New Tranny?

I figured i might get a more reasonable response here other than "That sucks, good luck."

I was driving and noticed a bunch of smoke. I was close to home so i checked it when i parked. I saw the servo hangin out so i took it to a near by shop so they can put it in and be done with it. Upon further inspection, they found that part of the housing that holds the servo is broken and the servo will not go back in. Shop said i will need a new housing. What should i do? The shop said they are gonna try to find me the best deals they can on used, remans, new and i asked them to check for 80Es and 65Es. Need advice please. Limited in the amount of money i can spend. Thanks. :(


Chris

To elaborate on my question and give you all some depth of my knowledge: I would love to have the 80E and i am well aware of its capabilities and parasitic loss. The transmission is fine but, it only has a broken piece of the housing. I want to know which is more beneficial in terms of money and longevity: replacing the housing or rebuilding it altogether with new parts or rebuilding it as a 65E. The truck is a 2002 1500 Z71 silverado 5.3 ECSSB.


Chris

Is the piece or aluminum still there? Can it be welded?

i would think the cheapest route would is to get another housing. pending on what kind of power you pushing

The piece of aluminum is long gone. The guys at the shop said a pro tranny shop can possibly weld another piece on there. Would the weld jeopardize my transmission in the long run? I dont plan on running any boost but i would like to get into the upper 300's.

If you are only wanting upper 300s I would think a 80e would be over kill. Would be nice though. I would check how much the housing will be. Depending on that make your next decision. At the shop I am going to have my work done they will performance rebuild for 1600. Which is basically just 65e internals, beast sun shell, thicker bands (which may be part of the 65e), shift kit, and billet servos.
I see you just joined as well with very few posts. What all is done to your truck as is?

Stick to the 60e. :twocents:

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Thanks a lot for the help. I think the sun shell idea is probably best unless someone can make a perfect weld on that thing.

Just swap the guts (if they're good) into a new case....or get a rebuilt.

All the guts are good but with labor and parts (housing, seals, gaskets etc), it would almost cast the same as getting a remanned 60E. For about 100 bucks more, i can get a remanned 65E. I pretty have until monday to decide what i am about to do but welding is almost completely out of the question.

I would see how much it would be to upgrade your internals while swapping housings. servos,sun shell, stall, shift kit,etc. Use what CAN be used out of yours to cut cost where you can. A few guys around here are running high 3s with slightly built 60e. I think it should be fine. Guys chip in and speak your mind if that wouldnt be enough for his goals

Ok, so my final decision is to have this one shop rebuild the tranny with the new case. They can get me a shift kit from transgo and the 65E planets. Everything installed is $1750ish. Anything else i need to know before this happens.


Chris

thats about your best option and not a horribly bad price....make sure they give you a warranty with it and go have some fun

be sure they throw a beast sunshell in there while its apart.

+1 on the beast sunshell. Save you alot of cash down the line. Go ahead and get servos as well. B like 230 extra. but seriously worth it.

They are getting the beast for me so now its 1850ish. Not bad compared to other places. You all made this as painless as possible for me and Mr. Allen Nelson helped me also. Thanks a lot guys.


Chris

check bout at least a 1-2 servo. its 14 buck (and thats from a expensive place) and they are takin out the original anyway when they are swapping over. so hey 1860 and be done with it. Youll be happy with it all. Youll just be wishing you had a stall!

I am gonna let them use the corvette servo from Oregon Perf i had on there. Plus 2 year 24000 mile warranty.

a new trany is the best way to go. get it built the way you want and make her run like a champ. 3 years trany exp.

Sounds good. Sun shell failures in OEM transmissions have really kinda gone away since about 04 in non-abused trucks. The sprag clutch failures took its place.

LOL

That's not a horrible deal.

I got my truck back from the trans shop. Feels good but i need to play with it a little bit more. Kinda like driving a new vehicle.


Chris

You'll need to get acquianted with the slightly firmer performance, but over time, it'll get better. Just now seeing your post (I'm not on as much as before), and the new case & upgrades would've been my suggestion. Been through my learning period (and still counting). 60E's are simple to work on & rebuild.

Enjoy!

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Originally Posted by 1BADC10

You'll need to get acquianted with the slightly firmer performance, but over time, it'll get better. Just now seeing your post (I'm not on as much as before), and the new case & upgrades would've been my suggestion. Been through my learning period (and still counting). 60E's are simple to work on & rebuild.

Enjoy!

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Yeah, I kinda dont know how to feel about it but as i drove it to school it seemed much better. I told my buddy to let me drive his truck so i can pin point exactly where all the differences are with the shift points. It just feels so smooth that i know there is a diff but haven't found it. Thanks a lot for the help everyone.