TRNW-2: Dealer 68RFE Reman Pricing

[Chris and Cathy Kershaw]

I’ve been less than impressed on the dealer units I’ve installed or gone
through over the years.

Sometimes it’s the most logical choice but I always explain the warranty is
with the dealer not here.

Recently saw a gm reman 6l that didn’t have a new techm, old dark plastic.
I’ve had 3 ford units that failed catastrophic in the first 1000 miles, 1
blew planets up on the lift. A gm engine burning multiple quarts of oil in
1000 miles, a gm 6t70 that sat at the dealer for a couple months for
warranty  work.

Of course our in house built units fail too, I just don’t like how a dealer
unit is held up as “better” in quality or warranty.

On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM Tony's Autoworks via trnw2 <trnw2 at trnw.net>
wrote:

> Hello group,
>
> Got a 2019 Ram 3500 with a 6.7L and a 68rfe that tries to move forward
> in reverse and slips in drive. Fluid is black.  Doing an estimate for
> the customer and am pressed for time and was just curious what a unit
> would run from my local dodge dealer. $2080.00 is what they quoted me.
> Comes with a 3 year, 36K mile warranty. I had to have him repeat that
> number from the shock. A new unit was $3250 with only a 1 year
> warranty. Just parts for a stock build is over 1K my cost from WIT or
> Transtar. How are they building these units this cheap? Also heard
> similar quotes for 6L80's from Gm.
>
> Any Thoughts?
>
> Tony
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