So trans died in the truck last week (most of you read that crap on the "what you did to your dmax today" thread). Mike was thinking the converter let go...... that definitely wasnt the case.
towed everything out there wednesday night with my dads 15.5 LML on his flat bed. love the truck but god damn do i hate the power it puts out, feels anemic. Grabbed a hotel for the night and showed up at his doorstep sometime before 8:00am. Got the truck up and yanked the trans out. Pulled the converter and there was no tell tale sign of a bad converter (bluing, noises, etc). So the trans tear down started. here is what was found
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thats the low/reverese planets. C2 drum was shot, pump was shot, planets shot , c2 hub splines still had the same amount of twist they have had since i damaged them 60k ago, converter was FULL of all this debris along with the internal filter (obviously), c2 apply was chipped and a host of other small things. i really did the f**ker in good :roflmao:. the funny thing about it all, every single clutch and steel looked damn near new. I had G3 clutches in the C2 and C3 and they showed no signs of wear and no heat into the steels. C1's iirc were red altos we put in about 50k ago and the C4-C5 were red altos that i think have been in the trans since the beginning, if not, they were put in at the first refresh when my engine was done. We found it funny the clutches were no longer the issue but hard parts were now :roflmao:. seems this isnt as much of an issue in these trucks and rare to happen unless you tow heavy ALOT, get her hot and are pushing some power. only time i ever got it hot was on my grade braking but we think the planets starting to die may have had something to do with the lack of cooling there. ill know when i tow again this summer
so because of all the damage and lack of 5 speed cores, she got a 6 speed trans with 5 speed valve body/harness, all G3 clutches, new G converter, full flush for about 4-5 hours to get the crap out of my coolers, and all the rest of the internal goodies.
I swapped my dads LML to the trailer, hooked my truck up to it and towed everything home last night without one issue and a smooth shifting trans again. I cant thank you enough Mike, you are a damn wizard with these things and one hell of a great friend :hug: :beer: mikelsheep:
towed everything out there wednesday night with my dads 15.5 LML on his flat bed. love the truck but god damn do i hate the power it puts out, feels anemic. Grabbed a hotel for the night and showed up at his doorstep sometime before 8:00am. Got the truck up and yanked the trans out. Pulled the converter and there was no tell tale sign of a bad converter (bluing, noises, etc). So the trans tear down started. here is what was found
[YOUTUBE]geqMfM00TAk[/YOUTUBE]
thats the low/reverese planets. C2 drum was shot, pump was shot, planets shot , c2 hub splines still had the same amount of twist they have had since i damaged them 60k ago, converter was FULL of all this debris along with the internal filter (obviously), c2 apply was chipped and a host of other small things. i really did the f**ker in good :roflmao:. the funny thing about it all, every single clutch and steel looked damn near new. I had G3 clutches in the C2 and C3 and they showed no signs of wear and no heat into the steels. C1's iirc were red altos we put in about 50k ago and the C4-C5 were red altos that i think have been in the trans since the beginning, if not, they were put in at the first refresh when my engine was done. We found it funny the clutches were no longer the issue but hard parts were now :roflmao:. seems this isnt as much of an issue in these trucks and rare to happen unless you tow heavy ALOT, get her hot and are pushing some power. only time i ever got it hot was on my grade braking but we think the planets starting to die may have had something to do with the lack of cooling there. ill know when i tow again this summer
so because of all the damage and lack of 5 speed cores, she got a 6 speed trans with 5 speed valve body/harness, all G3 clutches, new G converter, full flush for about 4-5 hours to get the crap out of my coolers, and all the rest of the internal goodies.
I swapped my dads LML to the trailer, hooked my truck up to it and towed everything home last night without one issue and a smooth shifting trans again. I cant thank you enough Mike, you are a damn wizard with these things and one hell of a great friend :hug: :beer: mikelsheep:
