Fun at the Tranny Shop...

 

I Stopped by my friend's tranny shop , I used to work for his dad when it was his shop, retired

 

He just happened to be finishing up a 2000 dodge ram 2500 4x4 tranny on the bench and finishing the valve body shift kit and installing the valve body. He showed me the Torque converter going in it. All Ill tell ya is its a billet single disc converter, from a local performance TC building shop.

 

He says He has been doing quiet a few Dodge cummins trannys lately

 

 My next upgrade is my tranny, Though I put a shift kit in it and it runs great, My weak point is my TC that needs upgrading

Edited March 1, 20187 yr by GSP7

What TC do you have now?

 

I have a billit in mine, but I don’t know what kind. I’d love to build my own. But I would need a second one to build slowly then install in one day since my truck won’t fit in my garage. I’m not doing it in my driveway. 

 

Building a TC does not seem easy to me.

lol,

 

I lost a cup of coffee.  The title of this thread can have a different meaning with a different perspective in today's climate.....  A good chuckle in the morning is worth it!

 

Hag

3 hours ago, Haggar said:

lol,

 

I lost a cup of coffee.  The title of this thread can have a different meaning with a different perspective in today's climate.....  A good chuckle in the morning is worth it!

 

Hag

Ha ha, now that you said it I could see how new society would think that way. Man these people are affecting everybody now, wish they would just crawl back under that rock. 

Penis=boy, vagin a=girl end of story

Edited March 1, 20187 yr by Dieselfuture
Correcting smart phone

Ohhh boy... I didn’t even read it like that hah! 

 

Also I meant buuding the entire trans heheh. 

Transmission threads will never be the same for me...........................

7 hours ago, s10010001 said:

What TC do you have now?

 

 

Its a stock TC, Original truck owner had it rebuilt at the dealer under warranty and then sold the truck to me years ago. So tranny was fresh when I got it and put a "shift kit" in it

Edited March 1, 20187 yr by GSP7

2 hours ago, GSP7 said:

So tranny was fresh when I got it and put a "shift kit" in it

 

Sorry,  I'm gonna lose a whole pot of coffee off of this thread alone! 

 

Cheers!!

2 hours ago, GSP7 said:

 

Its a stock TC, Original truck owner had it rebuilt at the dealer under warranty and then sold the truck to me years ago. So tranny was fresh when I got it and put a "shift kit" in it

 

How did you like the shift kit? Did you do anything special with it, like 2nd lockup mod, higher pressure?

1 hour ago, s10010001 said:

 

How did you like the shift kit? Did you do anything special with it, like 2nd lockup mod, higher pressure?

Yes , I like the shift kit.

Shift kits are a upgrade, and do more than beef up shift quality and higher line pressure, it also addresses many of the problems that lead to early transmission failure

 

 

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12 minutes ago, GSP7 said:

Yes , I like the shift kit.

Shift kits are a upgrade, and do more than beef up shift quality and higher line pressure, it also addresses many of the problems that lead to early transmission failure

 

 

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Where I had my trans rebuild (middle of nowhere, where it blew) the guy did his own VB mod, i “think” it was based around the shift kit but I’m not certain for sure. I have been meaning to call him and get some details. 

 

i have been considering pulling it out and doing the trans go kit myself. 

 

That being said, the trans has been just fine and I confirmed it’s flowing in Park so that’s a win. Kinda hard to fix something that ain’t broke. 

Uh oh, don’t say shift kit too loud or @Dynamic will hear! 

Try a Mojave Green TC. Billet tripple disc, gored stator.  1150 lock up. They are in Littlerock CA. It is now a one man shop but he has 1/2 million in equipment in that shop. He also built my trans with a shift kit and mod for 2nd gear lockup.  I used this shop when I was a fleet manager for 1200 vehicles including Allisons  at  LA County. NEVER had a come back. Shop name is Valco Transmission. They build TC and ship to your specs.

Oh man... Don't get me started on "shift kits"...! Ugh........

On 3/1/2018 at 1:24 PM, notlimah said:

Uh oh, don’t say shift kit too loud or @Dynamic will hear! 

 

4 minutes ago, Dynamic said:

Oh man... Don't get me started on "shift kits"...! Ugh........

 

He heard that... 

On 3/1/2018 at 12:14 PM, s10010001 said:

 i have been considering pulling it out and doing the trans go kit myself. 

 

If you are set on a "shift kit", I would not use the Transgo...

Why not? Mine's doing well 

4 minutes ago, dave110 said:

Why not? Mine's doing well 

 

"Shift kits" just leave a bunch of performance and functionality on the table, especially in a 47RE valve body. But I digress...

I realize you don't like shift kits in general.I guess I was wondering why not Transgo. What makes them worse than others and what others are there?

Edited March 5, 20187 yr by dave110

Everything I have read says the Transgo SK TFOD-DISEL is the best one. But I'm all ears. 

 

Edit: don’t get me wrong, a built trans is the way to go but isn’t a well built vb the heart of a good trans? And isn’t a shift kit a key component? Again, I’m no expert, all ears. 

Edited March 5, 20187 yr by s10010001