to work, and then everything went to heck. On the way home it acted like it was slipping, RPM started climbing, the truck started slowing down, I pulled over, shut it off, waited a bit and restarted. Seemed a little better and I limped home. I read the codes and had a P011, P0700, P2771, and P0796. Some of these can be from dirty fluid or a clogged filter so I kept my fingers crossed and dropped the pan. Sadly, there was whole lot more junk in the pan than I was expecting. A lot of stuff on the magnet and still more just sitting in the pan.
There was a time I would have jumped at the chance to yank this out and rip into it. But the last time I rebuilt an automatic it was the 2 speed Turbo 300 in my '65 442. I was a little younger and a lot stronger.
So, that leaves me with looking for a transmission shop. I thought I would see if anyone has had good luck with a shop in my area. So far, I have come across one small shop that really sounds like they know this transmission but can't find any feedback on the shop. Thought I would look for some input.
