48RE: You are the weakest link!

Just me discussing the joy of my newish truck...

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• cummins
• trans
• fail

[jmanwild]

its not a torque converter. if it was a torque converter stuck locked up (which is only electronic problem) you would not be able to drive the truck. 06 cummins will have a 48re fully electronic transmission. governer, which controls fluid pressure in the valve body, is a common problem with 48re tranmissions. what is the transmission doing that makes you think it is "gone"

[BikerTrashWolf]

@jmanwild the sprag had flipped in the torque converter, basicly eliminating the stall so the transmission wanted to have about a 400 rpm stall. Atleast that is how it was explained to me. A billet converter later, and then a trip back to the mechanic shop for a new valve body the next week due to them not flushing it propperly and little metal shavings wdging something open and making the truck stay stuck in 3rd gear.

[BikerTrashWolf]

@jmanwild Long story short 1000 sollars later (mostly the cost of the torque converter) the transmission was fixed, truck running good, and I have used the truck to tow my rock crawler all over the country since. Sill wish I had waited and found a 6 speed.

[BikerTrashWolf]

@jmanwild It served me well from the day I got it out of the shop, till the day I sold it. Just could not justify the monthly note on a truck I only drove about 4-5 thousand miles a year when I towed.

got an older tow rig and a newer more comfortable daily driver. Right now I am just hopeing my new tow rig does not flood before I can get back to it, it is about 5 miles from morgan city right now (for people reading this in the future this comment was made during the flood of 2011)

[rangaman86]

You obviously didn't do any research on the truck because if you would have you'd know that any aftermarket power inhancer for the cummins is going to kill the tranny. That in my mind is your fault buddy. I don't think the cummins is right for you man. If you can't fix something as simple as a coolant leak yourself then you will not like the cummins or any diesel for that matter!! That have a lot of upkeep. Maybe you'd be better off in a prius or maybe a nice toyota camry!! Good luck!!

[BikerTrashWolf]

@rangaman86 P.S. A prius wont tow a carhauller.

[metalheadprime2]

if you can take legal action then fuck this guy good and proper...i hate shitheads like that they take your cash with a smile and leave you in the shit when their crap fucks up...i hope it all works out Josh.

[galacticobob]

you need a truck with a mounter minigun turret

[trent427low]

this is why you dont buy a dodge shitomatic, six speed manuel is the only way to go if you buy a dodge cummins,or five speed which ever

[jmanwild]

@BikerTrashWolf dodge autos can survive a lot with good maintanence, and i've bagged my 01 cummins hard and the tranny holds strong. and 47 re's are weaker! good luck with yours, hopefully it treats you good. and 1000 bucks is cheap, here in canada a convertor would cost over 1500.

[rangaman86]

@BikerTrashWolf The transmissions in all of them suck once you put more power than stock. The dodge is by far the cheapest to fix and maintain!! I'm paying $400 for 200hp ABOVE stock injectors. You can't buy half of one injector to a duramax for that much!! You did right by purchasing a cummins.

[BikerTrashWolf]

@rangaman86 Well, I did ddo research, Dont like Chevys, I dont think a HD truck should have IFS. Didnt want a Ford because... well all the powerstrokes built after 2000 suck (including the 7.3s with the powdered metal rods in that) Out of all of them the dodge with the weak transmissions seemed the cheapest to fix.

[BikerTrashWolf]

@Deepinher01 Yeah, I have left it on the lower levels since gettign it back out of the shop, Put a Billet converter, and setting money aside for more work in it but to many irons in the fire to just tear it down and have it rebuilt right now. So untill it is built better I am just leaving it on the tow setting.