apprentice

so 6 months ago i herd a sharp snap fallowed by a slite tin sounding ping ... re search lead me to believe it was the flex plate. nothing major happened oh well drive as is. a week ago the sound got worse, today sounded like it was going to grenade ... parked... so i read this and that, rebuild a 46rh, swap a 47 rh, go with the nv4500 swap ... truth be told if i could find a 94-95 truck parting out i would swap but looks like i will just do the flex plate like bc's write up. i want a decent tq converter while it is out and a valve body. called Hughes they say ship it. i say i lose 800/ day i am down, they say yeah that sucks do i want to ship mine? i say hmm have to think on that.... i read bd, suncoast dtt gorend ats all make a no lockup tq for our trucks any one have any experiences good but mostly i want the bad

Regards Ryan

C/PRD/

Never heard a bad word about DTT. I know a guy hear that has a TCI and for the money it was a decent improvment. Plus summit ships same day and they had his in stock.

ofcmarc

It's usually cheaper to do it right the first time. Even if it seems that the up front cost is higher. the more times you have to go in a "fix" 1 more little thing the higher the cost in $$$$ and time.

my .02

apprentice

tci i have never heard of that one i'll have to google it

Totallyrad

Seems to me that when my second flex-plate broke on my 93 I went with one for a 94 model. I can't recommend anything on the converter other than do it right and do it once. Losing eight bills a day will start getting painful quick.

unixcowboy

Once you start turning up these trucks they make more power than the STOCK flexplate and trans can handle - without $$$ mods.

Get a '94 - '96 47RH and the other parts to put it your truck. Heavier duty to start with - nearly twice the towing capacity - probably can handle nearly twice the power also...

Build it the way - $$$ - you want.
IF you've got all the parts together - swap shouldn't take a weekend....

OH - you can't get a lock up for our trans - they don't come the provisions...

BC847

I dunno about that as my fully STOCK truck tore out the STOCK flexplate in less than 50,000 miles. Dodge knew about it thus the thicker plate in the second gens.

apwatson50

I would go with a GB torque converter and have him set you up a valve body. As long as your clutches are in decent shape you'll have a nice tranny. If I had a auto thats what I would do.

apprentice

thank you for all the replys but for the $$$ . and the down time i bought an 08 6.7 sxt dually quad cab manual 6 speed , will keep the first gen and fix it but not for a work truck it will haul the 07 crf 450r

unixcowboy

Dang !
Wish I had choices like that....

Let's see :
1: fix my old 1st gen for about $5000 so can drive it reliably;
2: buy a new 08 sxt...

Choices. Choices. Choices

SUPRDUD

Good move to keep the old beast for when the computer/pollution junk fails on the 08. Dang it is tempting to look at new paint with the sales going on!

apprentice

i backed out of the 08 thanks to research via DTR and a very long night of reading... your right that dpr and looking under at the exhaust not interested in being a test pilot for dodge on my dollar. but i did purchase a new to me 07 mega cab 3500 18k miles full load... errr my welder just fits and the dog loves all the room in the back