92Q45 $4400 for a reman transmission install?

[SurfinGator]

Just got off the phone with the Infiniti dealer here, Herrin Gear. Seems my transmission price just went up a thousand dollars because they state the TCM and the transmission are matched sets? Are these prices on the high side or am I just suffering from sticker shock?

$2535 Reman transmission$ 865 Transmission Control Module$ 700 Labor$ 300 Tax

$4400

[rsiwicki]

I don't know....but your labor cost is cheaper than what my dealer was charging me. They told me $800 for a removal and replace and I already have the transmission built. I am putting a 92 transmission into my 95 car and I am not switching the TCU's. I will have my new transmission installed late next week providing the dealer can fix the other things on my car. Q45tech...can help you the most and also call Joe at Everything Infinit and tell him you are a NICO member. Joe can get you the same transmission cheaper than your dealer and have it delivered right to your local dealership to be installed and it will come with the Infiniti warranty.

[jtesensky]

$2,250.00 shipped from us, plus we will give you $400.00 back if you can get your old one back to us (total after core $1,850.00).Are you sure you need the TCU? Are you just looking for a first gear start? Anyways, our price on the TCU brand new is $690.78. Your labor on the R&R of the transmission should be only $500-$600, thats based on a $100.00/HR at 5-6 hours. I hope this gives you a little bit better of an idea. If you have any other questions let me know!-Joe

[SurfinGator]

Is this a rebuilt by Nissan transmission for $1850? My core is good, I have TLCed this car for 7 plus years. I had the trans flushed at Jiffy Lube last month, see the trans flush thread, and it was not wanting to go into 4th. It just kind of slides in. I took it to the dealer and then a trans shop yesterday who dropped the pan and cleaned the filter. Now it hesitates going into all the gears, mainly once the car gets at operating temp. I was thinking about going to someone and flushing it again, saw some responses on this might help. Give me some leeway on replacing this one right now.

I am researching what the heck they are talking about on this TMC, but it appears they are blowing smoke up my butt? Why replace it if it is working?????

Let me know on the Nissan trans .... VISA work for you?

[SurfinGator]

Oh, $75 an hour labor at approximately 10 hours.....

[jtesensky]

It is a rebuilt Nissan, thats the only way they come now-a-days. We do accept Visa.

[rsiwicki]

In Miami the dealer charges $89.99 per hour and was billing me 8.2 hours.

Also order the rear main seal gasket and transmission mounts from Joe. These will need to be replaced also...at the very least you will need a new gasket and Joe can get them cheaper for you also compared to your dealer.

[Q45tech]

There is a factory bulletin stating that for maximal life of the rebuilt transmission that the TCU should be replaced. This also required a new radiator .............current wisdom has shown that they all last thru the 12,000 mile/365 day warranty without these items being changed, if the oem in rad heat exchanger is at least flushed out of debris. [new TSB covers this].

You have to evaluate what caused the oem to fail in the first place and correct those problems if you want to achieve the most life for your money.

We recommend a 1st gear start TCU* with annual ATF flushes and WE won't do the job unless at least an external cooler is added at the time of swap.

* this part not mandantory but STRONGLY recommended [on 90-92Q]......don't come back to us 18 months later complaining about anything.

T3 charges $2750 installed with external cooler and no new ecu.

The job includes 7 hours installation [$500]. 6%Tax is only charged on the transmission and cooler, not the labor in Georgia.

[rsiwicki]

I am really getting ripped off down here in Miami. $500 is so cheap to do the whole job. I would love to have T3 do my new transmission installation, but I don't think the timing will work out. I already have an external cooler added from my last rebuilt transmission so all I need is the drop and replace....of course now this is that 92 into a 95 car that I have my fingers crossed to work.

Dennis....can you give me a price on doing the drop and replace with this new LevelTen transmission that I bought???? I am seriously considering getting my car up there to have you all do the transmission & knocksensors (apparently they went to the $hitter as per Doug @ T3).

Can you give me a cost on the transmission sway & knocksensors? Also, my new transmission is ready to go and they are waiting for me to ship it someplace....can T3 store it there for a week or two until I get up there to have you all replace it? I can't believe that it has come down to this with my local Infiniti dealer as it would be so much easier to know if I could trust these guys to fix my car right and to not tell me that my wobble rpm needle is due to old age and not knocksensors.

Also...is there anything at all that you can recommend that is needed to be done while the knocksensors are done??? Such as pulling the injectors and cleaning them or cleaning the plenum? I want all preventative maintenance done while the enigne is somewhat apart.

[ardvarkus]

Is this a rebuilt by Nissan transmission for $1850? My core is good,

At the expense of being called a butt kisser, let me vouch for Joe-

They are also known as Infiniti of Scottsdale, so you are buying from a dealer. No worries on quality. All items have the infiniti warranty (just like you are getting buying parts from your local dealer.) HOWEVER, as with ANY place, you usually will not get a 'labor warranty' when you supply parts. This means that if the dealer installs the trans and it fails, Infiniti will replace the trans, but you will pay for the R&R. The dealer (or any shop for that matter) will only cover the entire cost if you buy the parts through them- and this is reasonable.

I've never heard of a factory remanned, which was carefully installed with a cooler and/or rad repalcement, failing in 12k miles. But Q45tech is the finaly arbitor on this factoid- I was willing to take the $600 risk (and passed the 12k warranty mark 120k ago, and again 30k ago!)

Back to Joe T and Scottsdale: I've used them extensively (and almost exclusively- sorry Joe) for years and have never been dissapointed. I did the transmission/core thing 18 months ago. Best bet is to set up return shipping for your core through them so you get their motor freight rate. If you drop it off at the motor freight depot, it will be one-quarter of the cost of a 'retail, come out and pick it up from my house' price.

As long as the core is together and is from a 90-92Q you'll get the core charge back- no extra credit for TLC...or leaving a good looking corpse

I did not replace my TCU and it has been fine, although I manually do 1st gear starts. Q45tech- is the replacement the same, or is it a 1st gear start functionality they are adding????

I bybassed the radiator/cooler and just added a B&M cooler, so there was no need to replace the radiator. (The TSB for replacing the radiator is becasue the radiator contains a section that acts as a transmission cooler- debris in the transmission cooler can cause a new trans to fail early, hence the TSB on replacement. Although now infiniti just requires they sell a can of flush and call it a day...right)

If a dealer is doing it, they should only be charging 'book time'- Infiniti publishes the hours required for that task, and that is what a dealer charges- no more, no less (usually). My recollection is 7.2 hours?

A

PS Ditto on the mount and rear main engine seal... should be no labor charge on installing these if you're nice about it. Maybe 15 minutes on the rear main if they are strict.

PPS Let Joe know you want the warranty- sometimes there are items that MUST be on the sales order to keep infiniti happy (fluids, etc)...

[rsiwicki]

I would like to vouch for Joe as well. He is a very stand up person...pleasant to talk to and always finds time to hear you out. Thanks Joe...I am a new NICO member since the beginning of February and this site is great...otherwise my Q was headed for the trade-in lot. Now my Q is in rehab being totally redone to the cost of more than $10,000....some performance mods...other mechanical stuff. I bought about $1,500 from Joe and all came perfect. My Infiniti dealer told me that they would honor the labor warranty costs as long as the parts came from a verified Q45 dealer. So all the $2,000 in labor that I paid Tuesday to my local dealer should be covered under warranty if anything fails since it came from another Infiniti dealer....although each dealer may be different. Joe...I am nominating you for the cover page of "Infiniti Monthly".....well I don't know if they actually have such a magazine...but you certainly exceed my expectations in all areas.....

[jtesensky]

Here are the bulletin pages as per Infiniti, along with VIN ranges:

ITB For '91-'92 G50 Transmission

[Q451990]

The TCU is optional for sure, but if you do decide to upgrade to 1st gear start (helps with transmission life and makes the car a lot more fun to drive), I have a used matched set ECU & TCU from a 1993 Federal Q with no options sitting on my shelf. I tested them for about 1000 miles and they work great!

Heath

[SurfinGator]

Well, I am jammin. Got the car back Friday. Shifts as sweet as before, and thanks to Joe for about a grand less ... well, if I can get the core to Scottsdale. I ran into a problem with using Joe's account to ship the transmission back, it will cost me $300 if I ship it. Factor the fifty bucks for the dealer to box it, now $850 including tax for the install, and my time .... I am losing money on the core swap.

A few problems, I ordered the rear main seal from Joe but it didn't ship ... but Herrin-Gear gave me one no charge. I have been here only a short time, but H-G had just done a full tuneup and fluid change on my car ... that helped I am sure.

I will post back in a few weeks, but Joe came through on the transmission. Beats the stuffin out of getting Joe Bob's Trans Mission Re-pear from re-building it ... or getting gouged by the dealers.

thanks Joe .... :ylsuper

[Q45tech]

$1750-1850 is what dealers charge their best independent shop customers......but they drop off and pick up cores.