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I have a 2001 Ram 2500 with just a little under 320,000 miles. When I bought the pickup last year I drove it home and it started doing the rapid torque converter cycling. When I got home I cleaned all the battery terminals. No help. I zip tied the ground wire to the frame of the alternator and it cured it. Then I was getting random dead pedals for about five seconds and I finally just got around to doing the ground relocation on the drivers side of the engine. I left the charge wire to the PDC because I’m not sure how to delete that (if anyone could give me input on that too that would be great). Now that I did the ground relocation I have intermittent dead pedals and torque converter surge again, as well as kicking out of overdrive. I just had the transmission rebuilt about a thousand miles ago too. Any input is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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  • I really don't see any converter cycling in that video. I'm trying to make heads or tails of it, though to be honest. It looks like you take off from a stop, and at the 1-2 shift, it shifts, but then

  • Your TV cable is a little tight. Loosen it until WOT shifts occur at 2800 rpm and see if that changes anything (besides the shift point).

  • Alright, it seems as if the issue is fixed. I took it back to my transmission shop and they replaced the speed sensor (again) and the “external transmission harness” (from what I gathered he meant the

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7 hours ago, Dynamic said:

I really don't see any converter cycling in that video. I'm trying to make heads or tails of it, though to be honest. It looks like you take off from a stop, and at the 1-2 shift, it shifts, but then the tach jumps UP a few hundred rpm, and then back down, then back up a couple of times before continuing to rev up toward 3K. If I had to guess, based on this video, I'd say it was a 1-2-1-2 shuttle shift going on. What governor pressure solenoid is in the transmission? It also seems like a LOT of rpm going on for how fast you're accelerating. Where is your TV cable set? At what rpm is your WOT 1-2 shift point?

I will warm it up tonight and check the 1-2 shift point. I want to say it’s around 3,000 RPM. I installed a suncoast governor pressure solenoid and block in way back when, I’m not sure if the transmission shop reinstalled it or not. I haven’t been inside of it since I got it back from them five months ago. I also installed a new “high pressure” transducer, which I’m not sure if they reused, at the same time as the governor pressure solenoid. 

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Trans shifts from 1-2 at around 2900 (I was spinning, it’s snowing pretty good here) governor pressure matches desired until it gets to around 85 psi and that’s all it’ll go

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It appears as if all shifts at wot are completed at 3,000 RPM

Your TV cable is a little tight. Loosen it until WOT shifts occur at 2800 rpm and see if that changes anything (besides the shift point).

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Alright, it seems as if the issue is fixed. I took it back to my transmission shop and they replaced the speed sensor (again) and the “external transmission harness” (from what I gathered he meant the speed sensor wiring harness). I will look in the future and report back which harness they replaced. Thank you guys for your support on this.