Place your bets...

[1BADC10]

... on how long my trans will last this time. I lost count on how many times I've rebuilt it. I think this is where I'm at:

1. Stock trans (unknown miles) from litreddevil. That lasted me 2500 before it died.
2. Bought a stock trans on ebay for dirt cheap. Had to get parts swapped on it, and it still didn't shift past 1st.
3. Local tech attempted to rebuild 3 times, but didn't know what the problem was.
4. Gave up on local guy, and started doing myself. Went back to 1st trans, and found issue to be input sprag (forward sprag) Replaced that and clutches.
5. Drove it up to 4000 miles. Clutch failure, and replaced 'em with Alto's cheaper kind (not the REs... didn't know any better).
6. Clutches wore out again. Had a set of the same kind for free... swapped em in b/c i needed the truck to haul things for a relative.
7. Went to SCR, and lost 3 & above at the traps on my 5th pass. Oh well, do it right this time, right.
8. Replaced with REs, and inspected the trans in & out. Got 'er back, and drove up to 4750 miles. What happens now?
9. Pump rotor breaks, and I'm stranded in a not-so-safe part of town. GREAT!
10. A few weeks later, I get everything back together only to find a pinhole in my trans line. I get lazy for a few more days, then finally fix it (see this thread).

That's my story thus far. Two transmissions and several rebuilds (you count 'em, I'm tired). Place your bets...

[zeake]

Dude just convert to 4l80 and stop working so hard.

[RedHeartbeat]

You're just too hard on it. Drive it like a Grandpa and it may last but what fun is that? Put a turbo 400 in it and thrash the hell out of it. I'd probably do that too if I didn't already have the 80e. I could always switch gears since the TH400 doesn't have OD.

[gr8apmech]

You keep this up and you may become one HELL of a Tranny Builder!!! They aren't that hard, just need to know what parts to install where to build them up...NEVER settle for the cheap parts, they WILL break on you. The tranny can be built to handle what you are putting to it...just takes time and money! Do some research on google...performance mods are all over the place for those things!

[shakesvho]

Wow! sound like you can rebuild it on the side of the road now.

hang in there