Originally Posted by catmandoo62

no it's a way for the dealer to make money.back in the 80's in my dads shop our transmission guy could get in a 4x4 chevy pickup at 7:30 in the morning,pull the trans,take it apart send it out to tank the case,get it back just after lunch and have it done and out the door by 5.the last 3 suburbans i have had i have rebuilt the trans after they lost 3rd gear.and everyone of em took over 2 hrs just to get the y pipe off,and on 2 of em the cheap dirty stainless nuts they use to hold the pipe to the manifold stripped out the studs so then those had to be removed and replaced.so what used to be a day job is now a 3 day job.$$$
saw a picture the other day but it didn't say what engine it was but the starter was in the valley on a v8 under the intake manifold.just what the fudge is all i can say.