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04ctd · 04-09-2011, 09:51 PM

band was down to the rivets

dodge Heavy duty 48RE, took it in to change out the OEM sorry solenoid for the upgraded GM solenoid. was shifting sloppy. i had changed out the OEM solenoid years ago, and done a Fluid & filter few months ago (all myself)

Robert recommend a band adjustment, and it needed it.
by the time got it right, the adjuster bolt was about flush with the lock nut that holds it.

so he recommended dropping the valve body, and looking at it.
was very loose, and he knew how to fish it in & out without dropping the whole tranny

fished out the old one, and it was down the rivets. a few more hundred miles, and i would have looking at a tranny rebuild, which most folks quote at $5k for these trucks.

and then, he recommended a bunch of "failure prone" upgrades while he had it apart.

it shifts & drives GREAT now. and he brought it in about half the cost I thought he would.

can't say enough good things about Robert

04-09-2011, 09:51 PM	#1
04ctd Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ladson SC Posts: 4,388	Robert saved me a tranny rebuild / few thousand $$ band was down to the rivets dodge Heavy duty 48RE, took it in to change out the OEM sorry solenoid for the upgraded GM solenoid. was shifting sloppy. i had changed out the OEM solenoid years ago, and done a Fluid & filter few months ago (all myself) Robert recommend a band adjustment, and it needed it. by the time got it right, the adjuster bolt was about flush with the lock nut that holds it. so he recommended dropping the valve body, and looking at it. was very loose, and he knew how to fish it in & out without dropping the whole tranny fished out the old one, and it was down the rivets. a few more hundred miles, and i would have looking at a tranny rebuild, which most folks quote at $5k for these trucks. and then, he recommended a bunch of "failure prone" upgrades while he had it apart. it shifts & drives GREAT now. and he brought it in about half the cost I thought he would. can't say enough good things about Robert __________________ 1 Timothy 3:16 16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory. Last edited by 04ctd; 09-28-2011 at 10:35 PM.