Nice pics! Half the battle is just getting the pan down without taking a shower in trans fluid. Atleast it doesnt smell nearly as bad as differential fluid .....

 

dang that looks like a dirty job...wheres mike rowe?? you do that yourself? I hear if you dont seat the filter just right it can really mess the tranny up.

 

Yea, that was a battle.. The book says remove the cross member, but that is ridiculous. You can squeeze a small ratchet between the cross member and the pan to get to the bolts. Why Dodge couldn't just place access holes to the bolts in the cross member is news to me lol.

 

Alot of people put a drain plug in the pan when they have it dropped for future ease of draining .... but that enters a whole new challenge with getting a plug that wont leak. I still couldnt get over the fact of how easy it is to mess up the tranny, thats why I took mine in. It was only 150 for a pan drop and fluid exchange. And it has a 3000 mile warranty on any leaks, ect. RTV can be tricky to work with.

 

I did mine myself, I have access to a shop with a lift to do all my own work. cost me $75 a day for use of the lift. Its so worth it for a complete automotive shop stocked with anything I need. Yes if you do not seat the long filter it will cause issues. It is pretty fool proof. One thing I do suggest is if the original O-ring is not cracked leave the old O-ring in place. The O-ring is at the top of the larger filter and will likely stay in the transmission when you pull out the filter. 2wd and 4wd look almost identical as mine. The 2wd has a slightly different large filter. The smaller engine oil looking filter is the same. Yes our trans has 2 filters, and they are not cheap.

 

was it a specialty tranny shop or like an aamco?

 

Its a specialty transmission shop. I would recommend them to anyone in the Milwaukee area. The owner is always in the shop, and oversees everything. He built a state-of-the-art shop, and his parking lot is always full of vehicals to be worked on.

 

Well they couldnt pinpoint or replecate the problem. They read all the readings from the sensors, and they said everything looked ok but the oil pressure sensor was reading a little slow. They ended up hooking me up with a used sensor, so if that works they will order me a new one otherwise we will keep searching for the issue.

 

well at least it's not terminal, they should have been able to tell that, right?

 

Yeah, it wouldve been setting an error code most likely, even if the torque converter was slipping.

It could be a flex plate in the valve body which would require a rebuild, but I wont have them tear the tranny apart until the problem gets worse. It hasnt done it for a few days now.