Turned out that my truck needed just a little clean up of the throttle body. I decided that before I took it anywhere I would use my OBD scanner tool on it and see what it would tell me. P02111 was the code. I looked it up online and it said throttle stuck in open position.
So I looked up to see what the new throttle body would cost and they ranged from $88 up to $750 for that truck. I figured that worst case was I would need to replace it but I've cleaned the one on the old Dodge van before with good success. So I chose to get two cans of CRC Throttle Body Cleaner and took it off and cleaned it.
Put it back on and she is running just fine now. Including the trip to the auto parts store the whole process took me less than an hour to do and $16 for the cleaner. I could cut that cost in half if I decided to take the one can of cleaner back because I didn't use but one them.
So thanks for good luck wishes and it seems that I had some good luck this morning.
It really does blow that there are few and far between on good and honest mechanics. If I had taken it to a shop I would have been surely looking at one to two grand for a transmission repair that wasn't even the problem.
But it just hit me, maybe all those dishonest mechanics are just trying to make us feel good about ourselves by making us right when we think we have a particular problem.
Mechanic, "Transmission problem , sir?"
Customer, "Yep, it just quit working.
Mechanic, "I'll test drive it and put it on the lift to look at it."
twenty minutes later
Mechanic, "You have a transmission problem, sir."
Customer, "I knew I was right, how much to fix it?"
And there you have it... making the customer feel good by being right.
Have a great day Eric, Thanks for the support!
Sult