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Hey Guys,
Let me start by saying that I LOVE my 1996 Dodge Dually 3500!!! We look at new then decide our truck works for us and has been paid for, for years. She has served us well for 16 years of fulltiming and just passed 318,000 miles.

Two weeks ago, we even treated her to a new BD SuperB turbo and BD down pipe exhaust brake. Ya would think that would keep her satisfied but noooo, she had other plans for us like letting the transmission input shaft break while going up a hill on a narrow road with no real place to pull off! :{ Dutch looked at me, as I was driving, and said What Did You Do???! Honest, it wasn't me!! As I was out on the road waving traffic around a couple stopped. They drove ahead and scouted a safe place for us then towed our Dodge with our Carriage in tow, up the rest of the hill and about 3 miles more to a Cafe. Yikes, towed by a Chevy!!!!!! :eek:
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We had our Dodge put on a rollback then towed 130 miles to friend & fellow TDR member Harold Bowers in Caldwell, ID. Then Harold, Ermal & Dutch came back and got me and our Carriage safely back to their place.
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We want to thank everyone, Harold, Muddy & Randy for all their effort and help in working with Dutch to get our transmission out, input shaft installed and put back to together. Afterwards, who is 80, did say: "That was my last big job!"
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Now for our question. Everything works, truck drives and tows great. BUT ever since the transmission was put back in the ABS and brake light have been on. They re-checked this and that and even put a scan tool on it but no luck in getting the 2 lights to go out or finding out what the problem was. The code from the scan tool is P0743. We had to get back on the road so we will have to tackle this down the road once we find a fix!!!

So this is my very long winded way of asking if anyone out there knows how to fix this??? Di

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Glad you are Safe and Dutch didnt hurt himself working on that transmission drop and replacement! Thats hard work even for a young feller!
GregH
 
What a great group of friends you have there!!
I love reading stories of TDR people helping TDR members. With all the bad news we hear everyday this is a bright moment!
 
Hello Di,



Glad y'all are OK. The P0743 is a transmission code related to the TC Clutch relay and/or solenoid. I would suggest clearing it with a scanner and see if it resets. I would not think that this DTC would have anything to do with the Brake/ABS light.
 
Hi Di
Check the sender in the rearend unplug it and spray it with electronic cleaner and reconnect. Sorry we could not connect when you guys were up here would have liked to of seen you both. If that does not do it replace the sender.
Jim and Pat
 
Hey Gang,
Thank you so much for all the info and help. Y'all are just awesome :D

Dutch bought a BWD ABS 101 sensor available at any auto store the other day. Easy install in the differential and it seems to have done the trick!! No more ABS Light---Yea!!!

Last week when putting the transmission back together Harold saw a frayed throttle valve cable. Dutch bought one and now our cruise doesn't surge when we 1st engaged. AND the throttle operates so much smoother. How great is it to be rid of that problem after a year!!

Now for our last issue which is that the transmission will not stay in lockup under light throttle in drive above 44 miles an hour unless we use the mystery switch. A transmission buddy in Florida told Dutch he knew the solution BUT by now we were in desperate need of a golf fix Oo. , so that will just have to wait. Will update you on what we did.

Jeepit---how right you are. We are 2 very lucky people and count ourselves fortunate to have so many TDR friends. !!!!!!

Jim & Pat. We were really sorry we couldn't visit, hopefully next time through we can do it. Di
 
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