New Member Checking In

[AKjeff]

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.

[015point9]

Welcome... great bunch of helpful guys here.  

[Mopar1973Man]

Welcome to the family. All I can say is dive in with both feet. Start posting questions. There is no such thing as a dumb question. We don't ask you to go search first either.

[JAG1]

Yep good folks around here. Best place in the world with your first cup in the morning. Then usually by the second and third cup too.

[dripley]

Welcome to the forum. Enjoy your stay. There wide array of knowledge here.