Basicly long story short is 3 days after I bought the truck in 2007 the tranny went out do the dealer replaced it then about 40,000 miles later I had a shop do a tranny filter and flush and went they used there t-tech machine for the flush the tech used regular dex so the tranny I'm guessing got hot and after a month it wouldn't go into gear. So after serving them papers they ended up paying for it to be rebuilt at the shop I picked. Them all was good for a couple years and after buying a 32ft camp trailer the tranny didn't like pulling the passes in washington. And got stuck on Stevens pass with no forwards gears. So I had it towed back to my tranny place and it got to hot they said after tearing it apart. So I upgraded the tranny cooler put a temp gague in and new heavy duty rad. And had it rebuilt well it lost reverse and I've been reading the fourms and just want a clear answer. Wat are the key parts I need to upgrade when I have it rebuilt. This go around I'm making sure everything including all the hard parts are replaced and would like to beef it up a bit. It's no longer my daily driver I have a 2012 ram 3500 diesel I pull with. But this 01 is my baby I got when I was 16 so I'm keeping it till i die.

 

If you have the time and money needed then stick with the 5spd swap

 

On page 6 of MonteC's thread, there is a list he put together for a member that regularly towed a 7000 pound trailer. Go with that list. (it's around 1000 bucks, JUST in parts, and includes a fair few heavy duty upgrades).

one of the BEST things you could do for your trans though, is to regear to 4.56. Or, go to 33" tires.

 

Thanks Heyyou. And yea I want to regear but my 7500 dollars I saved you last year for air lockers and gears and Dana 80 rear end and new motor got spent on my down payment on my new cummins lol so now I gotta start over saving up. I been on df for years I had another profile then forgot the info on it buy you have been great home year after year.