Hi there. Gary you reading this? I value your opinion and others as well of course.
I have 69000km on my 2000 GMC Sierra SLE 4X4. It is a daily driver. I never haul anything in the bed...only a 500lb snowmobile a couple of times in the past. The tranny fluid has never been changed. Everything works as always since new. No problems that I am aware of.
Yesterday I called a local tranny shop(excellent reputation) for a price on a transmission fluid change. I also inquired about a auxiliary cooler. The price that they gave me was $335 taxes in (Canadian) for the tranny flush, cooler and installation...... So my questions are....
(1) Do I really need a cooler ??
(2) Is a tranny flush bad? Or do I just get a fluid/filter replacement?
(3) Is the price quoted good?
Thanks for your help, Glenn ======== ========
Answers to the quiz
1) No, unless yer planning on moving to Florida in the near future to use yer truck to haul hurricane debris....then yes. (this answer is based on yer honesty as a cussimer....meaning you don't haul nut'n)
2) Flush bad.........fluid/filter good.
3) I can only give you local US prices...... (local means here, where i'm at...... not up there where Gary's at.... or over yonder where Doc's at.... maybe you shoood ask Ian.... he's up der wher yer at.... and he spokes perty good Canadian too)
Prices listed are all pre-tax and whithout waste disposal fees
Fluid & Filter Service $69 Hayden Cooler (installed price) $125
unless you frequent a shop in Beverly Hills or one on Madison Avenue......those prices should be perty close across the board for most tranny shops here in the US...give or take a buck or two.......mostly give :)
want an option?
AutoZonedOut Store prices: (again....USA denominations are intended)
6 qts fluid......about $10 Filter,gasket....about $18 Cooler......about $50
so.....what's yer Saturdays worth to you...
hopefully yer questions were answered to yer expectations because the expectation wuz that yer questions would be answered, ~:~ MarshMonster ~:~