Question for a tranny specialist
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Question for a tranny specialist
Would someone in the know on transmission rebuilding please help me..............
I have a 2000 Dodge quad cab and just had the transmission rebuilt in it, at a shop with 17 years of experience. It was supposed to have a new single disk billet converter and a new or rebuilt ($400) valve body. It's also supposed to have a manual flow valve (?) in it and that special snap ring that everyone installs? Beyond that, do NOT ask me what's in it becasue I simply do not know.
The truck is bone stock with an Edge Comp programmer. The programmer is OFF in all of the following actions..............It's been to the guy's shop twice now and here's what it's doing............
Taking it easy through the gears it's shifting into 2nd at about 32 mph. It shifts ok through 2nd, but when it goes into 3rd and 4th gear, unloaded, it revs way up and finally goes into gear.
Under a 7000 pound load (trailer AND scissor lift) and on cruise control, when this happens it throws the truck out of cruise control and requires you to hit the "resume" button again!
Also, loaded or unloaded, the truck surges down the road - kind of like a wire is loose or something.
I just got off the phone with another transmission guy near me who said it sounds like it's "neutral falring", and that if this is the case he would expect the builder to pull the trans all apart to look at the bands and clutches as they can be damaged REALLY quick.
Quite frankly I am REALLY hot about this. I laid out over $2500 to have this trans done right and nothing is right about it, and I don't want to drive it or he's gonna tell a judge that I'm the one who messed it up by driving it.
The guy told me before I went and got it for the 2nd time that he thought it might need a TPS sensor, but the trcuk has no check engine light and it already has a fairly recent TPS in it. So is there's no code why does it need a TPS?
Right now there's only 250 miles on the rebuild job.
Question: What needs to be done to this trans and what would YOU tell the guy who rebuilt it?
I don't want a $2500 piece of crap that's going to blow up on me in 20,000 miles, I want what I paid for!!!
My sincerel thanks for your experienced help on this.
I have a 2000 Dodge quad cab and just had the transmission rebuilt in it, at a shop with 17 years of experience. It was supposed to have a new single disk billet converter and a new or rebuilt ($400) valve body. It's also supposed to have a manual flow valve (?) in it and that special snap ring that everyone installs? Beyond that, do NOT ask me what's in it becasue I simply do not know.
The truck is bone stock with an Edge Comp programmer. The programmer is OFF in all of the following actions..............It's been to the guy's shop twice now and here's what it's doing............
Taking it easy through the gears it's shifting into 2nd at about 32 mph. It shifts ok through 2nd, but when it goes into 3rd and 4th gear, unloaded, it revs way up and finally goes into gear.
Under a 7000 pound load (trailer AND scissor lift) and on cruise control, when this happens it throws the truck out of cruise control and requires you to hit the "resume" button again!
Also, loaded or unloaded, the truck surges down the road - kind of like a wire is loose or something.
I just got off the phone with another transmission guy near me who said it sounds like it's "neutral falring", and that if this is the case he would expect the builder to pull the trans all apart to look at the bands and clutches as they can be damaged REALLY quick.
Quite frankly I am REALLY hot about this. I laid out over $2500 to have this trans done right and nothing is right about it, and I don't want to drive it or he's gonna tell a judge that I'm the one who messed it up by driving it.
The guy told me before I went and got it for the 2nd time that he thought it might need a TPS sensor, but the trcuk has no check engine light and it already has a fairly recent TPS in it. So is there's no code why does it need a TPS?
Right now there's only 250 miles on the rebuild job.
Question: What needs to be done to this trans and what would YOU tell the guy who rebuilt it?
I don't want a $2500 piece of crap that's going to blow up on me in 20,000 miles, I want what I paid for!!!
My sincerel thanks for your experienced help on this.
