Well after the excitement of getting my own garage and recent deal with my place of employment, I fell victim to the ole Dodge tranny problems. Can't get it to go above 40mph. Time to get a powerstroke I do believe.
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Well after the excitement of getting my own garage and recent deal with my place of employment, I fell victim to the ole Dodge tranny problems. Can't get it to go above 40mph. Time to get a powerstroke I do believe.
My 14 yr. old power stroke is going to pasture and used to haul scrap only. Looking for a new to me Dodge. Love the F-350 but need a smaller truck for commuting.
Unfortunately you are going to find problem trucks with any make. I have two Dodges (both diesel), a 2004 Ram 2500 (for personal use) and a 2007 Ram 3500 (used for hotshotting), both with 200K+ miles, and have not had an issue with either one (other than small stuff like replacing a water pump and a tensioner).
I also had issues with my trans on my dodge. But it does have 660hp and runs 13s in the 1/4. I also average 5ton a week that I haul behind it. Yes you should buy a powerstroke because they don't have enough power to hurt the transmission, so you wont have any issues there.
you should use some sort of transmission fluid additive in your next truck. My mechanic likes Lucas or TransX
What do you have done to it? lolQuote:
Originally Posted by ResourcefulRecycling
Why dont you get it fixed that will be alot cheaper than getting another truck.
Yeah all auto's have problems sometime or another just fix it and go on with it.
Famous dodge issue. You will have much bigger problems with a powerstroke. Take it from the guy that replaced 3 powerstroke motors last year. 7.3L is the only good one out of the powerstroke family IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by NotSoBadDan
Good to hear. Im lookin for an 04+ cummins. 6 speed though. After my last dodge im not dealing with another auto trans lolQuote:
Originally Posted by wayne1956
I have had nothing but problems with any Mopar I have ever owned. I never hauled scrap in one ether,they were all before I started scrapping. I'll never own another one. I don't mean to offend anyone I'm just saying.
Go with Chevy. Allison transmission in they're heavy duty trucks.
Wayne you Hotshot an scrap? Interesting. Been thinking of getting into the Hot shotting/expediting side of the trucking industry, while still doing the ewaste/scrap thing.
Can't help on the truck thing, so sorry for being off topic. Do forgive me o'great truck owners! http://smileyshack.files.wordpress.c...3D110%26h%3D49
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I love my 2011 Ram 2500 6.7, but I wouldn't have it in the automatic version. I've heard way too many horror stories of premature failures and expensive repairs. I've always strongly preferred a manual, anyway.
Sorry to hear about your truck, Dan.
Hey, take it from me, the number one cause of transmission failure in a dodge is two parts. Not replacing your filter and fluid every 30,000 miles and not adjusting your bands. It goes a LONG ways to do both as scheduled maint. My 46RE 1/2ton dodge has a big lift kit with equally big tires and I made it almost 200,000 miles on stock trans. Proper Maintenance, Proper Fluids. Never EVER use an additive in a modern transmission, they account for more failures than abusive driving.
For a Dodge you must use ATF+4 specifically...ignore the universal fluids it is NOT the correct additive package. Dodge does not use organic fiber clutch packs and will have problems with anything other than ATF+4 fluid. Also if you fix it, have a Sonnax Sure Cure Kit installed at the same time as the rebuild and make sure the converter is replaced with a precision TC. Koleen steels, red alto O/D clutches and the transmission will outlast the truck...
I believe the problem was it went too long without fluid change to be honest. When I bought it this time last year, guy said he had just done it. Looking back I should have done it myself anyway. Looking to get a 7.3 and maybe rebuild Dodge. My gf likes the truck more than I do hahaha.
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Originally Posted by armygreywolf
I would add to the failure list pulling heavy load up and down hills with transmission shifting in and out of overdrive. Doesn't take much of that and it will shorten transmission life considerably. Many models of Mopar automatics were notorious for converter drain back when they sit. Top that with they do not charge the converter well idling in park. Best thing on a cold start of if vehicle has been sitting for a while is start and put in neutral for 15-30 seconds then R or D. If you put in gear right away after starting and notice a hesitation, slipping feeling or higher engine RPM than normal that is what has happened.
I have a 94 Dodge Dakota One of the first things I did was change the fluid and filter when I purchased with 41K on it. Now has 287,000+, original transmission, just routine fluid filter changes and in neutral at start up or before moving truck. The ole girl shifts clean and crisp just like the day I got it.
Allison transmission will fail with power adders. Trust me I've have 3 or 4 friends with 400hp d maxs and they will break.
As far as my truck I have alot done to it. It will pull a trailer to say the least.
The sonnax sure cure kit allows full converter flow in park. It eliminates lock up hunting, it's a different throttle valve profile. Also it increases flow and pressure to the valve body (still regulated by the pressure solenoid though). But on that note...if you towing in O/D at all you deserve what's coming. Dodge is probably the cheapest of the big three to rebuild and I believe it can tolerate the most abuse when cared for (fluids and band adjustments). A deep pan would help too. On my end all I did was weld two pans together and buy the extension block for the filter...cheaper, accomplishes the same thing. Coolers are important but you want to plumb to auxiliary first THEN the radiator cooler because in winter time you want to be able to bring the temp up, I block the auxiliary cooler with cardboard from December until the end of this month. I can't hardly get the fluid up to 140 even towing when it's this cold.
wittrans.com is the place to go...but telling the rebuilder you want new steels, red alto overdrive clutches, sonnax sure cure kit and the GM pressure solenoid will fix the weak spots in the design. Good luck!
I use to hotshot, got off the road when I was able to find another IT job early November. I used the Dodge one ton with a 32 foot flatbed dovetail trailer. Had the Dodge updated with a chip that I could change on the fly, and a larger air breather. Only reason I went with the Dodge was because of the Cummins. If Ford or Chevy had the Cummins I would have gotten one of them. I will be the first to admit, the Powerstroke or the Duramax will outpull my Dodge, but I could only legally pull about 16,000 lbs with my trailer. With that being said my Dodge easily handled the weight, and I got better economy that what the Ford or Chevy could get.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sirscrapalot
If you think about getting into hotshotting with the basic setup I had, PM me with any questions and I will answer them the best I can.
Sorry to go off topic here, but what is hotshotting? You mean like shipping things cross country kind of like Uship? That's the picture that I'm seeing.
Wayne can correct me if I'm wrong, but..Hot shotting is basically running a load somewhere that needs it ASAP. Whether it's oil field stuff, car parts, etc. Expediting, is similar to trucking, but you use straight trucks, an cargo vans. Your also hauling butt to places, just not as fast..lol.
So in short...Hot shot = Time sensitive loads Expedite = Small loads, that a 18 wheeler is over kill for. Hence the use of straight trucks an Vans.
Hope that helps, an thanks Wayne, will shoot ya a pm here in the future, an pick your brain. ;)
Sorry OP!
Sirscrapalot - Youth is wasted on the young. - George Bernard Shaw.
A lot of that is correct, but it is not quite the "gotta get it there ASAP" anymore like it use to be. Basically hotshotting is a non-dedicated form of delivery, meaning you are not working a dedicated route and are not necessarily working for one specific company. It basically is a one time delivery from point A to point B for a company who usually does not have their own transportation delivery system. Quite often I picked up loads on Thursday that did not have to be there until Monday morning, and it was not but a couple hundred miles or so away. Probably one of the hardest things about hotshotting is getting "backhauls" (a load from somewhere near the place you just delivered back somewhere near home so you can get paid coming back also). Deadheading (going back home without a load) really sucked because you were spending money out of your pocket for fuel without an expectation of any return since you do not have a load. I subcontracted to a company that set up all my runs for me. While I was going from point A to point B, they were busy looking for me a run from point B back home to point A, or from point B to point C. I did not have to worry about getting on the load boards to find a run, they were doing it for me, I just had to concentrate on load I had. There are a lot of hotshotters out there with the big rigs also, as companies have one time loads of 20 - 40 tons they need delivered, and the trailer I had could only carry a max load of 8 tons. There are a lot of long hours in it, but it can pay pretty well, just depends on what a person wants to put into it. That being said, there are a lot of regulations also, you have to follow pretty much all of the DOT regulations the heavy haulers have to follow. Some of them are a pain, but it is what it is, and you go into it knowing about it so you just deal with it. I enjoyed a lot of it (seeing country I normally would not have seen, being my own boss, working outside) and a lot I did not enjoy (big city traffic jams (AUSTIN SUCKED!!!), securing loads in 100+ degree weather, tarping in rain or winds). Hope this answered some questions anyone might have.
Ouch, sorry the post was so long, did mean to ramble on this long.
Good post Wayne, an thanks for the clarifying it better then I did. I just went with the down an dirty. Heh.
I'll refrain from derailing this thread any longer, or I'ma owe the OP my whole cooler! lol.
Sirscrapalot - Above all things, I must not get angry. If I do get angry I knock all the teeth out of the mouth of the poor wretch who has angered me. - Franz Schubert
And I too owe an apology to the OP, I did not mean to get so far off topic.
Its all good fellas!
so op dont you think it would be cheaper to fix that than to buy another truck?
In all reality yes, I may fix it and only use it for scrapping. Its not worth anything resell interior is junk, its rusting something awful, and well, it has all sorts of issues haha.
well if it is junk then i would move on lol.
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Yes, you kind of have it; Hotshotting is the one who carrys the loads; does the driving, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kochy