sdeeter19555
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- Reading, PA
- Ram Year
- 1990 and 2019
- Engine
- Hemi 5.7
So I bought a PPE 2qt pan (best price I found was Xtreme Diesel) and 12qts of Mopar 8/9 speed fluid (eBay was the best price I found). I also bought several extra filters just to have them on hand. I was lacking time, so took it to a local trans shop.
They stated it took 3qts more than they pulled out, so assuming the pan added two quarts; the factory fill was a quart low.
They also broke a bolt off in one of the exhaust flanges, not quite sure why they were that far back on the exhaust. So I drilled that out, tapped it out, installed a new bolt, twisted the other bolt off and repeated the process. FYI, those are M10x1.5 thread throughout the exhaust. Since they had all the other bolts/nuts off; I took everything loose and neverseized everything (marine-grade, high-temp), replaced some nuts that were rotted (and both those broken bolts) so it would come apart when I do the filter next time.
They liked the pan, they are going to install those on their rebuilds instead of the factory plastic deal. I haven't done any driving since it was installed (broken exhaust bolt), so no thoughts yet. The fluid did make the shifting better, even with only 36k miles on the clock.
I asked them about that thermal deal, they said change that out by 100k. They stated an aftermarket, but had yet to install one.
They stated it took 3qts more than they pulled out, so assuming the pan added two quarts; the factory fill was a quart low.
They also broke a bolt off in one of the exhaust flanges, not quite sure why they were that far back on the exhaust. So I drilled that out, tapped it out, installed a new bolt, twisted the other bolt off and repeated the process. FYI, those are M10x1.5 thread throughout the exhaust. Since they had all the other bolts/nuts off; I took everything loose and neverseized everything (marine-grade, high-temp), replaced some nuts that were rotted (and both those broken bolts) so it would come apart when I do the filter next time.
They liked the pan, they are going to install those on their rebuilds instead of the factory plastic deal. I haven't done any driving since it was installed (broken exhaust bolt), so no thoughts yet. The fluid did make the shifting better, even with only 36k miles on the clock.
I asked them about that thermal deal, they said change that out by 100k. They stated an aftermarket, but had yet to install one.
