My 02's tranny blew and I had to replace it. Luckily I extended the warranty and it was a hundred bucks at the dealer. I had a 99 and the tranny in it always made really strange noises when going into reverse. ALWAYS get the extended warranty! Arent they offering lifetime powertrain warranties nowadays??

 

actually the first character is 3.
made is US is 1.

 

I feel the Dodge tranny is no better or worse than anything else out there. One only has to read forums from other brands and find Dodge is not the lone ranger of tranny death. My tranny guy sees plenty of other brands in his shop.
I'd say the design is a bit flawed, since Mopar put 4 gears in a space that used to hold 3, but I've destroyed my share of torqueflites too. I even killed the supposedly bulletproof TH400.
When you start adding extra loading to a tranny, or any driveline part and do nothing to increase its life, nor be more intensive in its maintenance you should expect early faliure.

 

^^ If anything, Ford transmissions are the WORST

 

And here I just completely disagree. My family owns six ford vehicles, all of which have over 100,000 miles on them, and they shift seamlessly.

In regards to the 46re, I think people get too caught up into saying it sucks. In my situation, my transmission died at 106,000 miles. It was killed because the previous owner had 35" tires on the truck, probably didn't service the truck regularly, and did not have a deep dish pan.

I am anxious to see how the 46re holds up in my truck now that I have the opportunity to start fresh with it. I will service it every 25,000 miles, and I know how to take care of a vehicle properly. Failure of a transmission, depends on what the variables are. Does the tire size coordinate accordingly with the gearing of the truck? Does the owner service the transmission in a timely manner? Does the owner invest in a cooler, or a bigger pan? And finally, how does the driver drive the truck. These are only 5 basic variables that can dictate the life of a transmission.

I just think it's ignorant when people talk about how Fords or Dodges are "NOTORIOUS" for breaking down. It's a silly accusation. I'm sure one could prove that one transmission is more prone to failure than others, but that doesn't mean they ALL suck. I see 94-01 rams driving around all the time...they can't be that bad.

 

And don't forget those youtube burn out videos!

 

No congrats in order yet. I still have to hook up the cooling lines and drive shafts before I can make sure it works good. Overall the rebuild went well and I am feeling pretty good about it.

 

I live in Michigan and there is a shop in Pontiac called Gordon's Automotive and they specialize in transmission stuff. That is where I bought my rebuild kit, manual, and shift kit... and then the reverse drum and part rear support I found out was bad.

The kit was $105
The manual was $25
The shift kit (TFOD JR) was $20

then the reverse drum (new) and rear support (used, no scoring) were $86 total.

My trans was rebuilt by the dealer three years ago (app. 36K) and my bands looked great and had a lot of material left so I didn't change them out, just the clutches (frictions...whatever) and steels.

 

This is an identical manual to the one that I bought. If this link doesn't work then I got to it from the Dodge Ram FAQ section and in it there is a spot titles 46RE Manual.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/228727/Dod...Service-Manual

 

My truck was made in Mexico and I've had the cracked dash, lsd clip failure that's so common in the rear end, transmission died, and some other issues. I have 112k miles(I think). I've had a lot of problems compared to both the Honda's we have owned and really this truck has been the biggest money pit I've had. The problems seemed to really start around 97-100k miles. Before that I had to have the power steering pump done, some stuff like that but it wasn't horrible. Not good either. Around 97k miles it just really started with the major problems.