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01-23-2005, 12:59
I know have discussed this in other threads, but I've to got to do something soon.
As some of you know, I have had 700R4 problems now for over a year. This started in 12/03 when the original went out. I was in a big hurry to get it back on the road with my job at the time. The tranny shop offered to rebuild a gasser 700R4 with a new diesel TC. The warranty for it was 1 year. When I got it back it shifted too late and too hard for my liking. The only way that they got it to my liking was to somehow modify the governor. It worked well here in town, but it was squirrley shifting up & down between 3rd & OD on the road between 32 - 45 and then the TC wouldn't lockup after a few highway miles. It lasted like this for about 7 months and then started slipping.
The shop worked it some in June and then they did a complete warranty rebuild last July. They claimed that they put in a new low stall diesel TC. They used the same modified governor this time. They also wired the TC lock direct to ground to bypass the electronics. It seemed a lot better, but it was still shifting squirrelly between 3rd & OD on the highway.
The warranty expired 12/18/04 and then it went crazy earlier this month. One day I was on the road at 65 /w cruise and it dropped down to 3rd for no reason.
I took it back to the shop and they said that since they had to work on 3 times during the warranty that would honor the warranty and rebuild it one more time.
Now for the questions...
They say that they want to find another case that came in a diesel pickup, and then rebuild it. Does it really make any difference if the box was a gasser or a diesel?
I've considered getting a rebuilt TH 400, but the tranny tech said that I definetely would not be satisfied with it because of the gearing and no OD. Is high gear in a TH 400 about the same as 3rd in a 700R4?
I can't do any of the work myself. We only have two shops locally. The other shop won't guarantee their rebuilds in 4X4's because of the mud hog guys around here, so I won't go there.
Sorry about about the long post. I wanted to pass along as much info as I could. smile.gif
As some of you know, I have had 700R4 problems now for over a year. This started in 12/03 when the original went out. I was in a big hurry to get it back on the road with my job at the time. The tranny shop offered to rebuild a gasser 700R4 with a new diesel TC. The warranty for it was 1 year. When I got it back it shifted too late and too hard for my liking. The only way that they got it to my liking was to somehow modify the governor. It worked well here in town, but it was squirrley shifting up & down between 3rd & OD on the road between 32 - 45 and then the TC wouldn't lockup after a few highway miles. It lasted like this for about 7 months and then started slipping.
The shop worked it some in June and then they did a complete warranty rebuild last July. They claimed that they put in a new low stall diesel TC. They used the same modified governor this time. They also wired the TC lock direct to ground to bypass the electronics. It seemed a lot better, but it was still shifting squirrelly between 3rd & OD on the highway.
The warranty expired 12/18/04 and then it went crazy earlier this month. One day I was on the road at 65 /w cruise and it dropped down to 3rd for no reason.
I took it back to the shop and they said that since they had to work on 3 times during the warranty that would honor the warranty and rebuild it one more time.
Now for the questions...
They say that they want to find another case that came in a diesel pickup, and then rebuild it. Does it really make any difference if the box was a gasser or a diesel?
I've considered getting a rebuilt TH 400, but the tranny tech said that I definetely would not be satisfied with it because of the gearing and no OD. Is high gear in a TH 400 about the same as 3rd in a 700R4?
I can't do any of the work myself. We only have two shops locally. The other shop won't guarantee their rebuilds in 4X4's because of the mud hog guys around here, so I won't go there.
Sorry about about the long post. I wanted to pass along as much info as I could. smile.gif