[Salamander]

Wow.

That’s nowhere near what we’re quoted.

Even at $40 an hour labor, it’s in the $800 range.

I don’t even know how I’ll get it to his shop, frankly.

I love this car like mad but it’s slowly killing me.

New motor a year ago, tranny replaced in October and it didn’t even last 8 months until it crapped out, too.

I have no idea how the low mile Charger tranny’s torque went to crap when the Magnum tranny last 221K miles.

I just feel the car is doomed.

:(

[Charles Martel]

Yeah, it's the shop labor that's running up the estimate. The Charger transmission should be an easy swap, the only thing I can think of is that it was damaged or defective beforehand.

This is why my older vehicle has a manual transmission. I can still do clutch replacements myself, fortunately.