banzaitoyota

mine is back together and running. I used ATF+3 (Chrysler 7176) even with the shift kit installed it seill feels like oatmeal between shifts, of course having 300K+ on the stock tranny has NOTHING to do with it.

On a brighter note, its amazing what a working (not wobbly) Rooster comb will do for the feel of the shift linkage!

lovemysan

Which kit did you get, the $25 or $80? How did you set the kit up? To shift hard? Was it worth the money you spent on it?

banzaitoyota

Transgo Cheepy of EBAY, only driven the truck 20 miles today, Going to Charlotte tommorow with it, will give opinion then

lovemysan

Bump for an update banza

banzaitoyota

Shifts seem to be the same, of course I havent towed with it yet.

I also changed the fluid from Dexron to ATF+3, so that could have something to do with the quality of the shify.

Also this tranny still has a stock converter and over 300K on it

RickCJ

A good shift kit comes with several differant springs, shows you how to set line pressure, you must drill out several holes in the valve body to let more fluid move quicker and faster etc....A good shift kit /install will make a big differance on a stock truck!! The best thing of all is to get more line pressure and make the bands and torque convertor hold tighter. You need to adjust the tv cable or linkage to get full pressure at full throttle. This will make your shifts at higher rpm.

BC847

The kit from TransGo I talk about has all that. The cheap EBay kit he speaks of, . . . . . . I dunno.

banzaitoyota

Heres the kit I bought:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWN%3AIT

BC847

I'm not familiar with that kit.

Hope it works out for ya.

RickCJ

Doesn't look like much!!! I quess you get what you pay for! You would notice a big differance with a good kit.

lovemysan

I was going to get the $80 kit. I believe it will make a sizable difference