I had an email invite to post an intro and forgot to, then I responded up forum to a question so thought I'd poke my head in here and say "Hi".
This is my 4th Dodge CTD, my 2nd '01 and my 2nd one with an auto trans.
I bought my first '01 (w. manual trans) new off the lot, drove it for 7 years and 60K miles and traded it for an SUV for my wife.
Two years later I bought a used '08 w. auto trans and traded it a month later for an '05 w. manual. I drove that one for 6 years and 55K miles.
Two months ago I bought this '01 with 193K miles and found this forum while researching the auto trans.
I figured this transmission has been around long enough that all the weaknesses are known and the after market has fixes for them.
I worked on Fords for a living briefly in the '90's and despise the E4OD, so I avoided auto transmissions when ever possible.
I do as much of my own work as I can, that was the reason for going back to an older truck. I intend to keep it stock, my first '01 was a little tuned up but when I started riding motorcycles I realized nothing on four wheels will be that fast, that I can afford to drive anyway.
I live near Carson City, NV so will be doing some towing in the mountains and will look to optimize the truck for that and long distance road trips.
I had an email invite to post an intro and forgot to, then I responded up forum to a question so thought I'd poke my head in here and say "Hi".
This is my 4th Dodge CTD, my 2nd '01 and my 2nd one with an auto trans.
I bought my first '01 (w. manual trans) new off the lot, drove it for 7 years and 60K miles and traded it for an SUV for my wife.
Two years later I bought a used '08 w. auto trans and traded it a month later for an '05 w. manual. I drove that one for 6 years and 55K miles.
Two months ago I bought this '01 with 193K miles and found this forum while researching the auto trans.
I figured this transmission has been around long enough that all the weaknesses are known and the after market has fixes for them.
I worked on Fords for a living briefly in the '90's and despise the E4OD, so I avoided auto transmissions when ever possible.
I do as much of my own work as I can, that was the reason for going back to an older truck. I intend to keep it stock, my first '01 was a little tuned up but when I started riding motorcycles I realized nothing on four wheels will be that fast, that I can afford to drive anyway.
I live near Carson City, NV so will be doing some towing in the mountains and will look to optimize the truck for that and long distance road trips.