I just got my it and was looking over the directions and at one part it says to drill a hole bigger in the valve body if snow plowing. Well i am snow plowing with my truck but was curious whats the benefit of doing that?

 

I'm putting the same kit in my '03 3500 and noticed the same thing. From what I can tell it's the rear servo that is affected. By drilling the extra hole in the separator plate you are adding pressure to the low and reverse band via the check ball and rear servo. I am not a tranny expert but have done a few of these kits over the years so am somewhat familair with them. Since you probably will be plowing slowly they probably put it there as an option to help keep up the pressure and not burn up that band. Just out of curiosity are you going to drill 1 or 2 .076 holes for the lockup firmness? I think I will drill 2 but hope I don't regret it. I like firm shifts but don't want my neck to snap every time the convertor locks up. Let me know how yours goes and I'll do the same. Probably next week.

 

If I bought something and I had a question I would call :

TRANSGO PERFORMANCE

PHONE: (626) 443-7451

 

^ yeah your right lol i am going to call tomorrow and post what they tell me about it.

Delectric I am going to drill the 2 holes, my trans doesn't feel firm when it shifts now like it did when it was new so hopefully it will make it better. If yours isn't too bad right now it is an option of doing one but why not just go for the two since you have it out already.

 

yeah, I'll most likely drill 2. I just priced the filter, $50.00! I have only checked one source so I'll do more checking but that seems expensive for what it is.

 

Where did you get that price for the filter? I went to dodge and got mine for 19 dollars.

 

It was Kragens, just happen to be in there getting some fuel hose for another project. I just looked at Summit racing and they have an AFE filter for $21.95. Who knows, Kragens is a crap shoot at times because many of the people behind the counter are inexperienced so maybe they mis-quoted me. I'll just order one from Summit.

 

From personal experiences with having a shift kit installed into my valve body by a transmission shop in town, save yourself money in the long run, the aggrivation and hassle, and call a guy like Dave Goerend and order one of his valve bodies. He'll custom set it to exactly you want and do with the truck.

I wish I saved myself the time and money and called him right away.
Money well spent when you call a guy like Dave.

JR

 

I am going to call him when i have enough for a whole new fully built trans.

Now in the kit what size is the drill bit they supplied? is this the one for the two holes? and then they state other holes that need to be drilled in decimal? why decimal why not fraction??? And why would they supply one drill bit and not the others?

 

Digging up an old thread as I am about to put the kit in. When you guys drilled the 2 holes were you happy or was the lock up too firm?

 

I'm interested in this to, my shift kit should be here Monday. Let me know how it goes Yellow.

 

So, instead of doing the work yourself (the do it yourself = done right principle applies) you pay someone else to do it and save money?

Is that an oxymoron like jumbo shrimp or military inteligence? Pay more and save money?

 

In my experience you save by not having to pay someone to undo your mistakes , then have them do it the way it should have been done in the first place. You also learn alot about your limitations--having a big box of tools doesn't necessarily mean you know what to do with them. I've learned alot as I get older!!!
Jay

 

He is making reference to the fine tuning of a kit.
These trans are sensitive to shifts because of the low rpm involved in light throttle up shifts.
I did the Trans-go kit.
After much fine tuning ( i'm annal about it.) I think the VB was out 4-5 times. The time, fluid, for most justifies buying the Vb over the fun of doing it youself!!
I learned A LOT about it, but did eventually bought a VB aready set-up. It was just a little better than mine. If I was doing it again ( with less experience) I would say buy it done. Bolt in-and most are fine.

4-5 times say, $50 in fluid each time plus the kit $100.
There my point is made. Buy it ready to go for $400-475.

 

You put new fluid in each time?