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I have complete my over haul on my transmission. I found the sun shell reaction gear wae broken. All the clutches and such looked good, but I replaced them anyway. I didn't see any point in not replacing them seeing how I had the tranny complete apart. I rebuilt it and the valve body. It only cost me a little under 400 dollars and I spent Chrismas eve putting it back in. It runs great. I could have just gotten by with replacing the sun shell reaction gear, but, I read on someone post before about doing the job right the first time. I agree with that smart person. He's got a good point. Hats off to that person. By the way, it was my first transmission rebuild ever. It was fairly easy and it runs like hell. I flushed the complete system. and I haven't had any problems with the 2w/hi- 4w/hi lights flashing anymore. Just wanted to share my success with all of you.
Thanks,
Southern

blazee

Nice job

I hope that it lasts a long time.

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Southern Comfort

Thank Sir for the thumbs up. I hope it last too. Just have to keep my fingers crossed.
Thanks again.
P.S. I love this forum.

DINO55

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Let me give you a big old Southern HELL YEAH.
The transmission is where I draw the line...
My Hat's off to you....

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Brian R.

Great job. Where did you get the transmission maintenance manual from?

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Thank you Brian. Here is a link to where I got the ATSG manual. I think it was only 14 dollars + shipping. It was the cheapest place I could find it.
http://www.oregonperformancetransmission.com/. I had to buy the updated one as well. Trust me, they are worth thier wait in gold. I wouldn't have thought of tackleling this job without both of these manuals. Here is another link to where I bought most of my parts.
http://www.transmissionpartsusa.com/, I spent a lot of time and research looking for the best prices. I am currently laid off for work and have been since June. Normally I wouldn't have tried to rebuild the tranny myself, but after getting prices on a rebuilt one, used one or just having mine rebuilt, I didn't have much to loose trying to rebuild it myself. I am really good when it comes to working on moters and such, but that was my first transmission overhaul ever. Believe it or not, it was really easy with the manuals. I have a 98 camaro with the same transmission in it. I won't hesitate to tear it down and rebuild it, when it goes out. Thank you for your comments.
Southern.

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Thank you for the good ole Hell Yeah, and the hat's off. I'm kinda like you, when it comes to transmissions. I'll tear into any other part of a car
and work on it. But, I've been unemployed since June and don't have the finances to hire someone to rebuild mine or buy a rebuilt one. I figured I didn't have much to lose by trying to rebuild it my self. I felt I could fix it or screw it up worse, but what the hell, had I screwed it up, I was still out of a truck. So I went for it. And it works great. The way I feel is ,nothing ventured, nothing gained. My truck only had 92K miles on it and my camaro has 102K, so when it goes out, I am confident I can rebuild it at a fraction of the cost, and I'll know what's insde of my transmission. And if the breaks after I rebuild it, I have no one to blame but myself.
Thanks Again,
Southern