1997 Dodge Ram 1500 Transmission Shift Problems!!!
#31
Mine has been doing the same thing in regards to the RPMs and shifting. I cleaned out the throttle body and IAC which helped it to a point. It went to doing it all the time to only doing it after getting down on the throttle for a bit. It got worse again. After I would get off the interstate it wouldn't shift until it reach a high RPM like yours. About three months ago I tried replacing the IAC. The only difference it made was instead of, for example, 3000 or 4000 RPMs it then shifted at about 500 RPMs sooner. In addition to this it would sometimes down shift and make clunk like sound. Also for sometime I thought I had a skip in the motor which became more pronounced and now feels like shutter or hesitation.
Any ways it's in the shop now and the mechanic is suppose to be done with it tomorrow (10/18). He hooked it up to a scanner and drove it with me in it. He experienced everything I have been experiencing and the scanner was indicating the governor pressure solenoid was only putting out 0 - 1. I talked to him today and he said he's replacing the torque converter to be on the safe side because it apparently over heated or something.
Any ways it's in the shop now and the mechanic is suppose to be done with it tomorrow (10/18). He hooked it up to a scanner and drove it with me in it. He experienced everything I have been experiencing and the scanner was indicating the governor pressure solenoid was only putting out 0 - 1. I talked to him today and he said he's replacing the torque converter to be on the safe side because it apparently over heated or something.
#32
Mine has been doing the same thing in regards to the RPMs and shifting. I cleaned out the throttle body and IAC which helped it to a point. It went to doing it all the time to only doing it after getting down on the throttle for a bit. It got worse again. After I would get off the interstate it wouldn't shift until it reach a high RPM like yours. About three months ago I tried replacing the IAC. The only difference it made was instead of, for example, 3000 or 4000 RPMs it then shifted at about 500 RPMs sooner. In addition to this it would sometimes down shift and make clunk like sound. Also for sometime I thought I had a skip in the motor which became more pronounced and now feels like shutter or hesitation.
Any ways it's in the shop now and the mechanic is suppose to be done with it tomorrow (10/18). He hooked it up to a scanner and drove it with me in it. He experienced everything I have been experiencing and the scanner was indicating the governor pressure solenoid was only putting out 0 - 1. I talked to him today and he said he's replacing the torque converter to be on the safe side because it apparently over heated or something.
Any ways it's in the shop now and the mechanic is suppose to be done with it tomorrow (10/18). He hooked it up to a scanner and drove it with me in it. He experienced everything I have been experiencing and the scanner was indicating the governor pressure solenoid was only putting out 0 - 1. I talked to him today and he said he's replacing the torque converter to be on the safe side because it apparently over heated or something.
#33
So far I spent $750 on the transmission job.
#34
#35
The mechanic never showed on Tuesday and when I did talk to him he said he forgot but had been in court all day and told me to bring it back Friday in the AM. Guy comes in over an hour late and said he HAS to get a couple of other jobs done and wanted me to come back at 12 -12:30.
When I got back they didn't start on it until about 2PM. What was suppose to be a "one hour" job was over two hours and the guy doing the work didn't plug the solenoid in. The truck would not shift out of first gear so I turned around and took it back. They took the pan off and plugged it in. Everything appeared fin at first until I passed a car and it again wouldn't shift until it got to high rpms. On my way home last night I began hearing some other noises I haven't heard before. So far it's running worse than before I had it "fixed."
So not only did I work a double Thursday night, drove home just long enough to get a shower and go back to town to WAIT ALL DAY, for something that was only suppose to take an hour to correct and am now worse off than I was before.
When I got back they didn't start on it until about 2PM. What was suppose to be a "one hour" job was over two hours and the guy doing the work didn't plug the solenoid in. The truck would not shift out of first gear so I turned around and took it back. They took the pan off and plugged it in. Everything appeared fin at first until I passed a car and it again wouldn't shift until it got to high rpms. On my way home last night I began hearing some other noises I haven't heard before. So far it's running worse than before I had it "fixed."
So not only did I work a double Thursday night, drove home just long enough to get a shower and go back to town to WAIT ALL DAY, for something that was only suppose to take an hour to correct and am now worse off than I was before.
#36
Damn to hell with that you should take it back and have them warranty it. I think im just gonna keep driving with the one i have in my truck now and just blow it up. And save up for a built racing transmission that's built by a pro it will be expensive but the hell with these ****ty stock transmissions mine is a brand new rebuild that i put in by myself and i don't wanna have to keep pulling and putting one it just for the mechanic to get the rebuild right.
Thanks for telling me about yours now i defiantly wont go that away hah. keep me info on what yours is doing if it gets better or what you do so i can get an idea.
Thanks for telling me about yours now i defiantly wont go that away hah. keep me info on what yours is doing if it gets better or what you do so i can get an idea.
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#39
Damn to hell with that you should take it back and have them warranty it. I think im just gonna keep driving with the one i have in my truck now and just blow it up. And save up for a built racing transmission that's built by a pro it will be expensive but the hell with these ****ty stock transmissions mine is a brand new rebuild that i put in by myself and i don't wanna have to keep pulling and putting one it just for the mechanic to get the rebuild right.
Thanks for telling me about yours now i defiantly wont go that away hah. keep me info on what yours is doing if it gets better or what you do so i can get an idea.
Thanks for telling me about yours now i defiantly wont go that away hah. keep me info on what yours is doing if it gets better or what you do so i can get an idea.
Anyways I all ready bought some transmission fluid (ATF+4) today, used a hand pump to pump out 4 1/2 quarts and replaced it with the new fluid. The new fluid seemed to help! I couldn't make the truck shift like it had been no matter what. The winding noise I was hearing in reverse decreased a lot but is still there. The winding noise in "drive" was only slightly better.
Last edited by garam; 11-22-2012 at 11:12 PM.