MD Chapter #33 Never Ending Thread Part VIII
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Read the whole thread, while they are guilty of having a horrible lawer or IT staff to protect their emails, they are not all those bad words people are calling them. Sounds like someone had a serious axe to grind with them though. Never thought there would be so much DRAMA in the diesel world.
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id do it right the first time and get everything replaced. when we pulled my tranny, my my fluid was burnt and my flexplate was alittle toasty if i recall. i believe my tranny cost me around $5500- thats a complete tranny w/ valve body, torque converter, and billet input. i also bought a aftermarket flex plate. i didnt do billet intermediate or output cause i dont need them(yes i baby my truck, sue me)..
i ran my smarty jr on 100hp all the time, so it really didnt bother my truck
i ran my smarty jr on 100hp all the time, so it really didnt bother my truck
how in the world do you toast a flex plate it couples the crank to the TC, thats like saying you spin your tires alot and it fried your driveshaft.
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I should probally just return it to "Fuel Economy" then..cause I dont have 5500 bones to spare 
My wife would sever my arms !!!
My wife would sever my arms !!!id do it right the first time and get everything replaced. when we pulled my tranny, my my fluid was burnt and my flexplate was pretty worn if i recall. i believe my tranny cost me around $5500- thats a complete tranny w/ valve body, torque converter, and billet input. i also bought a aftermarket flex plate. i didnt do billet intermediate or output cause i dont need them(yes i baby my truck, sue me)..
i ran my smarty jr on 100hp all the time, so it really didnt bother my truck
i ran my smarty jr on 100hp all the time, so it really didnt bother my truck
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Lately it seems transmission prices have come down due to competition, its more like $3550 for a built tranny with TC and VB and if you want a billet input its $650 extra so $4200, this was the cost when I was inquiring last anyway.
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It isn't so horrible really. You start out slowly describing to your wife how you found out the tranny isn't so strong on these trucks. Then every once in a while you mention "gee I wonder when the tranny will break?" Eventually she'll buy into your talk and then you can just tell her to start saving. One day when she is in the truck, you turn up the Smarty and make her slip, she'll feel it, and say "gee I better save more money quicker" then you get a new tranny! Viola!!
Unfortunately you may have to drive it broke for a while until she comes up with the money
Unfortunately you may have to drive it broke for a while until she comes up with the money
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It isn't so horrible really. You start out slowly describing to your wife how you found out the tranny isn't so strong on these trucks. Then every once in a while you mention "gee I wonder when the tranny will break?" Eventually she'll buy into your talk and then you can just tell her to start saving. One day when she is in the truck, you turn up the Smarty and make her slip, she'll feel it, and say "gee I better save more money quicker" then you get a new tranny! Viola!!
Unfortunately you may have to drive it broke for a while until she comes up with the money
Unfortunately you may have to drive it broke for a while until she comes up with the money
all in good time keith
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It's all good. I had a goal to make it to 100k miles anyway. I'm only about 3k short right now. Another month and a 1/2 and I'll be at 100k. It has good days and bad days, but as long as I drive it gently it works great. Honestly I'm only worried about towing come spring, so as long as I have the new one by spring I'm good.
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Well i got my new headlights today. Gonna put them in tonight. they have the Xenon low beams.
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Also my new Washer/Dryer is in and got to install them tonight too. Gonna be busy.
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Also my new Washer/Dryer is in and got to install them tonight too. Gonna be busy.
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