Hello all, about two weeks ago I posted some comments and question about the need to rebuild a transmission on my '96 850. My pre-estimates were anything from $1,750 from a small tranny shop, to $ 4,000 from a Volvo dealer. Other tranny shops were asking about $ 2,600 or $ 3,000.
Well, I took a chance and I went for the cheapest one and my total cost with taxes came out $ 1,816. I'm not sure if this shop ever rebuilted a tranny on a similar model because they keept the car for about 10 days saying they were waiting for parts. I started to get a little concerned at first, but at the end I got my car back.
I think the performance of the new tranny is about 90-95 % perfect. It shifts very well from first to second gears, but it seems to snap a little harder from either second to third, or from third to fourth, not sure which one, but the speed is usually around 35 MPH when the shifting happen.
Cam anyone tell me if this small snapping can be easily fixed with some adjustment without removing the tranny again? I don't want the shop to keep the car for another week and make experiment with my car, so I would like to find out before if this can be done or if I should just forget about it. The owner of the tranny shop gave me one year warranty with no mileage limitation.
Thank you all for any response.
Pier