Engine/Transmission (1998.5 - 2002) drained tc an what looks like a bb came out?????????

[Sick Boy]

drained tc(DTT) an what looks like a bb came out?????????

pulled the plug on my tc to drain it an what looks like a little silver bb came out, any one know whats up with that? its a dtt trans. also what brand of fluid is good for it?

 

[RustyJC]

A ball out of a check valve perhaps? There are scads of them in the valve body!



Rusty

 

[JApol]

It could also be the ball out of a ball bearing

 

[bbodammer]

not sure on what the ball is. Dtt uses a lot of royal purple in atf+3. But I was told that we could use the brand of our choice just not +4... too many friction modifiers. I am running valvoline Dexron/Mercon III. It was put in when it was installed and after calling dtt they told me why. D/M has harder more aggresive shifts and so it is used by some installers to show real potential of these trannies. They also said that many that tow notice a slight shudder in the converter with the D/m, but i haven't yet. The shudder seems to only happen in Dodges and only some people get it. Thought about switching to amsoil later but was told i would have to use their "racing" blend b/c it doesn't contain friction mods. Don't know if i will b/c it is $7 a quart... ouch. good luck

 

[Joe Mc]

If you have a DTT Trans and found something questionable in the pan or fluid you should be contacting Bill K. as he will give the best reply - it is after all his product. It's been my good experience to speak with Bill and other folks associated with him, his/their customer service/understanding is beyond reproach and should be the standard for other service companies to model themselves after. Give DTT a call.

 

[rivercat]

did you say tc as in Transfer Case?

 

[CBrabec]

No not transfer case, torque converter. .

 

[rweis]

ditto Joe Mc - Call DTT



Bob Weis



Fluid - I have a DTT and run ATF +3 brand of your choice. 45k so far and shifting well (had to recalibrate APPS however).

 

[Sick Boy]

IT SAYS IN THERE BOOK never USE DEXTRON III . an i called before i found the bb an tyhey told me to use only atf+3. maybe dtt will chime in here, i have a new gov. press. sylinoid an fluid goin in today. i bought coastal atf+3 it is hard to find u can only find dextron / mercon i went to three stores

 

[zstroken]

They use balls to plug a lot of the machining holse in the pump.

 

[Bandit1]

i second the atf+3, that is all i have ever been told to use.

 

[keimmmo]

Torque converters are furnace brazed. If it is brass, it could be nothing more than a drop of braze that didn't get flushed out when the converter was built. I can't immagine a bearing or check ball getting into the converter without other carnage and performance problems.



Steve Keim

 

[Sick Boy]

well i guess it was nothing, i just changed the gov. press. sy. an put in in fluid an truck runs great!!!!! Oo.

 

[bbodammer]

diesel freak2,

sorry about the fluid stuff... . just what my installer put in and dtt said its ok as long as i don;t have shudder problems. I will more than likely switch to the +3 b/c that is the overall concensous. Didn't want to start any problems with what kind to use. Glad your truck is ok Oo.