Suncoast / Pump / Shiftkit Installation Cost?

ribbon · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 8:26 am

Anybody had this installed? I got a quote for 2300 bucks. Seems WAY too high!
not including parts

BlackLibertyCRD · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:48 am

If it includes parts, it is in the ball park.

ribbon · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:50 am

parts would be on me

RTStabler51 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:02 am

After installing the shift kit, I'd say don't waste your $$$. As GM pointed out in another thread, the computer is to smart for it and adjusts it back to 'normal.' Of course this is without the resistor. If you plan on using the resistor, go for it.

ribbon · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:04 am

with the resistor how are the shifts? Harsh?

RTStabler51 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:39 am

ribbon wrote:

with the resistor how are the shifts? Harsh?

I'm not running it so I'm not 100% sure, but that's what most say. I'm not sure how harsh, harsh is. My 00 Lightning was HARSH, so to me it might not be.

retmil46 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:37 am

Around 2 grand is a good ballpark price.

On the shift kit - there's some mechanical parts (valve retaining plate, etc) that the kit upgrades with beefier components. My tranny guy felt that regardless of the shift quality, and knowing the internals of the 545 as he did, it was worth the $60 for the upgraded parts in the valve body just from a durability standpoint.

RTStabler51 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:02 pm

retmil46 wrote:

My tranny guy felt that regardless of the shift quality, and knowing the internals of the 545 as he did, it was worth the $60 for the upgraded parts in the valve body just from a durability standpoint.

I haven't really heard of any CRD guy complain about the durability of the actual transmission itself though. Just the TQ Convertor, hence my comment. I don't disagree with the though process though.

ribbon · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:11 pm

anybody else have a ballpark? just for labor.
I am around the dc area so if anybody knows of a good place also that would be great

retmil46 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:22 pm

ribbon wrote:

anybody else have a ballpark? just for labor.
I am around the dc area so if anybody knows of a good place also that would be great

Good Gawd, you mean they wanted 2300 bucks JUST FOR LABOR? :shock:

2300 would be a fair quote for parts AND labor. Labor by itself shouldn't be any more than a few hundred to maybe a grand max.

Sounds like those guys are trying to make their monthly income off of you in one shot. I would agree, 2300 for labor alone is well over twice what a reputable tranny shop would normally charge.

gmctd · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:39 pm

Holy cow!!! - what have I been missing out on? - lessee, three-way split on 2300bucks is ......ummmm.......close to 800bucks each fer me, #2 son, and his dog Diesel - took all three of us to do the job on #2 son's KJ Nov '07 - that's right smart income, 'speshully fer Diesel, as he usually works fer free........hmmm.........come to think of it, so do I...................

ribbon · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:46 pm

yeah i was thinking it was way too much

ribbon · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 2:35 pm

Duplicate. see below.

ribbon · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 2:49 pm

anybody else have a $ amount? What they paid to have this done?

yakers · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 4:45 pm

I have a similar question that may be a subset of the main cost question here. I only want the Suncoast TC installed in mine. What should that cost? I assume that would be less than the pump & shift kit install cost.

abrace · **Posted:** Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:14 pm

I paid around $3,500 for mine. That included the Suncoast TC, new pump, Suncoast high output power pack (new clutch pack), shift kit and full fluid change with Amsoil. I also had to have a new valve body installed as th old one crapped itself a week after the install so I included that in the price. The new valve body was multiple revisions ahead of the one that was installed.

Very expensive but worth every cent. The only problem I have now is that when the fluid is ice cold (I am talkin 0 degree weather here) the jeep will stall when I stick it in drive if I don't let it warm up. My assumption is that the fluid is thick and the TC vane pitch is so aggressive (low stall speed) that the TC doesn't slip enough and it stalls.

In any case it certainly feels bulletproof. I would do the work again knowing what I know today.

If only the rest of the jeep was as strong as the gearbox and the motor.

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