OlDirtyJohn
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- Joined
- Jun 26, 2010
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- Location
- Naha-shi, Okinawa, Japan
- Ram Year
- 2004 Quad Cab 2500 *Sold*
- Engine
- Hemi 5.7
Well guys, a lot of you know what has been going on with my transmission, some of you dont. so i will sum up what all has happened, and what is happening now with a couple small updates.
back in February i installed my Edge 2600 and Transgo HD-2. shortly thereafter, my trans blew up. it was bad, clutches literally welded themselves together. i suspect it was a front pump failure. whether or not it was caused by the work i did, i dont know, never will.
so, i decided to dip into my cam/heads fund (by dip into, i mean take all of it) and spoil myself with a Sharadon Stage 2 tranny and valve body. i installed that, along with my freshly refurbished edge TC (andre is an awesome guy, i dropped it off at his shop, and he did it for free. plus gave me a bunch of goodies) and new cooler and lines, then immediately got a quick learn done.
the truck drove, but not very well. it had a HORRIBLE shudder from 1-2 only at partial throttle, and another horrible shudder and lag when downshifting into the passing gear.
i worked with the guys at sharadon over the phone to trouble shoot the problem. i tried getting another quick learn, line pressure booster, sonnax line pressure booster, new tranny mount, and got my drive shaft checked out. none of that worked. I even met up with Andre from Edge, and he test drove the truck, and lent me some of his advice (which closely mirrored sharadons advice) andre called up the guys at sharadon, they all agreed that a new solenoid pack should be the next step in trouble shooting. Andre offered to give me one on the spot but sharadon insisted that they just send me one themselves.
5 weeks and numerous calls later, sharadon kept on "forgetting" to send the solenoid out. the whole while i am stuck with my truck that is barely drivable, and not able to pull my wives horses or my boat around. So i call up Andre, and let him know what is going on. he says hold on, im gonna make a call. he makes his call, and 10 minutes later sharadon calls me up and tells me they are sending me an entire new tranny. (SWEET! i thought at the time)
just over a month goes by, and i finally get the new tranny. ugh. it couldnt have come at a worse time. i had to be out in the desert and various other places for training (work ups for deployment) and with all that, when i was home, i was too tired to do any serious work. not to mention the crazy ass schedule we have at work.
on the "other" forum that sharadon frequents, i had a thread describing my problems. very recently people were asking for updates. i told them that i have not had the time to install the new tranny yet, but am looking forward to getting it in. to that, sharadon responds:
"The fact it still works, means it isn't messed up. You just don't like how it shifts. I would like it back, since you have a spare on the floor of your garage with a mild VB."
im still sort of in shock at that comment, dont know how to feel about it yet. but, i do think that my problem is related to the VB and/or solenoid. so today, i have a little free time (not enough to install a tranny, but free time none the less) so i decide to take the VB/solenoid from the new tranny and stick it in the truck, to see if it works. that was a no go. my tranny pan is on there rock solid. i tried everything to get it off, it wont budge. i even got a framing hammer, and hooked the claw onto the edge of the pan and tried to pry. still wouldnt budge. (note to self, dont use black RTV anymore)
so, this Wednesday, i have the day off, so i will be finally putting the new tranny in. unless **** comes up again, like it so commonly does in my life. i will keep you guys updated as much as i can (im at work a lot, and the DOD proxy doesnt allow me to visit this awesome site) and i will deal with sharadon later. if i send them a tranny back, its going to cost me almost $200 out of pocket to get it to them. and it wasnt even my idea to get it in the first place. FML
back in February i installed my Edge 2600 and Transgo HD-2. shortly thereafter, my trans blew up. it was bad, clutches literally welded themselves together. i suspect it was a front pump failure. whether or not it was caused by the work i did, i dont know, never will.
so, i decided to dip into my cam/heads fund (by dip into, i mean take all of it) and spoil myself with a Sharadon Stage 2 tranny and valve body. i installed that, along with my freshly refurbished edge TC (andre is an awesome guy, i dropped it off at his shop, and he did it for free. plus gave me a bunch of goodies) and new cooler and lines, then immediately got a quick learn done.
the truck drove, but not very well. it had a HORRIBLE shudder from 1-2 only at partial throttle, and another horrible shudder and lag when downshifting into the passing gear.
i worked with the guys at sharadon over the phone to trouble shoot the problem. i tried getting another quick learn, line pressure booster, sonnax line pressure booster, new tranny mount, and got my drive shaft checked out. none of that worked. I even met up with Andre from Edge, and he test drove the truck, and lent me some of his advice (which closely mirrored sharadons advice) andre called up the guys at sharadon, they all agreed that a new solenoid pack should be the next step in trouble shooting. Andre offered to give me one on the spot but sharadon insisted that they just send me one themselves.
5 weeks and numerous calls later, sharadon kept on "forgetting" to send the solenoid out. the whole while i am stuck with my truck that is barely drivable, and not able to pull my wives horses or my boat around. So i call up Andre, and let him know what is going on. he says hold on, im gonna make a call. he makes his call, and 10 minutes later sharadon calls me up and tells me they are sending me an entire new tranny. (SWEET! i thought at the time)
just over a month goes by, and i finally get the new tranny. ugh. it couldnt have come at a worse time. i had to be out in the desert and various other places for training (work ups for deployment) and with all that, when i was home, i was too tired to do any serious work. not to mention the crazy ass schedule we have at work.
on the "other" forum that sharadon frequents, i had a thread describing my problems. very recently people were asking for updates. i told them that i have not had the time to install the new tranny yet, but am looking forward to getting it in. to that, sharadon responds:
"The fact it still works, means it isn't messed up. You just don't like how it shifts. I would like it back, since you have a spare on the floor of your garage with a mild VB."
im still sort of in shock at that comment, dont know how to feel about it yet. but, i do think that my problem is related to the VB and/or solenoid. so today, i have a little free time (not enough to install a tranny, but free time none the less) so i decide to take the VB/solenoid from the new tranny and stick it in the truck, to see if it works. that was a no go. my tranny pan is on there rock solid. i tried everything to get it off, it wont budge. i even got a framing hammer, and hooked the claw onto the edge of the pan and tried to pry. still wouldnt budge. (note to self, dont use black RTV anymore)
so, this Wednesday, i have the day off, so i will be finally putting the new tranny in. unless **** comes up again, like it so commonly does in my life. i will keep you guys updated as much as i can (im at work a lot, and the DOD proxy doesnt allow me to visit this awesome site) and i will deal with sharadon later. if i send them a tranny back, its going to cost me almost $200 out of pocket to get it to them. and it wasnt even my idea to get it in the first place. FML
