Install a new filter, put the pan back on and fill it with clean oil. If you're not happy with the results, you can always pull the pan off and install the next stage (don't throw the extra parts and gaskets away after the first install).Īs long as you can read the instructions, a shift kit is relatively easy to install. Once you decide to install a kit, you'll usually have a few options of how you want to install it. The heat dries out the seals and dirty oil is dirty oil.
If there are "parts" in the pan then it will need a rebuild and you might as well put the pan back on.Įxcess heat and not changing the oil is the biggest killers of automatic transmissions. It could still survive for a long time but it depends on how much abuse it's going to take. Metal "sludge" in the bottom of the pan means the tranny has seen a few miles. Once you get the pan off, you'll be able to tell if it was really worth it. When you get the car up in the air so you can work on it the first thing you'll have to do is drain the oil from the tranny and theres' no drain plug. Personnaly I say buy the kit and do it yourself. I don't "recommend" any brand since everyone likes or hates all of them but I do agree with everything transfixleo has said. I have used this process for years and never gotten burned by it but then again this is what I do for a living.
If it passes those tests then it is time to see what the pan looks like as to whether to go ahead with the kit or fire up the air gun and keep going, pullling it for an O/H. I judge whether it is too late like this: A) Does it HOLD in EACH gear, regardless of shift quality? B) Is the oil on the dipstick 'OK' or is it dark and stinky, possibly with particles floating around in it?. You should know though that there are mechanical components that you have no control over and with or W/O the kit they may be ready to let go. Will the KIT make the tranny blow? First off, we are talking about the TransGo kit, right? As long as you follow the proper steps, no it won't hurt your tranny. Make sure you have time and that you have other wheels if you get in a jam. If you have the video, watch it several times too. Then take a highlite marker and go over the specific steps you will be performing. JMO.Īs far as the install, reread the instructions until you have it down. Accepting responsibility costs money too. Next, suppose the tranny DOES have a problem shortly after install? Now of course you will say it was perfect before So and So worked on it, now whatever is wrong is YOUR fault and YOU are going to fix it free of charge, yada, yada, yada. Now who would you rather pay what to, to install your kit, a guy like me (just as an example) who interacts with the people from TransGo on a regular basis or the guy down the street "who just installed one in his car last year", for half the price? I for one do NOT follow all of the instructions to the letter in the Repro Kit either from direct experience, or also in my case, direct experience dealing WITH TransGo. Next, if the person is highly experienced in this area and with this kit, they likely know how to set it up so that you will really be happy with it. Why? Take a search and see how many people have had problems installing anything, let alone a Valve Body Kit and see what you come up with. Now, I hate to tread into this territory but here goes. From that standpoint they are right and also as was stated, if it does go then you already have the kit in there. Here is the deal, at those miles even if the frictions and seals are OK, the sprag could let go on the first kickdown after install, just as one example.