Dodge Service
From : joe bedford
Q: no it would not. unloaded and with some light loading my truck is able to climb hills without a thought at 1500rpm in od. when i discovered this i started manually killing od. -- max give a man a match and he is warm for a short while. light him on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life. quick question gary and not to dispute your points more for my education. under full throttle and as slower speeds or rpms wouldnt the computer force both an unlock of the converter and a shift out of overdrive -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving on sun 12 jun 2005 141626 gmt transurgeon nobulltrans@mchsi.dotcom wrote nate; the problem is lubrication to the od section the od kinda sucks hind tit in that unit..............it gets the leftovers from cooler flow after the pressure regulator sends fluid to control and clutch pack circuits plus the cooler flow is hot fluid in spite of the cooler now your truck should have a very good cooler alongside the ac condenser on the drivers side its as good as any aftermarket plus it is situated for good air-flow but still thats a long way to tow in od but no i would keep it in 3rd since then the netire od gear-set rotates as a locked unit...........the only place i would try od and its your call would be across il in ia and eastern sd or nd if you go that route as soon as you hit hills or even rolling terrain get back in 3rd hey if youre worried about taking extra time the spare bedroom is available stop by were 120 miles south of i-80 and then you can catch i-72 east to contunue east; or take i-72 to here then head up to the quad cites and i-80 going west gary i appreciate your answer gary. the to tow in overdrive question is probably the biggest single debate on tdr almost like our k&n . at my local dealer at one in vegas at one in pahrump and at two others in big cities out here in the west i spoke to the tranny guy about this. all of them sufggested that i tow with overdrive locked out. they all said the only thing id lose is a little mileage that i couldnt hurt the engine. they all felt that overdrive in either the 47re or the 48re wont hold up to towing. they all felt tha the 48re was a significant improvement over the 47re but not necessarily in the overdrive area. the owner of dtt tranny specialistics for diesels in washington also agreed. so i tow with overdrive locked out. but only due to what i have been told i am not a tranny tech or mechanically inclined in that area so i rely on the advise of others. i still read a lot of threads on tdr from guys with 47res and 48res that have towed big trailers with overdrive on for thousands of miles without any apparent problems at all though so the debate goes on. well as i said its a lube issue consider this the cummins has low-end torque out the wazoo that means it will lug down before it shifts out of od; my expereince with this unit is that it takes a sharp jab on the pedal to force a kick-down if you gradually apply pressure you can have the pedal to the floor and still not shift down now consider the factors here 1 bogged down if the converter unlocks that means gobs of heat even if it doesnt unlock the factors below come into play 2 pedal to the floor pressures to clutch packs to the max less flow to converter 3 lower ground speed less air flow thru cooler 4 lugging engine radiator temp is up cooler flow is first thru air cooler then thru radiator cooler at least on the ones ive seen 5 lower engine speed means lower pump output less overall flow now one or two of these factors wont do in the od but add em all up and you have an od section that is being lubed by an insufficient flow of very hot fluid under extreme strain as the engine speed drops and individual pulses of power become more pronounced and the reuslts cannot be good. g .
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From : bob
otherwise id just look at having the 47re upgraded by a good transmission shop can the 47re be upgraded to the same durability as the 48re nate these folks build as close to bullet proof as you can get. www.dieseltrans.com roy .
From : joe bedford
as one whos been wanting a ctd for years hey i can hook you up. http//utilityoffroad.com/dodge - weve played around with od on trips and it seems like we get the same 8-9 mpg either way i wasnt real concerened about mileage i just didnt wanna wind up a diesel like that and i didnt want to limit myself to 60 mph either. -- nathan w. collier http//7slotgrille.com http//utilityoffroad.com .
From : joe bedford
im looking for a late model 5.7 hemi with the 5 speed automatic tranny. distance from billings montana is no issue for the right engine at the right price. thanks -- nathan w. collier http//7slotgrille.com http//utilityoffroad.com .
From : slick willy
carl what you used to do is not brain surgery. dont act like it is. martin carl byrns wrote its best to arrive at the shop with alignment in the ballpark. i used to do front end work for a living- if you can drive on the rack you can bring it back into alignment. caster and camber are highly interactive on this vehicle ie you loosen the upper a-frame mounts and wiggle everthing around to change both settings. front end shops have a tool for that... if they are way off youre far less likely to get a satisfactory result from some guy whos used to just setting the toe-in. bullshit- toe is the last operation done. vans really need to be thrust angle aligned- not a driveway job. do you change your own oil do you do your own brain surgery some of us have curiousity that goes a little further curiosity killed the cat - -carl .