There are a lot of them in the salvage yards so you might be able to find one reasonable and swap it out, depends on your location, the you-pull-it yards around me get about $200.00 for a used unit but you have to be choosy getting one, I usually look for a car that was damaged, like a rollover or rear ended or the like, something that says it was actually being driven before it came to the yard. The ones that look like you could drive them home scare me, why would they be in a salvage yard unless there was an engine or transmission problem taking them off the road. Now if it's a bad engine the transmission could be okay, but that's a judgement call.
As for the service it is a routine drop the pan and filter type, just be sure to use Mopar ATF +4 type fluid, the 62TE is a bit picky about that.
After you have the filter and pan back on (silicone for the pan sealer) add in 4 quarts and start it, run it through the gears and then check the fluid level, you want it roughly 3mm below the low mark to start. Now run it a bit and then check the level hot and add as needed.
Let us know how it turns out.
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021 AT 3:31 PM