Trans problem... E4OD
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Just my two cents. If I didn't have the dough for a BTS, John Wood or Racer X build I might just do enough to get it on the road. Then save up for one of the big three builds down the road. I'd have to know what the local shop (who may build a great tranny) was going to put in it parts wise to make a decision. I had mine gone through by a local shop and regret it. It works well enough and might last for quite a while. But I didn't know then what I know now. I'll never fully trust that tranny.
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I wonder if BTS is saying the exteral filter is a restriction? My dieselsite one has a guage that reads if the filter gets clogged-green, yellow and red. If it hits red then it has a built in bypass value to protect the trans from a restriction.
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Just my two cents. If I didn't have the dough for a BTS, John Wood or Racer X build I might just do enough to get it on the road. Then save up for one of the big three builds down the road. I'd have to know what the local shop (who may build a great tranny) was going to put in it parts wise to make a decision. I had mine gone through by a local shop and regret it. It works well enough and might last for quite a while. But I didn't know then what I know now. I'll never fully trust that tranny.
With my wife and I in school and our only income being my small military retirement pay and my wife working part time at min. wage we have enough to pay for the rebuild here, but not for a BTS or other big name trans. I really just need it to last for a few years while I finish up school, then once I start working again I should be able to afford a BTS when I need it.
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I wondered about that too Glenn. I know a lot of you guys are running extra filters and coolers for your trans. Could you filter it too much and lose something from the fluid......viscosity, lubricity, etc............?
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The way I see it an inline filter probably wouldn't be needed, but if you wanted better filtering than what the pan filter does you should install a bypass filter system that finely filters a little of the fluid at a time, not all of the fluid as it flows.
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Remember that this particular trans was rebuilt due to a 4th gear failure not that long ago... I wouldn't get too wound around the axle trying to upgrade it. Sorry I didn't reply to your text this weekend, I was busy and had things going on for Easter.
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