trainsmission

[JerryNelson]

Hay Guys i have almost 200,000 on my trains. should i start thinking about getting it rebuilt? Every thing is working fine so fair. Just don't want to get stranded some where on vacation. so do i just get a new trains? or get this one rebuilt before it breaks. whats the better way to go?

 

[Deleted member 995608]

If you're planning to keep the truck for a long time, get it rebuilt using the improved components. But if you think you might sale or trade it off soon, go with a reman.

I'm like you. I don't like being stranded so I prefer to do preventative maintenance. A few years back, I was 2k miles from home when my injectors crapped out. That repair cost me an additional $1200 more than normal and I had to get reman injectors.

 

[p-Bar]

Do you tow ? push the envelope of the drivetrain?

 

[Bob V]

The problem is new does not always = good. Seen lots of brand new stuff go bad. Have you been doing regular maintenance on the transmission? Has the fluid ever smelled bad? Any material in the pan when changing filters?

 

[brods]

Hay Guys i have almost 200,000 on my trains. should i start thinking about getting it rebuilt? Every thing is working fine so fair. Just don't want to get stranded some where on vacation. so do i just get a new trains? or get this one rebuilt before it breaks. whats the better way to go?

A metal fabshop we deal with has a company 05 that went 325K with the stock trans. Since the first one held up so well they went to Chrysler to get a replacement trans and are not happy with it. If your trans is not showing any signs of trouble then why mess with it? You may well trade in a trans with 100,000 more miles to go for one with a bunch of annoying problems.

 

[Joseph Donnelly]

Among other things, you might give BD Power a call. They have been building automatics from stock to wild for decades. They might have some good advice for you.

Oh, for a bit of humor, you said you have 200,000 on your trains. Are they Lionel?

 

[JerryNelson]

thanks guys I do tow a little a 4 place snowmobile trailer and I do use it to plow my driveway and some fiends driveways. its mostly a every day driver. I love to drive it. I do keep up on the maintenance on it. so I guess I will just keep doing what I have been doing. No burnt smell. and Joseph Donnelly I do have a Lionel and it mite have 200 on it I got from my Dad from when he was a kid.

 

[p-Bar]

Maybe just a valve body and a triple disc torque converter.

 

[Tuesdak]

Hay Guys i have almost 200,000 on my trains. should i start thinking about getting it rebuilt? Every thing is working fine so fair. Just don't want to get stranded some where on vacation. so do i just get a new trains? or get this one rebuilt before it breaks. whats the better way to go?

Three letters:
AAA

Get the top of the line 250 mile tow home membership and when some minor part you didn't think of gives it up you still get back home with truck in tow. It also prevents one from pushing it to avoid a tow and causing more expensive damage. My favorite example is a blown out seal in the power steering box that was pushed to make it home causing loss of oil, PS pump failure, contaminated steering box, and booster from the pump grinding itself up out of oil. The Pump and Hydrobooster is a PIA to swap out and could have been avoided by calling the hook.

New parts don't mean good parts. Also the transmission requires a band adjustment from time to time - has this been done?

 

[JerryNelson]

JDoremire yes the bands have been adjusted and the fluid has been changed. all is good for now just want to keep it that way

 

[cerberusiam]

Put a shift kit plus a few small parts in it and drive it. The BullyDog on Econo won't hurt it but if you wan tto turn things up the pressures are totally inadequate to handle the HP or TQ.