Got my Tour back from the transmission shop yesterday
350.00 used transmission
312.00 Labor to install and transmission fluid
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672.00 + Tax
Guess its thats not too bad. Low income here, or else I would have gotten one from Ford with a 3/36,000 Warrenty.
Transmission came out a 97' with 112,000 on it. Car had a blown head. Guy was going to fix car, but some kids came and smashed the windows and the rain ruined the interior.
I have a few questions to ask.
Did every 1997 Contour 4-cyl come with Overdrive? I am asking because the shifter has a O/D button and I looked under the shifter on the console and see the wires cut from the O/D. Does it hurt to leave it like this? Or should I have my transmission man fix it?
I also wanted to mention that my transmission bit the dust about 4 months after it had been to one of the oil change places and had the "power flush" done to it. I am gonna do the 4 quart "drain and fill" every 10-12K or so from now on.
Thanks
Lloyd
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