I need to replace my E4OD Transmission. It's in a 97 F350 Supercrew 7.3 Diesel with single Car hauler bed. I see many choices out there. ANy preferences on brands? I found some choices below from this forum and on line.

Monster
ATS
BD Power
Racer X
BTS

 

After extensive internet search i have narrowed it down to BTS or John Wood. I need to call them for pricing and timeline. These transmissions aren't cheap but since I use it for hauling I want to do it right the first time.

 

I'm sure you'll be fine with either of those. BTS will cost ya about $5000.00. I called them about 6 mos ago and they were about 3 months back logged. I ended up building it myself and had a great time doing it.

 

people buying 5k transmissions for 20 plus year old 3k trucks......who says the economy isn't good.

 

A clean rust-free OBS 7.3 is a $8000-$10,000 truck in the Northeast. I can pick up good 7.3 SuperDuties cheaper than OBS 7.3s.

 

BTS has it going on for sure. Chick on the phone said he builds one trans a day...$5000.00 a day for the next 3 months!


Build it yourself!

 

I can't give you long term results, but these folks worked with me to build a Level 3 enforcer with my stock high stall converter & upgraded many internals to 95-up for about thirty-five hundred. They have many kits for DIY & they ship complete units.

E4OD, 4R100 Transmission from PATC, E4OD, 4R100

 

^^ PATC is one of the places I bought parts from also.^^

I kind of went nuts with mine.

Here's a list of most of the upgrades I did.

ATS Billet Input shaft: http://www.atsdiesel.com/ats2/produc...p?p=3049103104

ATS Billet Intermediate Shaft: http://www.atsdiesel.com/ats2/produc...p?p=3049203104

TCS Billet Forward Drum: http://tcsproducts.com/products/prod...d-clutch-drum/

Center Support machined for snap ring: http://www.ebay.com/itm/271417456108?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Steel 6 Pinion Rev Planet: http://www.ebay.com/itm/200935513914?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
45 Element Intermediate Sprag: http://www.ebay.com/itm/371094777308?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Overdrive Spiral Snap Ring: http://www.ebay.com/itm/271647736899?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Intermediate Band Apply Servo: http://www.ebay.com/itm/371094777660?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
PowerTow Shift Kit Fairbanks: http://www.ebay.com/itm/270833991321?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Red Eagle Kolene Powerpack Rebuild Master Kit: http://www.ebay.com/itm/271513888111?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Four Pinion Steel Overdrive Planet,6 pinion steel forward planet gear kit,Teflon Coated Pump Gears,Hardened Shell, all picked up here: E4OD, 4R100 Transmission from PATC, E4OD, 4R100

Precision Industries Triple Disk TC.

 

I can't have my truck down for 3 months so i may have to explore other options you guys mentioned as well.

I won't be buying parts from ATS. New discovery yesterday. I bought a trans cooler and T stat last week and discovered they repackaged Derale product and marked it up 100%. I promptly returned and bought the Derale for less.

 

My build was 2 weeks Feb, last year. I dropped off & picked up. Don't know if that's an option for you.

PATC talks about a hot-shot & ambulance co's that uses their builds somewhere on their site.

They started as a straight rebuilder & branched out to high performance later on. They're not just hot rod parts shipper.

 

Damn Brian, how much did you spend?

 

A lot for sure! Don't have an accurate total,but I think I could have just about bought a BTS.

But doing it myself allowed me to add all the upgraded hard parts. I'm hoping that it's over built for sure.

 

Ford reman $2500 I had very good results with these and there isn't no backlog

 

Quite true, and while BTS definitely has the upgraded internals and top notch frictions and steels, I doubt they use billet shafts.