I got a transmission from a place called pull-a-part. Me and my dad had to pull it ourselves, but after it is all said and done it was only 82 bucks with a 30 day warranty.
We just got it in on Sunday and it seemed to work ok. (No telling how long the car had been sitting that we got it from which was a 97 buick park avenue ultra)
So the next day my dad brings the car to me and the transmission is whining and doing the whole long shift thing. *note* my dad told me he was at a drive thru and my car clunked and sounded like the engine was going to blow up but then seemed to correct itself except for the whining
So I drive the car back home after dropping him off which is a good 20 mile drive and I notice that it isnt kicking down at 65-70 mph and kicks down rather easily to 1st gear. So I slow down a bit and put it into 2nd gear on the console and the engine just revs up when I step on the gas. I let the car sit over night thinking great I don't have a 2nd gear. Then I start it up in the morning on my way to work and the whining noise is gone and 2nd gear works. The SES light is on when I start it up and I get the pesky p0717 code, but the transmission does great the whole way to work. We clear the code and on the way home I get one long shift and that is all. *note* the temperature never went over 200 on the way home as it did the day before when it was whining real bad.
So no real question here just kinda boggled about all of this weird stuff that goes on with everything I have been reading about these transmissions. As long as it keeps working I guess its a good deal for only 82 bucks. The only question I got would be is it a good investment to get a separate transmission cooler? Cause the cooler my engine is the less the transmission I had before and this one seem to act up.
