Re: How to tell what shift kit if any in a valve body
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The factory coil springs that are visible, like the main pressure regulator are natural steel finish...shift kit springs are usually painted.
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Re: How to tell what shift kit if any in a valve body
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08/10/23 12:51 PM
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The TFOD kit has lots more parts, the jr. is an abbreviated kit with only a valve and some springs.
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Re: How to tell what shift kit if any in a valve body
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08/10/23 04:25 PM
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So then is the regular TFOD kit with "options" for desired effect or is that one an "all or nothing" deal? (Meaning that you have to use everything in the kit or don't use any of it) I'm gonna Google for an instruction sheet and pull it apart and see if I can match up to see if this vb agrees with what the sheet says to see if I can figure out exactly what's been done to it before I put this vb in. It's also supposed to have brand new both governor solenoid and transducer, don't know if there's any way to prove/disprove that. As expensive as ATF+4 is I don't want to be dumping a lot of fluid in experimentation, when I put this trans in it cost me $132 (plus tax so over $140 for a single damn case of ATF+4. I've only got ~250 miles on it since I put the trans in. I don't mind dumping the pan once /as you would "breaking in" a new engine// but that's the only time I'm willing to do so for at least the next 25-30k miles. So I'm not gonna be playing "musical vb. What keeps you from re-using the fluid? Paint strainers are cheap.
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Re: How to tell what shift kit if any in a valve body
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08/11/23 12:44 PM
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So then is the regular TFOD kit with "options" for desired effect or is that one an "all or nothing" deal? (Meaning that you have to use everything in the kit or don't use any of it) Some of the kit components are optional and the shift firmness can be tailored.
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Re: How to tell what shift kit if any in a valve body
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I just never have reused trans fluid. But that was easier when I could get it at Walmart for $4.77/qt than now that it's $11. The paint strainer gets the big stuff out like sand and stuff from the pan rail when pulling the pan, and any aluminum or steel breakdown. They are around 120-190 micron filters. The typical Dacron sump filter is around 50. So the sump filter will do it’s job. And all filters get more efficient after they have been used. I would reuse the sump filter unless really crappy.
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