Attention: TDR Forum Junkies Hey I have been gone on a long overdue trip while I was on my trip my buddies and I went out to play in the snow. The roads were clear so we found a parking lot that wasn't yet cleared. it had 4" of snow with the top layer frozen solid enough to support my truck driving easy. Well I got in the gas and tried to play a little and pull a donut. I made a full circle in 2wd high range with the tuner up and stopped. we all started looking at each other and starting saying wasn't me. The I realized it was clutch and trans fluid burning. there was no trans temp lights on the dash and I have been to lazy to install my new trans pan and gauges. I got out and crawled around looking for any leaks to see if I saw a bigger problem then the smell. I decided to put it in 4 wheel low to take the pressure of the trans ands drive it to see if it worked still worked ok. I drove 0. 5 miles in 4wd low. then I drove 1. 3 miles in 2wd high range and the rpms would flucuate from RWHP more than ussual. Then after 1. 2 miles of driving the rpms went up and the travel speed ceasted. I called a towing company and they didn't show in less than 20 minutes as promised. I fired up the truck threw in reverse and it went 40 feet then rpms picked up with no travel speed again. So i said "well I already need to be towed 150 miles home and pull the trans, lets see how far we can go before the tow truck comes" headed in the direction where the tow truck had to come from. we started it drove it till it stopped moving let it cool and did it all over again and drove about 3 miles before we met the wrecker. towed it to the towing lot then got my buddy who works for AAA to come pick up up and haul me 150 miles home. I drove the truck on the 2nd rollback and man it stank the got home, unloaded it in the street, and drove it straight into the driveway. Tommorow I will be building a tent around the truck to work under to start pulling the trans bymyself for the most part with a fratured arm (from the very same trip). My buddies wife wrote down the milkage on the bill we found out That the first digits of the mileage was 666 so that explained the the ultimate carnage trip (so many bad things happened but was a good trip).
Thats the story now heres the question. I am buying ATS stuff no goerend, no suncoast, dtt, none of that Strictly ATS. Depending upon damage I may salvage alot of the stock trans. On the ATS website what do I choose for my 2004. 5 in the way of the race valve body? The 03-04 or the 05-06? Where do I draw the line?
I have a banks billet converter sitting in the spare bedroom but I am thinking about selling it though never installed and buying the ATS converter as I can see why it is soooooooo much better and can handle more torque than the banks. I will be upgrading with a ats flexplate, billet input, maybe a new intermediate, seals, high quality clutches and such, new pump, deep pan, and more i cant think of off the top of my head. It all really depends on the condition inside. Its gonna be a big job for one person that doesn't regularly do transmissions and has to do it in his driveway with a fractured arm (not that bad). I used to help out sometimes at the transmission shop and this is my build in a few years. I dont care I am still building it myself. I can't find anyone who wants to take their time and make everything perfect on my truck in this town so I am doing it myself. I honestly don't trust anyone around my truck and don't like looking over peoples shoulders when I get a oil change or even loading up my truck on a rollback. I am a perfectist and they are so few in the automotive field except when you get into the racing side of automotive. But anyways which ATS year model valve body should I be buying? 03-04 or 05-06 valve body for my 2004. 5 dodge with 48re
Thats the story now heres the question. I am buying ATS stuff no goerend, no suncoast, dtt, none of that Strictly ATS. Depending upon damage I may salvage alot of the stock trans. On the ATS website what do I choose for my 2004. 5 in the way of the race valve body? The 03-04 or the 05-06? Where do I draw the line?
I have a banks billet converter sitting in the spare bedroom but I am thinking about selling it though never installed and buying the ATS converter as I can see why it is soooooooo much better and can handle more torque than the banks. I will be upgrading with a ats flexplate, billet input, maybe a new intermediate, seals, high quality clutches and such, new pump, deep pan, and more i cant think of off the top of my head. It all really depends on the condition inside. Its gonna be a big job for one person that doesn't regularly do transmissions and has to do it in his driveway with a fractured arm (not that bad). I used to help out sometimes at the transmission shop and this is my build in a few years. I dont care I am still building it myself. I can't find anyone who wants to take their time and make everything perfect on my truck in this town so I am doing it myself. I honestly don't trust anyone around my truck and don't like looking over peoples shoulders when I get a oil change or even loading up my truck on a rollback. I am a perfectist and they are so few in the automotive field except when you get into the racing side of automotive. But anyways which ATS year model valve body should I be buying? 03-04 or 05-06 valve body for my 2004. 5 dodge with 48re
