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The Crank Position Sensor went dead while the Wife was out running errands, So she was stuck for a while waiting for my buddy to come get Me and go play hero.
2 hour wait, for a $60 and 20 minute fix.....talk about annoying

I wrapped up today by putting some pipes under there with all that tranny work.

I had grabbed shiny new muffler from a 99 1500 Ram Van, that had the driver side all type of caved in last time I went to the junkyard.

TBH it is more muffler than the truck has ever had, factory included. The upside is the last time I did something like this it seemed like the MPG was above the specsheet for that vehicle New.
So Now it don't sound like a truck anymore, and seems safe to say.......It let its ***** drop--OMG that means it wasn't neutered?
LMFFAO I guess it was just kicked too hard too many times without being doctored up.

I say that because I am more than familiar with what "NORMAL" means for THAT truck. I wanted to do a quick test run so when I went to back out of the driveway it responded like a spooked cat without me tapping the gas any harder than I normally would to get it rolling out.

 

Thanks for the pictures. It just makes things more interesting than only words. I'm glad it's working again.

 

well, I didn't think about it until HeyYou said something......

Sarcasm don't always work well when done in B&W. I wasn't thinking about having someone taking a "playful popshot" let alone expecting it.

 

So to update this mess, everything has been working like a champ.

Though I have more recently considering the whole "CHECK VALVE DELETE" for obvious reasons. It has been bugging me More, and the more I contemplate just how much crap was turned shrapnel in there before it got back to where it is supposed to be, the more I am nagged to do it.

Even though I got replacement OE type Upper and Lower lines that included everything from At fittings to cooler, it was not an "upgraded" or "check free" version.

If anything at best, perhaps the check valve MIGHT have a larger internal passage or longer travel distance for a higher flow rate, and additionally a lower clog ability rate?

Any thoughts? Should I leave well enough alone now that the tranny works as Dodge originally intended or better?
Or should I do the check delete?
If So..........
Should I really go through the trouble of adding an inline filter?

I must question why anyone would risk creating a flow rate problem after having removed a different, well known, and well documented common issue especially considering the sump itself on the VB has a filter of it's own.

I am quite aware that a cleaner part is always a happier, smoother operating one......but is it really worth the risk of still cooking it?

 

Yes, and YES! The remote filter brings back your check valve so you don't risk damaging the converter by running it only partially full, and if you throw enough debris at the filter to plug it, instead of completely crimping off cooling system flow as the factory check valve would, you get filter bypass. Which pretty much just puts you back to stock configuration, with the crud flowing through the radiator(s) and back to the pan for the submerged filter to deal with.

Not that crud flowing through your radiator(s) is a good thing, but it might be better than smoking the transmission...

 

Ah......good to know, it will have to wait since I need to deal with tires and idiot CEL for an upcoming due annual inspection.

I have to admit the one advantage to the yearly NYS-DMV sticker color code.
If I absolutely need to, I can escape direct notice, run it expired until Jan, just as long as I or the wife ain't pulled over for anything stupid
(like one time it was the retarded taillight out-started working as the cop came up to the driver's door), Or find a random holiday checkpoint drunk trap.
Either one gives them an excuse to look at it closer.

 

Kind of a mixed bag there, huh? I've never lived in a place that required periodic inspection for anything more than emissions, which I've always found convenient but also kind of frightening because it leaves only the grim reaper to take the deathtraps off of the road.

With all of the work you've just done, you shouldn't be hurling crud enough at that new check valve to plug it before you get a round tuit. Unless life is setting you up for a laugh at your expense, anyway, as it does to all of us every now and then and whether we need it or not. But if you've been livin' right you've got time.

 

NYS-DMV calls it R.B.E. or Registration Based Enforcement, and "anual" does not vary based on Vehicle age.

Both the registration and inspection are only valid for 1 year of passing, a failed inspection, or inability to provide proof of inspection is an automatic rejection of registration renewal.
Simply put, in the eyes of NYS-DMV, If it failed-You officially own an expensive lawn ornament with ownership papers, not a motor vehicle, until the time in which it is inspected and passed.

https://dmv.ny.gov/inspection/inspection-requirements
https://dmv.ny.gov/brochure/new-york...ection-program

I familiar with your grip reaper, Bastard Got both vehicles involved but My Mom lucked out big time.

My Mom was damned near killed by a Ford econoline with No breaks left and on the verge of punching pistons through rotors and running a red, with QUOTE "stuck accelerator" travelling at an estimated 55-60 MPH at point of impact.

The sorta funny part is even though the Ford caught My Moms 99 Chrysler Concorde right between the Doors, and slammed the nose off of an underpass wall causing it to fold it into most literally a squared off Horseshoe shape.........

That C-body dieseled harshly attempting to idle as fluid loss finally silenced it, while ford was dead on impact with it's block pushed a bit more than half through the Doghouse, transmission case badly broken, and drive shaft bent.

 

It's also good to put rare earth magnets in the pan. They are stronger than what the factory used and will collect more debris that would normally go into the filter.

 

More than likely, the new like does not have the check valve, it just didn't say that it didn't. Remove the hard line from the soft line and check. I would still do the external filter though.