Posted By: shaker340
99 Ram trans issues - 04/15/11 01:04 PM
Hey guys, I have a 99 Ram SLT 2wd 5.2L with 46RE Trans. About two weeks ago I noticed the 2-3 shift delayed, all other shifts were normal. I did the following;
1. Drop pan, clean, small amount of clutch material on magnet, like toothpaste.
2. Adjust front and rear bands per service manual
3. Install new filter and ATF+4 plus 1 pint of Seafoam trans tune
4. Re-adjust the Throttle valve cable
All this week the trans shifted much better even when warm, but yesterday after a bit of stop and go in town it started late shifts in 1-2 and 2-3. This morning on way to work (5 miles)it shifted fine. Its not slipping, I hold fixed throttle position and engines revs up 2500rpm and holds there until I lift off and then it shifts.
So, in a previous search here I found;
"just bought a 96 ram xtended cab long box with 156 000 miles on it. Truck runs great except for one issue with the tranny (46RE). As you are accelerating up to speed it REALLY hangs onto gears. 1st to 2nd isn't so bad, 2nd to 3rd is bad, 3rd to 4th not so bad. It's to the point that I have to pretty much let off the gas to get it to shift. Also, when you floor it at 60 mph, it shift right down to 1st, pegging the tach to 6000 rpm, not good (only did that once) . The tranny doesn't slip, make noises, nothing. The fluid is a nice color, no stink, but it is very low, barely on the dipstick, could this be the issue? Or could it be the TV cable needing adjsutment? I'm not up on transmissions, but is there a speed sensor, since this is an electronic transmission?
**I did some more digging around on the net and the symptoms that my truck was exhibiting pointed to governor pressure solenoid, like Big Terry (and Rick Ehrenberg from MA)suggested. Further digging also revealed that it was probably a good idea to replace the pressure transducer on the governor, and also the solenoid that controls the TC lock up and overdrive engagement, as my truck would spontaneously kick the TC out from time to time and would take forever on cold mornings to engage OD.
So I bit the bullet and ordered all 3 brand new from Dodge, as well as a filter (not cheap). I replaced all 3 and the filter, took about 4 hours, and the tranny now shifts perfectly. So, if you have the symptoms that I described, replace all the solenoids first before you remove it for a rebuild. If that doesn't fix it well it's probably time for a rebuild and you already have all the solenoids that you would have to buy anyway for the rebuild.**
Does anyone think this should be my next step???
Thanks, Mike
1. Drop pan, clean, small amount of clutch material on magnet, like toothpaste.
2. Adjust front and rear bands per service manual
3. Install new filter and ATF+4 plus 1 pint of Seafoam trans tune
4. Re-adjust the Throttle valve cable
All this week the trans shifted much better even when warm, but yesterday after a bit of stop and go in town it started late shifts in 1-2 and 2-3. This morning on way to work (5 miles)it shifted fine. Its not slipping, I hold fixed throttle position and engines revs up 2500rpm and holds there until I lift off and then it shifts.
So, in a previous search here I found;
"just bought a 96 ram xtended cab long box with 156 000 miles on it. Truck runs great except for one issue with the tranny (46RE). As you are accelerating up to speed it REALLY hangs onto gears. 1st to 2nd isn't so bad, 2nd to 3rd is bad, 3rd to 4th not so bad. It's to the point that I have to pretty much let off the gas to get it to shift. Also, when you floor it at 60 mph, it shift right down to 1st, pegging the tach to 6000 rpm, not good (only did that once) . The tranny doesn't slip, make noises, nothing. The fluid is a nice color, no stink, but it is very low, barely on the dipstick, could this be the issue? Or could it be the TV cable needing adjsutment? I'm not up on transmissions, but is there a speed sensor, since this is an electronic transmission?
**I did some more digging around on the net and the symptoms that my truck was exhibiting pointed to governor pressure solenoid, like Big Terry (and Rick Ehrenberg from MA)suggested. Further digging also revealed that it was probably a good idea to replace the pressure transducer on the governor, and also the solenoid that controls the TC lock up and overdrive engagement, as my truck would spontaneously kick the TC out from time to time and would take forever on cold mornings to engage OD.
So I bit the bullet and ordered all 3 brand new from Dodge, as well as a filter (not cheap). I replaced all 3 and the filter, took about 4 hours, and the tranny now shifts perfectly. So, if you have the symptoms that I described, replace all the solenoids first before you remove it for a rebuild. If that doesn't fix it well it's probably time for a rebuild and you already have all the solenoids that you would have to buy anyway for the rebuild.**
Does anyone think this should be my next step???
Thanks, Mike