Tranny Shift Point
From : w4abc
Q: ive got a 95 ram 1500 with 5.9l engine and automatic transmission. i just had the tranny replaced with a pulled unit from the junk yard and its a great improvement over the original that was on its way out. the new tranny shifts strong but has a couple of quirks. 1. upshifting from 1st to 2nd gear is never a problem but if you dont hit 40 mph it wont shift into 3rd. feels a little disconcerting to be in a 30 mph zone attempting to push it up past 35 mph to make it shift. 2. when slowing to a stop - just prior to coming to a full stop theres a bit of a low level shudder or vibration as the tranny is attempting to shift back down to 1st gear. the transition can also be seen on the tachometer which shows a small dip in rpm at the very moment of the shudder. anyone with tranny experience have any idea what it is that im seeing with this unit ive got a 30 day warranty on it and it was just dropped in this last friday. i dont know how long its going to last but the last one gave me 90000 miles with some slipping in its last few months. a good cold morning was all it took to finally take the greatest toll on it. thanks jon pearl - st. petersburg .
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From : rachel easson
w4abc wrote ive got a 95 ram 1500 with 5.9l engine and automatic transmission. i just had the tranny replaced with a pulled unit from the junk yard and its a great improvement over the original that was on its way out. the new tranny shifts strong but has a couple of quirks. 1. upshifting from 1st to 2nd gear is never a problem but if you dont hit 40 mph it wont shift into 3rd. feels a little disconcerting to be in a 30 mph zone attempting to push it up past 35 mph to make it shift. 2. when slowing to a stop - just prior to coming to a full stop theres a bit of a low level shudder or vibration as the tranny is attempting to shift back down to 1st gear. the transition can also be seen on the tachometer which shows a small dip in rpm at the very moment of the shudder. anyone with tranny experience have any idea what it is that im seeing with this unit ive got a 30 day warranty on it and it was just dropped in this last friday. i dont know how long its going to last but the last one gave me 90000 miles with some slipping in its last few months. a good cold morning was all it took to finally take the greatest toll on it. thanks jon pearl - st. petersburg if fluid levels are normal dont even worry about what is wrong -- just take it back now! and let them figure out what is wrong just out of interest ive heard that when it is cold if it shifts properly but not when warmed up could be throttle rod needs adjusting -- either way if nothing is wrong with the transmission id bet the problem was with installation so if they installed it go check with a tranny garage for a double check -- tell them why and they might give you a cheap cash-only price to check. rach .
From : marsh monster
.. .. ========== ========== w4abc wrote ive got a 95 ram 1500 with 5.9l engine and automatic transmission. i just had the tranny replaced with a pulled unit from the junk yard and its a great improvement over the original that was on its way out. the new tranny shifts strong but has a couple of quirks. 1. upshifting from 1st to 2nd gear is never a problem but if you dont hit 40 mph it wont shift into 3rd. feels a little disconcerting to be in a 30 mph zone attempting to push it up past 35 mph to make it shift. 2. when slowing to a stop - just prior to coming to a full stop theres a bit of a low level shudder or vibration as the tranny is attempting to shift back down to 1st gear. the transition can also be seen on the tachometer which shows a small dip in rpm at the very moment of the shudder. anyone with tranny experience have any idea what it is that im seeing with this unit ive got a 30 day warranty on it and it was just dropped in this last friday. i dont know how long its going to last but the last one gave me 90000 miles with some slipping in its last few months. a good cold morning was all it took to finally take the greatest toll on it. thanks jon pearl - st. petersburg =========== =========== jp jest the facts sir.......jest the facts. .. you got 90000 miles on your original transmission a 10 year old transmission. .. thats 9000 miles a year. .. do you know what that transmission is called the second you pulled it from your truck .. can you say ....u..s..e..d.... .. well any whooo........ how many miles does that used tranny you just bought have on it and....... what year truck did it come out of now.... lets do the math to see how long that one should might last for you. oh..by the way.... i have tranny experience and i think you need to crawl back under there and pull that sucker out and go git yer money back....... cuz .......its not broke..........but...its dang sure braking. i know...i know..... you paid someone to change it out for you....... but....if you pay them again...why...you couldve got yer tranny built for all that. oh........ im sorry......... yer buddy did it for free........ then by all means...... go take advantage of his good nature and ask him to help a feller out of a tight spot. after all......im sure he owes you. youve likely spent 4 or 5 hours on yer back under his house replacing his plumbing only to have to go back under there a couple weeks later and do the whole dang thing all over again. oh...... you wouldnt git yerself in a perdickamint like that aye well good fer you. well anyways like i said. yer nused tranny is taken a crap on you....... its jest a matter of time. so.... you can start the countdown. oh yeah......and you got 23 days left on that warranty. marshmonster its broke.....broke baaaaaad .
From : denny
ive got a 95 ram 1500 with 5.9l engine and automatic transmission. i just had the tranny replaced with a pulled unit from the junk yard and its a great improvement over the original that was on its way out. the new tranny shifts strong but has a couple of quirks. 1. upshifting from 1st to 2nd gear is never a problem but if you dont hit 40 mph it wont shift into 3rd. feels a little disconcerting to be in a 30 mph zone attempting to push it up past 35 mph to make it shift. sounds like the kick-down cable may be out of adjustment. on the side of the throttle body youll see a cable coming in from the rear of the engine area this is the kick down cable. there is a button to push on the top of the housing to release the detent so you can pull the cable back a couple of clicks. it doesnt take much-a click will make a big difference. denny .
From : mike hunts honorable discharge
thank you... denny rachel and john. im going to swing by the mechanics a ask some questions of him and see where hes looking to go with this. i appreciate your help. thanks again jon pearl - st. petersburg .
From : marsh monster
mike hunts honorable discharge wrote thank you... denny rachel and john. im going to swing by the mechanics a ask some questions of him and see where hes looking to go with this. i appreciate your help. thanks again jon pearl - st. petersburg ======= ======= what.... truth hurts no thanks for me i gave the same answer to the quiz that rachel did!! and..... you thanked the 2 dudes that are wrong. yeah..yeah..yeah... trust me...wishfull thunkn aint gonna make them right. the trannies going south on you....... and...... the clock is ticking. you have.......22 days left on yer warranty. tick..tock.. tick..tock.. any whoooooo........ im not suggesting that you should take my advice however i very adamantly suggest you take rachels. tick...tock... tick..tock... oh yeah...... and if you want to ignore me....... trust me i understand. no harmno foul. but....... when you do that post within the next 6 months wanting to know why yer tranny is slipping going into 3rd and clunking on the 2/1 downshift...... and my reply is a simple.... tick..tock.... tick...tock... please..... dont take it as an i told you so. marshmonster tranny tech .
From : rachel easson
marsh monster wrote mike hunts honorable discharge wrote thank you... denny rachel and john. im going to swing by the mechanics a ask some questions of him and see where hes looking to go with this. i appreciate your help. thanks again jon pearl - st. petersburg ======= ======= what.... truth hurts no thanks for me i gave the same answer to the quiz that rachel did!! and..... you thanked the 2 dudes that are wrong. yeah..yeah..yeah... trust me...wishfull thunkn aint gonna make them right. the trannies going south on you....... and...... the clock is ticking. you have.......22 days left on yer warranty. tick..tock.. tick..tock.. any whoooooo........ im not suggesting that you should take my advice however i very adamantly suggest you take rachels. tick...tock... tick..tock... oh yeah...... and if you want to ignore me....... trust me i understand. no harmno foul. but....... when you do that post within the next 6 months wanting to know why yer tranny is slipping going into 3rd and clunking on the 2/1 downshift...... and my reply is a simple.... tick..tock.... tick...tock... please..... dont take it as an i told you so. marshmonster tranny tech hey marsh i was only trying to help. you guys know i dont know all the answers. anyway i did read your post. i learn what i can. i also notice that sometimes another post gets posted ahead of mine as i see it so maybe thats why he didnt acknowlege you -- maybe. you are probably right -- which is why i told him to run straight back to the junk yard -- hope he had the installation done there. motors and trannys you buy from wreckers should always be installed there imho. my late common-i-law husband rick managed auto parts for 18 years. i always found a great yard and stuck with them -- still have his boss on my side and giving me deals -- which is good since it was mostly the stress that killed rick i he doesnt read the post i am anyway so your advice does not go unnoticed rach .
From : marsh monster
hey marsh i was only trying to help. snip rach ============== ============== you gave him the best advice so far. marsh .
From : max dodge
no thanks for me yeah no thanks for you. why you didnt answer his question you made a snap decision without diagnostics and left him with no options which was exactly what he asked for. in short your advice was worthless because you assumed you knew more about the problem than you could possibly know unless you stuck your mits directly on the trans. -- max there are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty soap ballot jury and ammo. please use in that order. -ed howdershelt author mike hunts honorable discharge wrote thank you... denny rachel and john. im going to swing by the mechanics a ask some questions of him and see where hes looking to go with this. i appreciate your help. thanks again jon pearl - st. petersburg ======= ======= what.... truth hurts no thanks for me i gave the same answer to the quiz that rachel did!! and..... you thanked the 2 dudes that are wrong. yeah..yeah..yeah... trust me...wishfull thunkn aint gonna make them right. the trannies going south on you....... and...... the clock is ticking. you have.......22 days left on yer warranty. tick..tock.. tick..tock.. any whoooooo........ im not suggesting that you should take my advice however i very adamantly suggest you take rachels. tick...tock... tick..tock... oh yeah...... and if you want to ignore me....... trust me i understand. no harmno foul. but....... when you do that post within the next 6 months wanting to know why yer tranny is slipping going into 3rd and clunking on the 2/1 downshift...... and my reply is a simple.... tick..tock.... tick...tock... please..... dont take it as an i told you so. marshmonster tranny tech .
From : mike hunts honorable discharge
hi rachel. actually i posted what i wanted to post - exactly as you read it. marsh monsters psycho babble may well have been fun for him to write but its neither helpful to me the reader or my bad tranny! i asked a straight question and got some straight answers. group anonymity isnt too handsome on some of us i guess. more so it exacts a toll - especially when the response that i read has all the possibility of being factually correct but all the layers of bullshit chip away at the respondents credibility! thanks again. jon pearl - st. petersburg hey marsh i was only trying to help. you guys know i dont know all the answers. anyway i did read your post. i learn what i can. i also notice that sometimes another post gets posted ahead of mine as i see it so maybe thats why he didnt acknowlege you -- maybe. you are probably right -- which is why i told him to run straight back to the junk yard -- hope he had the installation done there. motors and trannys you buy from wreckers should always be installed there imho. my late common-i-law husband rick managed auto parts for 18 years. i always found a great yard and stuck with them -- still have his boss on my side and giving me deals -- which is good since it was mostly the stress that killed rick i he doesnt read the post i am anyway so your advice does not go unnoticed rach .
From : max dodge
no thanks for me yeah no thanks for you. why you didnt answer his question you made a snap decision without diagnostics and left him with no options which was exactly what he asked for. in short your advice was worthless because you assumed you knew more about the problem than you could possibly know unless you stuck your mits directly on the trans. -- max there are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty soap ballot jury and ammo. please use in that order. -ed howdershelt author mike hunts honorable discharge wrote thank you... denny rachel and john. im going to swing by the mechanics a ask some questions of him and see where hes looking to go with this. i appreciate your help. thanks again jon pearl - st. petersburg ======= ======= what.... truth hurts no thanks for me i gave the same answer to the quiz that rachel did!! and..... you thanked the 2 dudes that are wrong. yeah..yeah..yeah... trust me...wishfull thunkn aint gonna make them right. the trannies going south on you....... and...... the clock is ticking. you have.......22 days left on yer warranty. tick..tock.. tick..tock.. any whoooooo........ im not suggesting that you should take my advice however i very adamantly suggest you take rachels. tick...tock... tick..tock... oh yeah...... and if you want to ignore me....... trust me i understand. no harmno foul. but....... when you do that post within the next 6 months wanting to know why yer tranny is slipping going into 3rd and clunking on the 2/1 downshift...... and my reply is a simple.... tick..tock.... tick...tock... please..... dont take it as an i told you so. marshmonster tranny tech .
From : rachel easson
mike hunts honorable discharge wrote hi rachel. actually i posted what i wanted to post - exactly as you read it. marsh monsters psycho babble may well have been fun for him to write but its neither helpful to me the reader or my bad tranny! i asked a straight question and got some straight answers. group anonymity isnt too handsome on some of us i guess. more so it exacts a toll - especially when the response that i read has all the possibility of being factually correct but all the layers of bullshit chip away at the respondents credibility! thanks again. jon pearl - st. petersburg hey marsh i was only trying to help. you guys know i dont know all the answers. anyway i did read your post. i learn what i can. i also notice that sometimes another post gets posted ahead of mine as i see it so maybe thats why he didnt acknowlege you -- maybe. you are probably right -- which is why i told him to run straight back to the junk yard -- hope he had the installation done there. motors and trannys you buy from wreckers should always be installed there imho. my late common-i-law husband rick managed auto parts for 18 years. i always found a great yard and stuck with them -- still have his boss on my side and giving me deals -- which is good since it was mostly the stress that killed rick i he doesnt read the post i am anyway so your advice does not go unnoticed rach hi jon! i guess im just the well-intentioned peace maker. you guys know i dont know everything but am not too bad with electrical and have picked up various other things along the way and dont expect to be right -- and sometimes am fucking unclear gas tank grn -- kaboom kaboom! gbmfgrn but i dont let garages fuck me around if youre going to let your mechanic fuck you around you may as well be fucking him! married a mechanic grn father retired tax lawyer actually left for trinidad yesterday to work w. their govt on their trade law revisions so ive learned a lot about law he also writes about torts -- wrong-doing mostly business law -- garages fucking you etc.... principles are similar since we borrow about half our law from you guys. dont know if hes been to st. petersburg fla but have had his postcards from st. petersburg russia. rachel easson gatineau quebec immigrant from england half irish republic/northern quarter scottish andersen clan -- would love to be in st. petersburg for the highland games! not worried about my identity believe in karma what comes around goes around which applies to everything including groups treating street people with respect treating your kids with respect loving your man helping your neighbours realizing none of us are perfect things are rarely black-and-white and im not waiting for money from my parents -- hope they enjoy it all while they are alive etc. works for me got my opinions but mean no harm... .
From : john kunkel
ive got a 95 ram 1500 with 5.9l engine and automatic transmission. i just had the tranny replaced with a pulled unit from the junk yard and its a great improvement over the original that was on its way out. the new tranny shifts strong but has a couple of quirks. 1. upshifting from 1st to 2nd gear is never a problem but if you dont hit 40 mph it wont shift into 3rd. feels a little disconcerting to be in a 30 mph zone attempting to push it up past 35 mph to make it shift. probably just needs a throttle valve cable adjustment. 2. when slowing to a stop - just prior to coming to a full stop theres a bit of a low level shudder or vibration as the tranny is attempting to shift back down to 1st gear. the transition can also be seen on the tachometer which shows a small dip in rpm at the very moment of the shudder. the shudder is probably the converter clutch staying engaged at too low a speed could be a valve body fault or a faulty converter clutch solenoid. .