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Old 07-14-2018, 08:18 AM
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GM is pretty dominant in my area. In the early 2000's, almost always had a Chevy in the shop for one reason or snother. Never had gauge issues. Now, the 2000'S GM's, those have gauge issues. Not the 90'S trucks.

Believe the Dodge trans may have a blown ring on the stator shaft. Took the valve body out and checked all the electronics. They checked out fine. Only 2 valves in the valve body, along with 5 accumulator pistons. Everything was good. Electronic options have been thoroughly checked, has to be an internal leak.
Yup.. All I had growing up was chevy cars and trucks. Not that the cluster were bad per say. Just never liked them and almost always had some spare gauges hanging around to replace with.

You never said but I am assuming the 68RFE is in a 2007 and up 2500 or 3500 with a cummins. Does he have any mods? Most of what I have seen "from friends trucks" Not a bad tranny until you start approaching the 450 HP range. After that depending on how it is driven they start having failures like the one your talking about. This would not be the first time I have heard likely ring or stator being the issue.

On a side Note.. I will not buy another diesel pickup until ford or chevy decide to put a Cummins/Allison combo in one LOL
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Old 07-14-2018, 03:09 PM
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The Dodge is a 2008, 2500. Yes, it has mods. Several. Mostly in the emissions area, but it is "programmed" or "chipped", however you want to look at it. This is a middle aged guy and pulls a lot of trailers. He's not a hot rod, and wasn't looking to roll coal black smoke. Just wanted better economy and power for the loads, plus to get rid of that nasty, worthless emission system that chokes the motor to death and costs a fortune to fix.

The 68 seems to be a good trans from what I read. Like I said, never rebuilt one.... until now. I'm impressed how simple they made it. Like, really simple. Some things I already don't like, and wish they would have done differently, and since they built a whole new unit, don't understand why they didn't... maybe next time they redesign, it will be better.

I'm not a fan of Tier 4 diesels. I won't buy one. But it's not because they aren't good... or the tranny's are weak. None of the big 3 make a perfect truck. They all 3 need mods to be good. I absolutely hate Ford. Period. I'm not a fan of the Duramax. Love the Allison. As far as Dodge goes, I really like the 6.7L if it has been modified. I am not scared of this 68, but I could build a mean 48RE, so no reason I couldn't make a 68 good. I agree, the Cummins/Allison combo would be great, but it will never happen. If that's the combo you want, you'll have to build your own truck.
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Quick note to green acres: My truck is still shifting just fine. A good pump makes all the difference.


On the Dodge trans, for those interested:
Took it out and apart today. I went in looking for a blown seal on either the input shaft, or the drum support shaft. Well, I found all the seals to be fine. I will replace them... but they looked fine. I had noted in post #117 or so that the underdrive clutch volume index was out of range. The UD clutch was cooked to a crisp, so I'm glad I went in. Converter was dark, and looked blueish like it had really been hot. I'm thinking I may just have a bad clutch in the converter.... but I wanted to exhaust all options before throwing a pretty expensive part at it. If I hadn't checked all the other stuff out, for sure it would have been electronic. I'll rebuild the top of the trans, UD clutch, and the OD clutch. Reverse clutch looked fine. Probably replace the UD piston, as it's a one piece and got pretty hot, put in a new converter and hopefully a solenoid pack. I say hopefully because the guy who owns the truck is whining about cost..... already, and I haven't given him a estimate, or any indication of cost. Good damn thing it didn't need totally rebuild or he would be crying. This will be far less than a total rebuild.

No real reason to keep this thread going unless someone just wants to hear about this stuff. Pretty boring, everyday stuff for me.

But my truck is good!
(For now, until the next needed repair.)
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Old 07-16-2018, 07:38 AM
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I hear ya Jon, always interesting to hear what other guys are dealing with tho when it comes to mechanical stuff. For you and me and other guys living it this kind of stuff becomes mundane but other people that don't do it for a living I think like reading stuff like this to get a better understanding. For us its more like.. OK that one was a pain in the ass... Then, its NEXT VICTIM! lol
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I hear ya Jon, always interesting to hear what other guys are dealing with tho when it comes to mechanical stuff. For you and me and other guys living it this kind of stuff becomes mundane but other people that don't do it for a living I think like reading stuff like this to get a better understanding. For us its more like.. OK that one was a pain in the ass... Then, its NEXT VICTIM! lol
I agree but I do this stuff for a living also and like to hear about it as well.
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Wait,

You tried to repaint over clear from the day before? Was this 2k paint? Dry enough or not... Can't paint over clear. But you said you sanded back down so clear should have either been dry enough or if not sanded off. If you painted and had a problem with 2k the time to fix was before clear went down. If it was the clear you had an issue with most clear issues can be fixed on first cut in with the wheel.
You paint for a living??




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Old 07-16-2018, 08:27 PM
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It is just part of what we do during refurbishment process of heavy equipment. I have been doing my own body/paint on all my cars, trucks, etc, for 30 plus years as well. We also do complete rebuilding of all the mechanical, drive line, on heavy tractors for aviation. But there are lots of other types of aviation equipment we rebuild as well, Ground power units, up to 120 ton diesel powered a/c units, belt loaders, 30 ton cargo loaders, baggage equipment, Lav, water, etc etc

Funny. I see your a glass guy.. in my thread about the 55 ford im building i am having a issue with rear slider..
Jon, Sorry bout the off topic in your thread
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Got my parts in for the Dodge trans late Tuesday afternoon. About 3:30/4:00 PM I started putting it together. By 8:30/9 PM I had all the guts in and only had to install the electronics and covers. Finished the rebuild yesterday morning, and had the trans all installed and ready to drive at 6 PM. But I ran out of fluid. Waiting on parts delivery this morning. Top it off and drive it and it should be done. That's not too bad a time frame. Usually takes a day longer than this (at least) to rebuild. Damn, the 68RFE is an expensive transmission to work on!

Sorry guys, tranny fluid all over my hands while working on it, I never took any pics. I'll try and remember to another time.
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Need to start callin you Jon the Tranny man!

Seems like ya got it done at a good pace

Feel like doing a Funk 6 speed?? lol.. Bout to start doing this one here
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Sure. Palletize it and ship it.


Dodge tranny is officially done. Shifts great, converter locks now, and doesn't build heat. Holy crap it holds a lot of oil though! 4.5 gallons!

Now for the next job. Hopefully easier. I had to hump the last few days!
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