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I thought you didn't even do the work on your transmission. Fall out comment shhhhh lets not go there. I think 48re has a tv drive motor instead of cable. Power Driven diesel in utah is great source for 47 48 information. Ive spent time on tge phone with him.. Ounce i started making phone calls i gained far more information than what is on forumns. Dynamic and i also probly spent an hour on tge phone. Hes great guy full of information years of it. A source that popped out of nowhere was transgo. I did a full valve body reprogram this goes far beyon a basic shift kit. I was in over my head. Called transgo literally in tears. He walked me through it step by step dug in his years of 47re notes to talk about what he and his customers found to work. Talked about my expectations how i use the truck what tourge convertor the stall. Transmission internals so much help was given to me by transgo. These people are valuable beyond what words can explain and the are not posting on forumns or face book. Mike also falls under this value umbrella his forumn though a huge pain the *** has been collecting information as mike learns and grows as a cummins nut as well many others who contribute they're years of knowledge gained on these great trucks we love. Getting off the internet and making phone calls was an incredible eye opener for me. They in my mind are virtually gods and are willing to share everything they learned. Also for what its worth the 47 can hold far more power than the nv4500 or g56. If your building a truck with real power you just dont use a manual

Part of why im here is i saw your picture in my phone going through my contacts. I think its green though lol. Definitely a good look on you. No 5th gear is still happy. Truck is only sporting power or slighly less power than it left the factory with. You got a 7.3 didnt you? My 98 is currently at husky auto in boise getting tail lights all buttoned up on the hillsborrow bed. My coyote f150 has been my work truck for the last few years. The 02 dodge is pretty much retired to just firewood duty. My old mans pretty much retired so im kinda a one man show in the excavation scene. The t800 does 99% of the machine moving now. I have no desire to even yank a 10k skidsteer around with pickups. I haul both the 10t excavator and skidsteer on the t800 together and often tow my pickup to the next jobsite. Looking to upgrade to around a 30k excavator sometime soonish. Right now im in parma doing dirt work on a 50x60 shop on a hillside moving lots of dirt.

Ohhh my **** this is gona be bad if i cant post photos. Guess well just talk a out mikes hair Randamn tapatalk pictures over the years My threads dead on arrival.

Ill jump in here after just recently buying a nv4500 truck but after putting almost 300k on my 02 with 47re ive had for 20 years My 47re was refreshed ounce by a mechanic. That lasted till the cheap tourqe convertor they used failed. At this point i decided to try my hand at a build myself. Orderd all seals bushings gpz fibers set kole steels cant remember evering. I spent about 2200 in parts. Threw virtually all the upgraded internals a good convertor this time. Long story short. My new to me nv4500 truck is like driving a old farm tractor in rush hour traffic. Everyone honking get out of the way. My 47 is quick tuff and reliable fun to drive ,i will not ever do manual swap on 2nd gen that has a 47 trans. In my opion they are much more fun hold more power more convient and comfortable. Offcourse with the right stuff in them. Then the nv4500 5th gear nut comes off. I think mikes has come of 5 or 8 times. Kidding. It was only 3 times Thats my take. Im reading your stuff. I played with the convertor lock up switches for a few years cause all the cool guys had switches i now find them completly unnessary A full manual valve body would be cool for dedicated off road rig or maybe pull truck or something. I do recomend buying a valve body set up to your needs. This will be night and day from stock just that alo will make your truck feel like it has more power build more boost and get better mpg paired with good clut hes and internals you will not be dissapointed. However you could run into issues with shop or your self being able install and set up transmission correctly. Its not rocket science but does take some know how and time yo get it right You will love a tight crisp driving 47re youve made a good choice.

Transmission will produce the least amount of heat with the convertor locked and functioning correctly is i think what he was trying to say. Even working correctly in 1 2 3 tourge converter unlocked driving on fluid coupling the transmission will produce more heaat. But healthy shoukd have no issues staying under 165ish Pulling hard in 2nd id let it hit 180 collant temp if it sustains there id keep trucking. If it walks passed id shut her down. The heat exchanger should sustain it dumping transmission heat. If it cant dont keep driving. Trans temp might be more important than fuel or exhaust temp 3rd locked is the best place to be towing will produce the least heat. suspensionsn is tourqe convertor is actually locked when trucks in 4th. Was this issue ever figured out?

Your oil is brown youve neglected your transmission. Theres nothing wrong with 305 tires Service the tranny to include band adjustment. Probly should put a new tc solenoid and tranducer in it while your in there. The auto transmission seems to be the most neglected machine in the world dont be like that lol. Id cry if my red transmission fluid was brown heck im about to cry because yours is

I did Larry's parts got 8 years onnit after. Then i got 2 years on a cheap autozone unit Now on a autozone duralast gold hoping it goes for more than 2 years Making goid use of lifetime warranty now

Wouldnt you pull relay and run a jumper in its place. Ive never quute understood relay. U currently run a jumper no relay and no toggle switch to lick converter. My truck functions as a normal oem truck minus the relay. I used to pkay with a converter lock switch but have found for my use the converter swutch isnt needed. I lock 3rd comming off hills without switch. I do think the toggle switch coukd be used to test but i feel id go in and put a new converter solenoid and all under pan eletronics in because of to many un knowns. The connector that goes through the case next to tv cable is known for being problematic. If you unplug that connector and its soaked in fluid its no good. Im currently running the kde manifold and gm solenoid the borge solenoid on oem manifold is suposed to maybe be better. Ive had two borges on this truck and am on my 2nd gm. Havent had gm solenoid fail yet. Put all new eltronics in when i refreshed the trans. If unknown on eltronics id recomend all new harness solenoid, tranducer and plug through the case. Its a coyple hundred bucks will eliminate a few possible issues right of the bat. The battery cables(all) and grid heater cables can all affect tourge converter lock and 3 -4 shifts. Also curious if its locking convertor in 4th or not

Ive had no issues with the ppe deep pan. Though im unsure anything more than welding a drain plug in the eom pan is all thats needed.

I do tape measure aligment had just as good if not better results than alignment shop. Been 12ish years since my 02s been on a rack it has the truest wearing tires around. My jeep is freaking pretty sweet to. But its all gutted and reworked from axle tubes to the frame. Nothing stock left. Ive never had it on a rack. Tires wear true and you can drive it 80 with your pinky while shes screaming 3500rpms. So no i wont be putting the truck on rack after fabbing trackbar. However if something does change and i start getting bad wear or funky handling characteristics i will suck it up and get help. Though unlikely I did do 2" leveling on my truck but i have 1ton rear springs. The 04 is pretty sacked out with fuel tank and junk on on it. Might make more sense to lower front and inch or two or maybe raise rear to handle load better. But its kinda ok its sitting about level as is its a work truck. I do the track bar because the oem bushings are junk. Its silly to fabb a fixed bar. I see now why you mention leveling kit. My 02 has about 200k on my track bar the 07 that got totaled had about 100k. We were lucky to get 20k on the 07 oem or after market track bars. That was a cab n chassis truck so maybe its thrust angle was off from the factory eating the track bars since the front end was same as 3/4 Lol i dunno even know what thrust angle is track bar locates axle side to side preferbly centerd on frame at ride height. Then control arms do castor. Thrust angle is probly a fast food aligment shop term made to make themselves sound smart.

Ill tell you something. If its not leaking youve got real problems something is very wrong. Would advice truck is parked for further evaluation. Ive had my valve cover off 5 or 6 times in 14 years ive had my truck. Its probably about the only place its not currently leaking. I also find sometimes removing more stuff out your way turns into far less work than working around n through crap. Welcome to the hen house or is it the **** show. Idk

Thats a good looking truck. For what its worth our 04 has 219 k. Im working through the front end. 08.5 steering oe balljoints are shot. Unit bearings toast. This is a small tire street rig. I do beleive big tires will cause parts to wear faster but this ones eating parts at about the same rate as my 02 did with big tires. Havent done the track bar yet as it seems to be alright. When its time itl get a adjustable track same as my 02. We dont even tow much with the pickups anymore just not worth the wear and tear. Ohhh this clutch is headed out aswell im waiting for the transmission to break so i can go through it and install new clutch at same time. You know 2 birds one stone kinda thing. Offcourse it rains when i start a project

Dude get off the small tire ball joint crap, I get it yours is better. Thank you it feels good to do it. Ill probly have to go now since theres no point in being here i have big tires you know

Bringing my transmission cruise control talk over here. Also a few videos from durring transmission work. The ford i picked up for cheap. Pretty much just so i could have wheels it also showed me how much these dodges suck. Ive now givin the ford to my daughter The 3rd gens our work truck

Lol idk do ot right i get it wrong do it wrong i get it right. Ive had tge valve body out a few times without removing neutral switch. One time on the bench where its easy it goes wonky.