Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! This is the end of this part of the Silverado series, it's been a big one! Probably will have the Q&A up within a week and then take a week off and get back to a video every other week schedule in the new year
Hi, I just finished watching all eleven episodes. I am a retired Honda auto dealer tech (40 years, one shop) and I really don't miss getting up early to get oily and dirty every day. I didn't like building automatics because back then they had no filter element, just a screen so all the delicate valves were so vulnerable to sticking from tiny grit as parts wore. Even the screen wasn't accessible without trans r&r and disassembly! I'm still a Honda fan but I never could understand that. On top of all that, we were a flat-rate shop so if it didn't work perfectly when I was done, I had to eat it and start over. Terrible. I want to say that I couldn't be more impressed with your obvious intelligence, ability, and experience. The production, narration, graphics and most of all the awesome photography in this series are just too amazing for words. One nitpick: I know our speech patterns are deeply ingrained but please, if I hear "ex-specially" one more time I will have to scream! Otherwise, love your work here. Rob
only way he's gonna get more views is if he turns into goonzquad or something... cause they've been blowing up in popularity lately do to a bigger upload rate than these guys... plus they work on modern cars and modern supercars. and they started working on their own street legal "race car"
you are possibly the most indepth and cheapest builder on utube. that being said I absolutely love your build logs. you sure are underrated and will eventually climb to the top on youtube. keep it up
This series on the 4l60e is the best instructional video I have ever viewed!!! You are an amazing instructor! I know absolutely nothing about transmissions (the are intimidating) - I did an LS Swap on my jeep and then decided to install a 4l60e in place of the AX15. I bought one at the parts yard for 150$. After buying an adaptor kit to match the 4l60e to my transfer case, I realized that the output shaft on the 4l60e had to be swapped with one that matched up to my TC. I read that the transmission would have to be torn down. I asked a local shop if they could do it (and rebuild while in there), but they were reluctant since it wasn't in the vehicle and have a GM computer (I have a stand alone USShift computer for it). SO - I found your series and did it myself!!! I even bought the corvette servo and "The Beast"! From the tolerances to the tools you need and the clarity of the video, YOU MADE THIS A FUN AND EASY JOB!!!! Just wanted to tell you how much I appreciated this and Thank You!
I'm glad I found these videos. I have a 08 with the 4.8 same trans and transfer case.. Now if I ever hear that bang I'll know exactly what it was.. I got 136,000 on mine and as far as I know it has not done it.. 3rd owner. Thanx for sharing and showing detailed r&r of both parts. ✌
I hate waiting so long for the videos but I’m never disappointed when they release. Great job on that rebuild. This made me understand why it cost so much
Good job! I remember my 4l80 build and swap in my old 02 Yukon. I also rebuilt my transfer case. Combine all that with tuning it all I get your relief when the damn thing finally starts moving and the next relief when you stop questioning every sound made.
The back bolt on the exhaust manifolds always break on LS engines. In fact, it's such a problem that there is a company who makes a clamp type thing that goes on in place of the bolt.
For the ones you can't get a torque wrench on you can use a crows foot or they make a wrench that has a drive adapter in the center of it with a box end on each side. I use them to for the cylinder on my dirt bike.
Congrats! Bet it felt amazing being able to drive it down the road and it not make any noises and it be perfectly fine. Makes me wanna finish the v8 swap in my Bronco II. Its been sitting for 7 years now, really only need a few things to hopfully have it moving under its own power.
Merry Christmas! Great rebuild series! Watched every single one. Lol that feeling you must of got when you put all that work and you turn the truck on and it runs perfectly.
Excellent Job, If I eve come across one these trucks dirt cheap on CL or FB with transmission problems I may buy it, wife says I need a new project any way. Looking forward to your next project. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
wow im in my fortys! lol your using tools ive never used! horseshoe pliers and those nice channel lock picks and that 100ml pump I ordered all that stuff from ebay but anyway I hope you do a square body chevy in the future you need one! thanks
Great job! Watching your videos makes me think about all the cars people junk just because they need a little work. With the rebuild you did that truck will last will for years.
Merry Xmas from Ian in Scotland. I have been following all your transmission work closely and I am so glad it all works flawlessly for you. You should feel rightly proud of your achievement. Just as an aside, how much did all this cost you in parts as opposed to a rebuilt transfer box and auto gearbox? I have a feeling you have saved many hundreds of dollars!
The cheapest reman MP1222 I have seen (eBay reman) was around $1000 shipped (plus a core return and that shipping cost), the cheapest reman compatible year/setup 4L60e around the same $1000 shipped (from an unknown eBay rebuilder and also requiring shipping them a core). The 4L60e rebuild totaled $320 (w/o torque converter) and the MP1222 totaled $330. The 4L60E rebuild really wasn't necessary, but even taking that into consideration both projects together cost about half as much as one rebuilt unit would have.
My 4l60e has been good to me thus far despite the bad rap it seems to get. But I'm about to give it a proper send off by feeding it 500+ ft lbs of torque and see how far down the road I can make it before it pops.
If you ever get picky about torquing awkward bolts, try a set of crows feet. If you set one at a right angle to the torque wrench, you don't have any change in torque value either.
Hmm, hard to say! I think it would have gotten done either way, but it would have been much harder to film the transmission part without having rebuilt one before. Probably would have had more trouble getting the parts removed from the truck without knowing generally what is required to get a socket on certain bolts, too.
Hey man, watched a couple of your vids cause I have a 2012 Silverado. And I could see your face once awhile throughout the vids. And I said he looks like a guy I used to work with. So through the 3rd video as your pulling your truck out the garage. I said to myself, I'll be damned if I see a Maryland license plate! And their it was!! Maybe it's just all a coincidence, but.. did you work for Cecil county parks and rec about 10 years ago? Maybe I'm way off but just had to ask. Your good mechanic, and if your the person I worked with... Had no idea your were this knowledgeable.
Hi. I want to know, what is the correct way to clean engine parts with glass beads. After vapour blasting how to remove glass beads from engine parts. Which engine parts should be avoid to clean with glass beads. Is sodium bicarbonate better then glass beads to clean engine using vapour blasting method.
Then reset trans adapt tables with a capable scan tool or tear your new rebuilt trans up in no time, take it to a shop an have it done asap like immediately or burn it up
My understanding is that, at least for the 4L60e, that is not necessary. But it is a bit difficult to find exact information on the topic, some sources say a simple battery disconnect clears it (maybe it is a model year difference), most say it will just adapt to the rebuilt/changed transmission on its own, some say it needs to be reset with a scan tool. I would have to do more research than I have to say for sure, but I believe it simply relearns when driven normally. The line pressures on mine were fine, fluid still looks great 4k miles later and it shifts very smoothly when driven normally. Since it was low-ish mileage though, it is possible the pressures hadn't increased all that much anyway.
Letting the vehical relearn, in such due time, will already have put some un wanted wear on clutch plates etc, I am a GM tech with 15 years experience doesnt matter 4L60e or 4L80e Etc on every rebuild reset trans adapt to factory specs an it will learn as intended, a battery disconnect will not do squat on any gm vehical trans adapt tables or not stored on RAM they are stored on a chip an that cant be reset like ram it takes a physical trigger to reset this, do you and your hard work and truck the ultimate favor get it reset takes 5 minutes with a Capable scan tool ,I use a VXdiag with a toughbook intel based windows 7 pro laptop! The data process will only work on a intel based platform..... the vxdiag uses tech 2 software, so you can do multiple tests and functions with the VXDIAG
Not sure what is going to get done about that yet, plan to just keep working on getting various vehicles functioning better before worrying about that stuff
Did you notice that this particular transfer case has NO DIFFERENTIAL(GM refers to it as a so called Insta Trak), it means it CAN NOT be used on dry roads. Failure will occur! And if u well experienced driver u will do feel a drag while driving it in 4WD on dry roads while making curves/cornering
The Corvette servo gets old after awhile. It's great for hard acceleration when you need it but for everyday driving, it gets kinda annoying banging into 2nd constantly
Maybe it's just the way I drive (slow acceleration) but I don't feel it much on this truck in normal driving. It's definitely there under hard acceleration and somewhat on moderate acceleration, but in normal stop-and-go it doesn't seem too different. It's more noticeable in the S10 Blazer but I also have the TV cable pretty tight so it shifts pretty hard all the time.
Just a minor flat spot from sitting for a few months, having an extra few hundred pounds in the bed didn't help that either. Came right out after driving for a few minutes
Hello there I would thank you for this awesome serie and the helpful tips. I just rebuild my 07 Tahoe out of these videos :). Unfortunately I THINK I have a problem is only shift on the first and reverse gear :( .if any of yall know the solution please guide me that will be helpful. Thanks to you again
I have set up an Instagram (instagram.com/fuzzydiceprojects/) but haven't done a good job of updating it, social media is not my normal forte. That's about as far as I've gotten lol
Nope, never noticed any issues using WD-40 on gaskets. They come off in one piece much more often if they are taken apart later on, but that's pretty much the only effect I've noticed.
@@TheJoecb I normally just use WD-40 when installing fiber gaskets. For rubber ones I'll usually install them dry or with a bit of the oil they will be exposed to (ex. ATF for a trans pan gasket). I have used WD-40 for installing some things like rubber grommets though and never noticed issues with that.
