[Dylan19]

Hello all. My name is Dylan and I am new to the truck community. I am currently switching over from the car scene and need some help. Im looking at trading my car for 06 Ram 2500 diesel. It has 140 K. The owner says in the last 15k Its had completley rebuilt tranny, lift pump, injector pump, alternator, water pump, steering pump and brake pump. ( Hes had it for 2 years and put on barely any miles) It has a 8 inch Rize left kit and 40 inch Pro comp tires. Rear dever 1 Ton Leaf Springs 2" Dom Front Control arms, full exhaust etc. I beleive he has receipts for all this too.

Heres the kicker, After he put the lift and tires on he blew his tranny ( Not sure what exactly happened or broke, going to talk to him later).

He spent the money to rebuild his tranny with no soft parts (dont know what this means) And 10k Later its messed up again and for sale. He says That he was climbing a mountain and it over heated twice, By the time he got to the top tranny fluid was pouring out from the torque convertor. But how could you tell it was from your TC.

What Im wondering is what the truck needs to be safe from transmission problems. Its got a lot of new parts and low Kilometres and is honestly worth quite a bit more then my car.

What do you think might have happened to the transmission? I have a hunch he cooked his TC And just needs a new one. Theoretically the rest of the tranny should be brand new from the first rebuild.

What would this truck need with such big Tires and lift to be strong and able to support it all?

I beleive it needs 4.10s and a strong aftermarket torque converter, but as I said im new to the truck community and would rather ask the experts before I buy this truck. I know a good torque converter from BD only runs around 1400$ thats not so bad to me as he is offering a snowmobile in the trade that i could probably get 2500 for.

Also, If i were to get this, once the tires went id go down to 37s.

Go easy on me

Thanks

 

[Dylan19]

Been doing a lot of reading. I feel like a good tripple or single plate torque convertor, Shift kit and a flex plate Would be a good idea. A rear gear to 4:56 may be in order, Depending on if it has the 3:73s or 4:10s Currently. Opinions? Im guessing my bills gonna be somewhere around 2000 without labour.

 

[begotiger]

there are a couple reasons why the tranny coulda gone i saw the exact same thing happen cause some one didnt get the splines in just right on the input shaft. But yea new TC and you should be good just make sure you check everything else in the trans before you take off though the weakest link of these trucks is the auto trans but once you get that taken care of youll be good to go

 

[Dylan19]

Thanks for the reply! I think I will trailer it to a shop and buy the parts online and have them
Replace it. How do you feel a flex plate good torque converter and a rebuild kit would do. Also would gears have anything to do with it. It just has the 3.73s. Could definantly use the 4.56s. Ill have them check the input drive and hope it's in good shape. If not ill get a Billit input too but I'm hoping I won't have too. I'm hoping for 3000 or so said and done. Is this reasonable?

 

[dozer12216]

1. Let the repair shop secure parts you desire and have tranny rebuilt with new converter. You can get a converter for less than 800 if you look at some suppliers in or vendor section. Changing gear ratios is extreme measure. Go with smaller tires and reverse the lift to standard. You probablly get tired of height and breaking parts.

 

[Dylan19]

Should I bother with a shift kit or flex plate? I will definantly check out the vendor section. I get 60% off
At lordco which is why I was gonna get parts first then take them to the shop