And here I thought I was the only one it was happening to. I figured I was missing the detent and it was nothing more. Nice to know others share the same problem.

 

I have had the same problems with my 07 ram1500 4.7. I would put the gear in reverse and then I will start going in reverse but then it shift out of reverse by itslef and go into nuetral but the gear selector will not show I am in any gear at all. I took it in for service and they couldnt find anything wrong with it. I think it is just really sensitive.

 

This is the exact reason why dodge needs to get a stick shift for teh hemi 1500. Precisely why I won't buy a hemi, auto trannies suck.

 

auto transmissions suck? WHAT?!?! If your a drag racer, its the most consistent form of racing that exists without a computer! If your a daily driver, it will make your left leg very happy. And no manual driver can ever shift as fast as a well prepared automatic. Period. Automatics do not suck, hence why more people are getting away from manuals and going to multi-speed automatics. And they are just as quick, if not quicker in some cases.

-Mike

 

and from a reliability standpoint what is better.... manual no doubt. and if ur left leg gets tired from pumping the clutch then ur a weakling or just lazy becuase i've driven my stick jeep wrangler for hours on end in stop and go traffic and never bothered me once. and not to mention a tranny for a drag racer is totally different. Thos things are built to go through anything. They are nothing like what automotive companies use in their trucks and cars. and who cares about the speed of the shift, also u say well prepared automatic, i don't consider much that auto companies use well-prepared. Not to mention when you have a big pickup truck there is a coolness factor for the stick shift. Plus i don't like some stupid computer telling me what gear i need to be in. I'll damn well decide what gear i want when i want.

 

its that type of ignorance about automatics that made manual drivers lose against me at the track. I have been beating manuals for years because they just dont get it. Talking all this crap about how automatics are sludge-o-matics and they can leave at any rpm they want, they can shift whenever they want, blah blah blah. When I say well prepared automatic, I mean one with a shift kit, synthetic fluids, proper tuning, and a stall converter matched to their engine combination. But, as a manual driver, you have NO idea what I am talking about.

Oh, reliability? A manual will go through numerous clutches under abuse before an auto EVER goes through a torque converter.

;-)

but hey, to each his own right?

 

actually i do know what u are talking about. and still you talk about a drag racing tranny that has shift kit, torque converter and all the parts to make it be built to handle the abuse. I'm not talking about a tranny that is built man, i'm talking about a stock dodge automatic for a stock dodge manual. I prefer the manual. If i was building a straight up drag racer that that's all i did with it, it would be an auto, becuase they are better at the track. but since i'm not building a drag racer and strictly talking about my daily driver I prefer it to be a manual becuase I think that they are more reliable and I like to do my own shifting. I think it makes the driving experience better. and since you want to talk about built trannies and then you say a manual will go through clutches well then i can play that card as well, a manual tranny with a performance clutch built to handle anything just like an auto built for the track will,will not have any problems with burning up clutches. Theres a big difference between a drag racer and pickup truck dude.

 

ok, we are getting somewhere then. But dont think you cant build ANY transmission with a converter, shift kit, cooler, and fluids and it be able to handle the abuse. The internals are still the same (clutches and bands) so its not "technically" a built trans.

You can drag race anything, even a bicycle!! Its not about who is fastest, its about YOU doing what YOU can do in YOUR car. I have seen guys running 20 second 1/4 times, and with more practice, experience, and knowledge, they learn to launch better and get into the 14's. So it dont matter if you have a truck, sports car, bicycle, or are on foot, drag racing is about what YOU can do, not who you can beat.

 

U r very right a friend of mine with a z28 camaro thought he could run an 11 sec quarter stock and was braggin about it a lot. So he was tellin everyone about goin to the local drag strip for their event that was like 40 bux for three runs. His first two runs were in the high teens and then he got one in the 15's. talk about a kick in the nads. I do believe there are places for auto trannies specially in drag racing. I mean all the top fuel guys and what not use autos and they get paid to do what they do so they must be on to something. It's just a personal thing with the stick thing. I just like to shift gears. I think that's got to do with the age thing. As I get older i'm willing to bet i go towards the auto as well. I just wish that with half ton trucks you could get a big v8 and a stick. The dodge 4.7 is the only v8 in a half ton out there with stick shift. I lean more towards half ton becuase I like the looks of the regular cab and short bed rather than the quad cab or mega. I still ike the 2500 CTD's with the QCSB but since I never tow or really work a truck that hard it's very difficult to justify the price considering what i'd use it for. specailly since a mildly equipped CTD Slt is like 40k at least. I very nicly equipped SLT 1500 is like 34 ish.

 

actually, my QC 1500 4x4 cost me 38k and nowadays, you can get your CTD for 10-15k off sticker.

And yes, as you get older, you realize that if you can be just as quick in an auto as you were when you were younger with a stick, you will go the "lazy" route.

Pleasure arguing with ya brutha, glad it had a good outcome. :-)

-Mike