2000 rpm at 60 mph sounds about right. I can pretty much guarantee that all of your problems stem from that vacum leak. Until you find it, you can't do anything to help your truck. Check the plenum as was said before and go over that intake with scrutiny until you find the source of the leak. Check connections and check to make sure that the manifold bolts are tightened.

 

i took it into the shop and they told me to take it to the transmission shop so its sitting over there now.

 

Alright then. Well, I wish you the best of luck and don't approach what they have to say without a little scrutiny. I wouldn't want you to pay too much more money than you already have.

 

hey, me and you both man. lol. hopefully its sumthing simple like the sensor or somethin. but right now im driving this old chevy 2500 454 big block. sucks way more gas than my dodge. still waiting on results from the tranny shop. i would like to do the work myself but going to and from school everyday and work and stuff i dont have time or the tools right now really. i will check into the vacum leak asap if they dont find anythign wrong with the tranny itself

 

join the club most expensive vehicle I've ever maintained....To be fair I bought it used (like all the others) but I'm sure there's at least one good one out there that never gives its owner grief!

 

Got a call from tranny shop. They said its the selenoid, and its like $400? To replace. Is that about right? Or am I getting ripped off again?

 

they said its either the selenoid or the torq converter. he said the selenoid is 400$ and the torq converter is 900$. he told me he doesnt think its the torq converter so he is going to replace the selenoid. if that doesnt do it, then its the t-converter. i think hes setting up a rip off here...idk..

im not bashing anybody else's truck, but from my experience, i know im never buying or owning a dodge ever again. im the only one in my family with a dodge, and yet ive spent the most money fixing it. and my truck has less miles. just my experience

 

If you mean the transmission control solenoid, Auto zone has them posted for $133.99. I'm not sure how long it would take to swap one out, but that price sounds about right, if not just a little high.

 

theres more than one soleniod.... I replaced my govener pressure soleniod and sensor (also called transducer) because mine quit shifting but I believe there is a few soleniods in there and OD may have its own....
(btw mine took and hour to fix and all the parts filter and fluid were 200 bucks. so add trannys shops premium labor and thats about right.