Heard from Mac!

From : roy

Q: from azwiley1 azwiley1@cox.net subject re 2001 dodge dakota auto transmision - no reverse date monday may 21 2007 708 pm on may 21 121 pm tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcie...@earthlink.net wrote took your advice...i dropped the oil pan and found what looks like a large retaining ring in pieces...looks to have a 4 inch diameter...it almost looks like it belongs with the reverse band... i hate when that happens... one of our former tranny experts here gary g for those that remember used to call those identifiable chunks and when you have chunks that you can actually identify thats bad... 4 diameter is more along the lines of a thrust washer - the reverse band is larger than that. but that detail aside i still think you found your problem. can this be replaced without removing the transmission nope - gotta take it out and tear it down. sorry the isnt better. i wonder if gary g. is still alive and kicking anyone heard form him or budd for that matter nothing on gary. budd a few tried to reach him with the phone numbers we had. nada. he was at the last pretty much out to lunch might have had a stroke or some such. mac emailed today. says things are going along nicely. says hi!. hes making money doing his wood working and loving it. he is still waiting for internet at the house. he has to go to some cantina to get on that he says is a pia. .

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From : Annonymous

on mon 21 may 2007 201417 -0400 roy roy@home.net wrote from azwiley1 azwiley1@cox.net subject re 2001 dodge dakota auto transmision - no reverse date monday may 21 2007 708 pm on may 21 121 pm tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcie...@earthlink.net wrote took your advice...i dropped the oil pan and found what looks like a large retaining ring in pieces...looks to have a 4 inch diameter...it almost looks like it belongs with the reverse band... i hate when that happens... one of our former tranny experts here gary g for those that remember used to call those identifiable chunks and when you have chunks that you can actually identify thats bad... 4 diameter is more along the lines of a thrust washer - the reverse band is larger than that. but that detail aside i still think you found your problem. can this be replaced without removing the transmission nope - gotta take it out and tear it down. sorry the isnt better. i wonder if gary g. is still alive and kicking anyone heard form him or budd for that matter nothing on gary. budd a few tried to reach him with the phone numbers we had. nada. he was at the last pretty much out to lunch might have had a stroke or some such. mac emailed today. says things are going along nicely. says hi!. hes making money doing his wood working and loving it. he is still waiting for internet at the house. he has to go to some cantina to get on that he says is a pia. thanks for the info. i envy mac. that has to be a slower more tranquil life down there. but then i envy you too being retired........it sounds good. i keep thinking im gonna pull the plug but then i stick around. sooner or later i will do it though. as for budd it would be nice to know how he is doing. i hope he is well physically. i googled him on the net and in utah i think that was where he was but came up with nothing. .

From : denny

on mon 21 may 2007 201417 -0400 roy roy@home.net wrote from azwiley1 azwiley1@cox.net subject re 2001 dodge dakota auto transmision - no reverse date monday may 21 2007 708 pm on may 21 121 pm tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcie...@earthlink.net wrote took your advice...i dropped the oil pan and found what looks like a large retaining ring in pieces...looks to have a 4 inch diameter...it almost looks like it belongs with the reverse band... i hate when that happens... one of our former tranny experts here gary g for those that remember used to call those identifiable chunks and when you have chunks that you can actually identify thats bad... 4 diameter is more along the lines of a thrust washer - the reverse band is larger than that. but that detail aside i still think you found your problem. can this be replaced without removing the transmission nope - gotta take it out and tear it down. sorry the isnt better. i wonder if gary g. is still alive and kicking anyone heard form him or budd for that matter nothing on gary. budd a few tried to reach him with the phone numbers we had. nada. he was at the last pretty much out to lunch might have had a stroke or some such. mac emailed today. says things are going along nicely. says hi!. hes making money doing his wood working and loving it. he is still waiting for internet at the house. he has to go to some cantina to get on that he says is a pia. thanks for the info. i envy mac. that has to be a slower more tranquil life down there. but then i envy you too being retired........it sounds good. i keep thinking im gonna pull the plug but then i stick around. sooner or later i will do it though. as for budd it would be nice to know how he is doing. i hope he is well physically. i googled him on the net and in utah i think that was where he was but came up with nothing. he mentioned a couple of times of moving back to canon city co. i dont know if he ever did tho. denny .

From : fmb

from azwiley1 azwiley1@cox.net subject re 2001 dodge dakota auto transmision - no reverse date monday may 21 2007 708 pm on may 21 121 pm tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcie...@earthlink.net wrote took your advice...i dropped the oil pan and found what looks like a large retaining ring in pieces...looks to have a 4 inch diameter...it almost looks like it belongs with the reverse band... i hate when that happens... one of our former tranny experts here gary g for those that remember used to call those identifiable chunks and when you have chunks that you can actually identify thats bad... 4 diameter is more along the lines of a thrust washer - the reverse band is larger than that. but that detail aside i still think you found your problem. can this be replaced without removing the transmission nope - gotta take it out and tear it down. sorry the isnt better. i wonder if gary g. is still alive and kicking anyone heard form him or budd for that matter nothing on gary. budd a few tried to reach him with the phone numbers we had. nada. he was at the last pretty much out to lunch might have had a stroke or some such. mac emailed today. says things are going along nicely. says hi!. hes making money doing his wood working and loving it. he is still waiting for internet at the house. he has to go to some cantina to get on that he says is a pia. what making money in mexico i hope he has his papers. glad he is doing well tell him howdy for me. fmb north mexico .

From : roy

on mon 21 may 2007 201417 -0400 roy roy@home.net wrote from azwiley1 azwiley1@cox.net subject re 2001 dodge dakota auto transmision - no reverse date monday may 21 2007 708 pm on may 21 121 pm tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcie...@earthlink.net wrote took your advice...i dropped the oil pan and found what looks like a large retaining ring in pieces...looks to have a 4 inch diameter...it almost looks like it belongs with the reverse band... i hate when that happens... one of our former tranny experts here gary g for those that remember used to call those identifiable chunks and when you have chunks that you can actually identify thats bad... 4 diameter is more along the lines of a thrust washer - the reverse band is larger than that. but that detail aside i still think you found your problem. can this be replaced without removing the transmission nope - gotta take it out and tear it down. sorry the isnt better. i wonder if gary g. is still alive and kicking anyone heard form him or budd for that matter nothing on gary. budd a few tried to reach him with the phone numbers we had. nada. he was at the last pretty much out to lunch might have had a stroke or some such. mac emailed today. says things are going along nicely. says hi!. hes making money doing his wood working and loving it. he is still waiting for internet at the house. he has to go to some cantina to get on that he says is a pia. thanks for the info. i envy mac. that has to be a slower more tranquil life down there. but then i envy you too being retired........it sounds good. i keep thinking im gonna pull the plug but then i stick around. sooner or later i will do it though. i guess when works stops being fun. then it is time to go do somthing else or nothing. after 35 years of playing trains it was time to leave. as for budd it would be nice to know how he is doing. i hope he is well physically. i googled him on the net and in utah i think that was where he was but came up with nothing. .

From : roy

from azwiley1 azwiley1@cox.net subject re 2001 dodge dakota auto transmision - no reverse date monday may 21 2007 708 pm on may 21 121 pm tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcie...@earthlink.net wrote took your advice...i dropped the oil pan and found what looks like a large retaining ring in pieces...looks to have a 4 inch diameter...it almost looks like it belongs with the reverse band... i hate when that happens... one of our former tranny experts here gary g for those that remember used to call those identifiable chunks and when you have chunks that you can actually identify thats bad... 4 diameter is more along the lines of a thrust washer - the reverse band is larger than that. but that detail aside i still think you found your problem. can this be replaced without removing the transmission nope - gotta take it out and tear it down. sorry the isnt better. i wonder if gary g. is still alive and kicking anyone heard form him or budd for that matter nothing on gary. budd a few tried to reach him with the phone numbers we had. nada. he was at the last pretty much out to lunch might have had a stroke or some such. mac emailed today. says things are going along nicely. says hi!. hes making money doing his wood working and loving it. he is still waiting for internet at the house. he has to go to some cantina to get on that he says is a pia. what making money in mexico i hope he has his papers. glad he is doing well tell him howdy for me. fmb north mexico ill let him know you were asking. roy .