amercier4, I think you should try giving Goerend brothers transmissions a call. They did the trans in my '01 a few years ago and have helped out a lot of guys with the 47/48 series trans.

Jeff.

 

So here's an issue... thought my starter drive wasn't engaging, could here it spinning, but not cranking the engine... had 20 min to make it to auto zone to get a starter if that was the problem... got underneath the thing to find that the starter was physically loose, I mean the top bolt missing the bottom two backed out, one barely hanging on! figuring that the problem was the physical interface, and missing one bolt, we didn't see the need to remove and replace a working part, instead tighten the bolts back down and replace the missing bolt the next day... Well, that worked, but when tightening the battery leads the truck turned off... when we attempted to restart, the housing around the lower bolt cracked and back to the existing problem... The decision was made to place the lower bolt in place of the upper, limp home, and install new starter the next day... Here's were it gets interesting... The upper bolt is in a hard to reach location using a 10mm and a ratchet, my friend accidently drops the ratchet and best we could tell it hits the lead, and arcs... Everyone's okay... Finally get it tightened, truck starts...

So, why am I in a tranny post talking about the starter... it's called foreshadowing I suppose...

On my drive home I didn't notice anything wrong until about half a mile from the house, the truck seemed like it wasn't shifting right... I slowed, and put it in neutral... then back to drive... I was making the speed limit of 25, but then started to loose power... completely! I was stuck rev'ing the engine 100 yards from my driveway on the side of the road, reverse wasn't working, and neither was drive... Finally it started moving, but not the way it should, there was just no "take off", and when it tried shifting it just started jerking... kinda like a limited slip engaging and disengaging in sand... Got it parked, and tried moving it, but when it is put in gear it doesn't roll at idle in drive or reverse... if I get it up to around 1500 RPM it'll slowly respond, but not with much force, barely with the power you'd get at idle...

best I can guess is that that spark shorted something out in the transmission... but I have no idea where to start... could be the frustration that this just happened, but I'm in the dark right now... guys/gals, does anyone out there have an idea of what is going on? I deploy in a couple of months, and need my only vehicle to get to and from work, can't rely on rides from coworkers all the time!

 

sorry, in a rush... the truck is an '06 2500 CTD 4X4 with the stock 48re... The 4WD engages fine still as well...

 

update... I just stepped outside to grab my uniform from the truck... it looks like someone sacraficed a deer next to the truck... fluid everywhere! FML...

 

Are the ram diesel trannys bad on 2012, dodge says the valve body broke and clutches are worn from slipping as i drove 10 miles spinning clutches to get home, my first diesel and i love it so far. I hope the trannys are not junk, only 24,700 miles on truck

 

My truck just started this one day out of the blue. Have had it looked at by 2 different places and one wants 5k for a new tranny or over 700.00 for the solenoid inside the tranny. The other place couldn't even pin down what it is. It shifts fine into 1-4 on the manual shift, ut the computer won't let it go into 5th. Itsounds like the pressure plate spins trying to go into 5th. Any help?

 

My 1st trans rebuild ran $3500 and included a HD torque converter... find another shop...

edit: oh wait, you have a 6.7 with a different trans... never mind... 5k still sounds way high.

 

ive got 2011 dodge 3500 engine nlight has been on and same shifting problems.i only have 21000.

 

Pull the trans codes. No doubt there will be a P0700, but there should be other P07xx codes as well.

I rebuilt the 68rfe in my old 08, not too difficult but there are a couple of special tools needed for getting it all apart and back together.

 

I am sorry to hear of your issues. Are there any fault codes and have you contacted your servicing dealer?