Originally posted by NTFDAY
essexrodder, thank you very much for the input and advice, I appreciate it. Since my garage is not heated and it's damned cold I'm putting it off till Wednesday when it's supposed to be warmer. I'l get back then.

Ken
been doing dodge trannys since 88 and the biggest problem with them is owners dont change the atf properly , i do mine every 30000 miles. most tranny shops and dealers dont tell you that the valve body in dodge pickups with overdrive get dirty and tranny service and a can of trans tune by seafoam will fix bad shifts them going into gear till certain rpm. most dodge pickup trannys used the same clutchs that are used in a 727. the trans tune will lube the valves in the valve body i would not use thick tranny additve in dodge overdrive trannys they dont like that. sometimes just cleaning out the governer helps the shifting problem a easy way to do that is drive in reverse for a short distance and if your truck is a four wheel drive put the tranfer case in neutral and put in reverse and rev it up,dont go to park when doing this just the truck off in gear then start back up. use dextron plus three atf. i have done this to many trannys and saved alot guys 1800.00 dollars, i was burned on thinking a tranny was bad once and when i took it apart i found nothing wrong, i dont like fixing stuff that theres nothing wrong but theres places that will and not blink a eye