Dec-12-2016 09:01 AM
Dec-19-2016 02:35 PM
Clockman wrote:CavemanCharlie wrote:
Everyone I know that has a Chevy pickup from about 2000 to 2008 (approximately)had to do a transmission swap at 70-130000 miles. They were really bad transmissions.
Unless you have a Year 2000, 2500 with the 4L80 trans, then you can go 240,000 like I'm at.....
Dec-19-2016 06:10 AM
CavemanCharlie wrote:
Everyone I know that has a Chevy pickup from about 2000 to 2008 (approximately)had to do a transmission swap at 70-130000 miles. They were really bad transmissions.
Dec-18-2016 07:23 AM
Dec-18-2016 07:17 AM
PaulJ2 wrote:My Chevy work truck was a 8.1 gas with a 5 speed Allisondeltabravo wrote:seaeagle2 wrote:
Those 700R4 transmissions weren't very good, they were a stop gap measure until the electronic 5 speeds came out.
There were other transmissions after the 700R4, prior to an electronically controlled transmission in GM trucks, and GM has never had a 5 speed automatic transmission in a gas truck.
I have an 8.1 gas truck with a 5 speed automatic.
Dec-18-2016 07:09 AM
Dec-17-2016 06:36 PM
ROBERTSUNRUS wrote:westend wrote:
I've alway been partial to Fords but have owned all the big 3 and even a Mazda truck. All of them had a long life (hope I'm not jinxing myself, lol). I tend to watch the fluid in the trannys and try to flush/renew fluid at decent intervals.
My take is that any truck transmission out of the big 3 will give good service if it's maintained and a decent cooler is on the truck.
Right now, I have the Ford 4R100 mated to a 5.4 V8 and it is a decent transmission. One of the best I had was the Ford cast iron C6 from years ago. That unit would downshift at 70 mph and get me going in a few seconds.
🙂 Hi, Ford's FMX was cast iron; The C-4 and C-6 were aluminum.
Dec-17-2016 08:03 AM
deltabravo wrote:seaeagle2 wrote:
Those 700R4 transmissions weren't very good, they were a stop gap measure until the electronic 5 speeds came out.
There were other transmissions after the 700R4, prior to an electronically controlled transmission in GM trucks, and GM has never had a 5 speed automatic transmission in a gas truck.
Dec-16-2016 08:26 AM
Dec-16-2016 08:04 AM
Drbolasky wrote:
I'm going to be the odd man out - the TorqueFlite in my 2000 Dodge RamWagon has served admirably well for 134,000 miles. Towing accounts for about a quarter of that total.
Dec-15-2016 05:11 AM
seaeagle2 wrote:
Those 700R4 transmissions weren't very good, they were a stop gap measure until the electronic 5 speeds came out.
Dec-14-2016 10:49 PM
westend wrote:
I've alway been partial to Fords but have owned all the big 3 and even a Mazda truck. All of them had a long life (hope I'm not jinxing myself, lol). I tend to watch the fluid in the trannys and try to flush/renew fluid at decent intervals.
My take is that any truck transmission out of the big 3 will give good service if it's maintained and a decent cooler is on the truck.
Right now, I have the Ford 4R100 mated to a 5.4 V8 and it is a decent transmission. One of the best I had was the Ford cast iron C6 from years ago. That unit would downshift at 70 mph and get me going in a few seconds.
Dec-14-2016 11:17 AM
Doug, Linda, Audrey (USN) & Andrew
Dec-14-2016 05:31 AM
ken56 wrote:
So then how hot is too hot? My tranny in normal driving/towing runs just under 200 degrees, like 196/198 and has since it was new. I take that as the normal operating temp. Going up some hills it has been up to 210, not a big jump up off of normal. I have a '14 Silverado with the 6 speed electronic trans.
Dec-13-2016 09:00 AM