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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 10:04 AM
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ITT: DP and Shifting

Well when i first got my truck it was burnt for a late 99 in which I had a early 99.. You would see lots of smoke when i pushed on it.. Shifts were hard , and service light would come on when i pushed on it

I was told the hard shifts would go away when they were gonna be burnt for a early 99.... Well i got my reburnt chip back and they ARE still hard Shifts.

When the shifting occurs under 2100, every time it shifts you hear a pretty loud thud coming from like under the truck in the middle. IF im pushing on it a bit and shifts are occurring over 2100 they are pretty smooth with no jerks and no thuds.

Why is this? Sometimes I dont like it at all... Any way to fix it?

It does not do this in stock tho. Another thing i noticed was that when i step on it, there not as much smoke in the 80e or the 140 tune, like it was in the late 99 chip that i had..Also looks like a little bit of white smoke coming out with the black?
 
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 10:13 AM
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A trans valve body will fix that.

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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 10:14 AM
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make sure your Ujoints are good too. My truck shifted much harder when i had my stock transmission. My BTS fixed that!
 
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by TRAINHORNMAN
Well when i first got my truck it was burnt for a late 99 in which I had a early 99.. You would see lots of smoke when i pushed on it.. Shifts were hard , and service light would come on when i pushed on it

I was told the hard shifts would go away when they were gonna be burnt for a early 99.... Well i got my reburnt chip back and they ARE still hard Shifts.

When the shifting occurs under 2100, every time it shifts you hear a pretty loud thud coming from like under the truck in the middle. IF im pushing on it a bit and shifts are occurring over 2100 they are pretty smooth with no jerks and no thuds.

Why is this? Sometimes I dont like it at all... Any way to fix it?

It does not do this in stock tho. Another thing i noticed was that when i step on it, there not as much smoke in the 80e or the 140 tune, like it was in the late 99 chip that i had..Also looks like a little bit of white smoke coming out with the black?
If the shifts are hard a not tolerable, you may aready have a VB or HD shift kit and not know it. There's not going to be a stamp to tell you anything if you do. You just have to know. Do you have any papers from the previous owner on what they did to the truck if anything.


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