I done many units the owner "Rebuilt"!, Guys go to an expert this gentleman is experienced,It takes YEARS,YEARS To become a master builder,Even a simple transmission is above your skill level go to a PRO!,See a man like TIM..
When I was a kid my Dad owned a car dealership. Every month a factory transmission specialist would show up to repair and rebuild transmissions. He was like Merlin the Magician and was treated like royalty. Rebuild six to ten transmissions a day and then disappear to the next dealership. Had the smoothest hands of any mechanic I’d ever seen.
I occasionally work on my own car but I won't start anything I am not sure that I can finish. There's nothing worse for a professional mechanic than having to correct someone else's botched work.
@@1575murray not a mechanic but (add cuss word starting with "F"),I've seen some butchered up cars that'd make scrap yards cry and they wonder why as their on shade tree mechanic number 12,I've refused after just opening the hood and seeing just briefly,nope sorry I'm decent but not certified for that.
@@jennifurzoe1302 Especially on newer cars a lot of unintentional harm can be done with all the computers they have. My old 2002 Accord is relatively simple. When I had to unplug some connectors in the electrical system to gain access to something in the dashboard I disconnected the battery ground terminal first to be safe and then just had to put the code back in on the radio after I was done. Newer cars may not be as forgiving and are more likely to require intervention by a dealer technician.
Can you believe there are people who look down on this kind of work because it's not from a "college degree"? I can't imagine the amount of knowledge you have to know to understand not just how an automatic transmission works in general, but know the ins and outs of all kinds of different transmissions--and to be able to disassemble and reassemble one that fast. It's a lot more useful to the world than a degree in "gender studies." I have nothing but respect seeing how he does all of this, and I am one of those "Everyones" he talks about. I won't touch a transmission like that except to change to oil and filter.
I have a degree in finance, but have dabbled as a mechanic. Even worked professionally for a few years. This guy blows my mind though. The way he just tears into it. Seriously has the thing apart in 10 minutes. I'm not bad, but the way he tears into that only comes from years of hands on experience and many teardowns. I would be an hour at minimum getting that thing apart, and damn sure couldn't explain what's going on that quickly.
Ha, I'm a retired university professor and couldn't agree with you more. A person simply has to be in awe of this fellow's intelligence, skill, and ability to explain himself. This video dazzled me.
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@Josh Smith the theory is easy to understand, but putting one together where there are 100 parts that need to be put together correctly is another thing. And there are dozens of different transmission and each manufacturers have fault where some ford trans are pieces of shit, same with Isuzu trans etc.. Manual trans are very easily to put together and less likely for human error when putting together
Man the level of skill this man must have is fucking impressive. I've never truly tried learning how to rebuild a transmission but damn if they don't look unbelievably confusing.
Mike Curry start with a case split style, I’ve rebuilt two and they are easy, but I don’t even wanna touch one of these front pump style where everything just stacks in
It’s not too bad as long as you make sure and put everything back together exactly the way it came apart. To do it in this little amount of time is nothing short of an art though
@@ToobxSox yeah it would probably take me a whole weekend lol. I'm probably going to buy a retrofitted type r clutch and flywheel. I'm finding some pretty bad feedback on whatever aftermarket clutch I look at whereas I know for a fact the type r has a nice clutch and great throttle response. Get that lighter flywheel setup in there with a decent tune and it's going to feel a lot better imo. Plus it's not as expensive as I would have thought so it just seems like a solid choice. I'll probably throw it on my buddy's lift and go for it. What I can't figure out he probably already has memorized anyway.
I'm so paranoid about trans parts, I took pictures of what order they went in and everything, this dude is just flipping the drums upside down and dumping them out, lol.
According to BAR bureau of automotive repair the rebuild guy is liable for that. The car should be ready for install in park or neutral depending on the manufacturer. Another point is that the shifter cable comes in PARK typically and that’s how it should be given to the customer.
You definitely "nailed it" with that comment! That is the whole and completely deciding factor of any vehicle having a 70,000 mile life or a 300,000 mile life.
@@nahnothnx4608 Yes, I have known some of them as well! The poor car never had a chance. No oil changes, no services (just wait till it breaks), either the brake petal or accelerator is flat on the floor at any moment, and other nightmares for the car. And every car they have had is "a piece of crap". We need a rescue service for cars!
I used to rebuild automatic transmissions back in the 80’s and I learned that you could be good at being a general mechanic but leave the Automatic Transmissions to a Specialist.
Yup,those internals of automatics is something,I can remove & replace,adjust the T.V.cable on them and thats it for me working on those,same with motors,remove and teardown to a point then to a shop for the long or short block rebuild,put it back in.,.
@@jennifurzoe1302 The newer engines and transmissions are too complex even for the average professional mechanic to rebuild they aren't like the old school ones we grew up working on.
@@1575murray nope,now its pull and swap in a used with 70,000miles or less engine and done,but boy all the computer,wires,relays,valves,etcetera drive ya nuts..I've got a '74 Chevy C20 350cid,turbo 400 and driveline has about 90,000 on it,whole truck probably about 500,000 and best is no annual smog but its kept up,my 87 F250 with the 460cid recently broke 3exhaust manifold bolts and as I took em out a total of 8,3 on passenger 5 on driver a shop quoted $90.hour and I've used them before,checked summit racing had a plate for drilling angle and depth was $450.,so replacing manifolds anyway cut them in half got 4 to go on drivers side had to remove mid steering shaft,undo and move wiring and the inner fender but getting it..
jennifur zoe that TH-400 (turbo 400) trans you have is an excellent trans. They are used by some friends of mine in X275 cars. They have it leave off the transbrake in 2nd gear and they are better than the 2 speed powerglide. I believe their turbo 400 is actually called a “turbo glide” and is pretty custom & trick.
@@1575murray the newer ones aren't too too bad, but tech bulletins are critical during any rebuild. But even just to replace them, you need the computer to reset the TAP cell values so you don't burn up new unit.
Anyone else get anxiety watching him pull it apart so quickly? I'm thinking: dude you better mark all that stuff do you know how to put it back together! And he's just going to town.
Super Job. Yeah it sucks when the customer comes back and says, hey I have a problem with your work, when it's the customers work that was the problem. My dad is a mechanic and would tell them you have to do this. They wouldn't and would come back and say it's not working. He says did you do what I said to do? No! Well I'll fix it but it's a new job now NOT a warranty, but I'll give you a discount on parts, NOT LABOR! I want to do the full job this time. Some walk, some admit it and have him do the job right. Yeah walk outs are a crap shoot at times. So can you show us how to do the adjustment right? Thanks for sharing. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya
Yeah we get into some sticky situations. Customer finally did admit to not just seeing the TV cable right but it’s just after the fact of doing it twice sucks. 🤦🏻♂️
@@PrecisionTransmission You need the shop rate chart that some of the old mechanics had! You bring the car in and let me do it - $10, you bring your car in and tell me what's wrong-$20, you bring your car in to finish your work - $30, you have me finish your work with missing or wrongly installed parts - $40, and you bring your car in and want to help me repair - $50.
@@SaveTheManuals Oops! I bet that woke you up! I was luckier. My left foot just thumped down on bare floor. My truck had a wide space between brake and clutch pedals so I missed the brake pedal.
Manual transmissions have to match 1st the weight of the vehicle. 2nd they have to match the torque of the motor (hp does not matter). 3rd with modern vehicle design every gram of weight that can be removed is gone. This last design feature caused most of the transmission failures. The other thing most common in automatic transmission is not using a separate cooler for the transmission. If the engine overheats the transmission gets damaged. It then soon after that fails. That is why I choose a manual. But the B2300 and Ranger also used a car transmission. If you used either the manual or the automatic and used it as a truck the transmission would fail, because you exceeded the weight the transmission was designed for. I got really good at replacing them. Same thing with the automatic. The bad part was there was no other optional transmission that would fit in them. That leads you back to design feature #3. Most people never load 750 lbs in the bed of a Ranger and pull another 3 or 4 thousand lbs of load and trailer behind it. I did because I needed something smaller than a F150 to squeeze in tight spaces. Yep exceeding 55 MPH with a load like that will cook either one. Just using overdrive with the automatic or 5th gear with the manual with anymore than 500 lbs in it or behind it and it soon fails.
I love this guy only transmission dude that i like to watch. The information is just golden. After watching and learning i have been so much easier on my trans
Yeah, been watching them for a few years and now I can't watch others. I always find issues. If they were near me I'd have them rebuild one for me, they are a few states too far. Because of that I manual swap everything 😂 I had a few "good" local transmission guys rebuild some and always get a sloppy transmission. Proper install video would be great for the vacuum adjustment.
Idk I grew up with a grandfather that used to put me in front of random brigs engines say they don’t run make em run by supper then walk away best way to learn is to just dive In and do it
@@sexyworm1000 fine if you're only working on a mower or a trail bike. Not so advisable if it's the only mode of transport that can get you to work! There's some things that I know for a fact I cannot do, simply because I don't have the necessary equipment (lift, press, diagnostic tools etc.). I'll tackle any automotive job if I'm fairly confident I can get it done over a weekend with my decent selection of hand & power tools. Anything bigger than that, it goes to the shop.
For the life of me I have no clue why someone would want to shade tree change an auto tyranny, first of all you really need a transmission jack, a floor jack doesn't cut it, they don't like being dropped, TC's tend to shift at the worst possible time, getting the housing bolts can be a real ba** buster. Unless you have a lot of time and don't need the vehicle for transportation it's not worth the effort, take to a shop and let someone who makes a living do the job. Yes when I did drag racing I did my own tyranny work but i wanted to learn how they operate and had some short cuts, like holes cut in the firewall to make getting to the bell housing bolts easy, and pressure release hoses to disconnect the oil cooler lines.
Amazing how different they are from one another! I rebuilt my 4r100 last winter before I saw your video on the tear down. I had a really nice manual and couple transmission to play with, but I was so nervous I had everything labeled like a crime scene.
Doubly more when it's a CVT belt that breaks, when those go it's like a machinists metal shavings bin. There are no rebuilding those, just buying a new one.
Best thing that ever happened to me was have a transmission guy tell me that he doesn't do carry out work forced me to go by a manual and learn how to rebuild it myself it's an aod 4r70w hybrid works awsome learned more than I ever would paying someone else to do it.
I just had a shop build my transmission, and fully plan on letting them install it. I will happily swap an engine, axle, diff, but if someone builds a trans, most shops won't warranty their work unless they install it for this exact reason.
If it wasn't for the bench job I wouldn't be able to say I have a truck 46re dodge everywhere was almost two grand to do full job I paid 800 for a bench job over a year now and I pulled the trans out and reinstalled. I'm no stranger to mechanic work my dads very self sufficient and I learned allot from him no master but I've kept myself off the side of the road and have done a lil more than regular maintenance. Key is prep work and a huge part of prep work is doing the research today's times with the internet that's brought allot of info to the table more readily. The 46re is allot easier as far as pulling and reinstalling.
@@telly115ify I did a 46rh for my 92 with the 12 valve. They are incredibly easy transmissions to build and modify. The amount of documentation on them helps immensely.
these Transmission Guys are like God I sware I can rebuild a Manual but when it comes to 47 million PArts I'm out that's the whole reason why we pay because we do not like putting puzzles together it's like an adult Logo set
Right on brother! I've repaired a lot of weird stuff in my 63 years but I refuse an automatic transmission. I'll remove and replace all day long but I will not open them.
The amount of knowledge required to rebuild one of these transmissions correctly is simply too much for something I might do once every few years. Well worth the money to pay somebody else!
Manuals are more complicated and have more parts. Load up the 33 individual needle bearings into each speed gear on a Tremec 3550/TKO, and come back to tell me how Autos have so many bits and pieces...
The owner and son are very humble. The sign of a true mechanic. In all of his videos I’ve never seen him talk down to mistakes from customers you can tell he wants to save people money and give them a GOOD product!!
In 1994 the transmission went out in my 1990 Astro van . I put in a junkyard transmission. I’m going down the road and I don’t have a speedometer read. Called my uncle and found out I needed to get the rear housing from the old one for the speedometer to work. So I’m know what you mean when you talk about not everybody should be working on transmissions😂😂
Wish I took my ol truck down south to you guys cause the fools up here in Cambridge MA (Transmission Specialists Inc.) F'd up my -Standard- trans. so bad I only got around the block in 2nd, turned back & found their lights out & they wouldn't answer to door. Later on they did fix it (different mechanic) only after threats to call the police. Question: Out of the major pick-up truck manufacturers who do you think makes the best automatic trans.? Ford ? Toyota?
I thought carryout was as pizza non delivery They call that a carry out...what about a carry in.. Ya end up a carry out. Way to go Richard 3/8 Millwakee broke my..,...arm
You can pay me now, and then pay me again later when you screw it up. I rebuilt snowmobile engines in the 80's and 90's. I only had a warrenty on manufacturers parts. I cannot count how many guys would go out and beat on a newly rebuilt engine with no break in. After a few returns, I refused to do any snowmobile engine rebuild that I didn't install and break the engine in myself. I got 0 returns on those. Anyone can put something back, its a matter of putting it back correctly and getting everything together correctly that counts.
So if I am understanding correctly, watching this a little late so not very loud, is that some dude paid you all to rebuild his transmission then installed it himself didn't read up on or know about properly adjusting the TV cable and burned up the transmission and I'm guessing is now complaining that you all don't know what you're doing or that there's something wrong with the transmission? I will never understand why people have such a hard time saying "I don't know". I guess they figure it makes them look stupid whereas pretending to know and then messing something up proves that they are stupid. Admitting to being ignorant of something is no big deal. How the hell are you supposed to learn if you don't ask questions? When I was in grad school, many moon ago, I had a group member tell me that when I first started some of the other people thought I wasn't very smart because I asked a lot of questions. Within a couple years a lot of those people were asking me questions. Don't worry about looking dumb for asking as question worry about proving yourself dumb by not asking one and then doing something stupid.
Greeks, 500 BC. The Model T was basically an auto gearbox that you had to manually shift, it was much easier to use before they invented the synchromesh.
I done carry outs for 25 years,Built @ AAMC@ a while,a cpl locals before starting carry out business.. most of the folks listen to you,SOME DO NOT,If you don't have correct throttle pressure on 700s,2004Rs,325+325-4L...TH200,200C,They will fail! If cooler isn't cleaned..It will fail!.If you use the old torque converter sort of like taking a bath and putting on dirty clothes,but all the debris from old unit,the friction,and metal will go straight to valve body...and once again will grind up new unit,I'm sure this man knows this all to well,I built from 1974 till 2010,I'm retired my back is out so are my ears,Impacts kill hearing,This man done it a long time too😊,Good luck Brother builder!!.
I dislike this guy (person who installed trans) because he lied to you and now one bad apple ruined it for everyone else. I wanted to send you guys my 700 from Maine but I guess that won't be happening now...
i built well over a thousand transmissions with the customers fully understanding they screw it up they pay and even though they whined they knew it was all on them
This is why automatic cars are almost always cheaper than manual cars. Clutch is usually the weak point of a manual, and poor driver skill when shifting. No one knows how an automatic transmission works. All those little mazes for fluid to navigate. I think the fluid just gets angry trying to make its way through the puzzle, and just fries the clutches in frustration.
I know nothing about auto transmissions, I know I will never strip one down but I can’t stop watching these videos, it would take me days just to get those snap rings out. 😂😂 I admire your knowledge and skill. 👍👍
The TV cable adjustment is the single most common cause of failure of the 700. Johnny do it yourselfer does a carb swap and doesn't buy the TV corrector bracket for his particular carb setup and burns up his Bruce Jenner on the road test. Seen it literally dozens of times.
Today parts are replaced not rebuilt. I know a transmission man that explains why the transmission failed and how to improve it to last. I have used him for over 40 years. He isn't cheap, but you never have a problem. You remind me of him in the way you make it look easy. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!
The main reason I stopped carry outs was busted/destroyed front pumps do to people not installing the converter correctly hell half of the guys actually told me I know you me not to but I've always bolted the converter on the motor first that makes it a lot easier to put the trans in
This guy has already forgotten more about automatic transmissions than I'll ever know. Always nice to see a master of his craft that will take time to show those of us a thing or 2 about what makes things tick.
I hope you charged this nimrod for having to go back in this trans. If it's not your fault, you should not have to eat the cost for stupid not adjusting his TV cable properly. Very good info. You're right. Everyone is a mechanic. If I had a nickel for every time someone told me that Billy Bob said you can't put that together like that. That's why I don't let my friends watch me build engines and transmissions. Don't really want to hear that shit. Yeah.
So this joker paid how much for a transmission rebuild, and then re - installed it in the car himself ? Next time leave that job to a professional , son.
So many people try to "save a few bucks" and do the "easy stuff" themselves. This just shows that is not always the less expensive way. You live and you learn!
5 miles? That beats one I did for a guy who was told "don't worry about the detent cable" and put maybe 3 miles on it and it fried. He had a 450hp 383 in front of it and killed it.
No, he is right. The 200 and 700 are super critical on that. I have a 700 in my 80 Camaro and a 200 overdrive in my 81 Monte. Both work fine because I was super careful setting the cable up on Holley and Edelbrock carbs. I've had no issues but I've seen other people wipe out the clutches by not following spec. The C4 C6 and T 350 or 400 don't need any kickdown connected, it is optional but the later overdrives, including the Ford AOD tv cable setup has to be done right. The spec is this - pivot point 1.1 inches from throttle shaft centerline, make sure tv cable is fully extended at WOT, make sure of no cable binds and you are good to go.
My transmission man told me one time to bring it back to him after install so he can adjust tv cable. 9 transmission carry outs later we have had zero problems with any of them. Carry outs save me 600$ a pop.
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If you know what you're doing and have them double check on some more specific trans then ye no biggie. If it's any basic chev 1/2 ton trans idk how you could ever possibly mess one up but yeah.
@ yeah, it's pretty straight forward isn't it? Engine off, push button on TV linkage at carb/TB, then push the gas pedal to the floor and it'll adjust itself. Not an expert, but that's what I remember.
@@grabasandwich Only pitfall is if you're installing a different engine or carb from stock you have to make sure you get the geometry set up correctly. Other than that, most people do the method you described and it usually works fine.
I was a mechanic in the military, certified to work on everything from the general’s car to heavy diesel refueling trucks. Beyond that I can fix just about anything you find in a home or on a farm... electrical, plumbing, A/C, tractors, hydraulic systems, even bulldozers. But I leave automatic transmissions to the pros.
Hydraulics are transmission, take a shot at it, just handle the vavle body very good and look out for the small screens and filters, or if its not the problem don't even touch it
I own Th350s, TH400s, 4l60s and of course the 4l60ESs. I don't know much about rebuilding or diagnosing. Transmissions were a subject not dealt with often. I learned so much just from the tear down! Thank you for the wisdom.
As a former auto transmission rebuilder I can confirm that fitting transmissions requires a reasonable amount of skill and training. Forgotten alignment dowels, blocked transmission coolers, incorrect tv cable pressure, even incorrect oil level and the list goes on. Of course no one ever makes a mistake fitting them and it must be the rebuilders fault which he must not only fix it for free, he must drop everything he is working on and do it right away. One of the reasons I no longer do this type of work.
There's a lot of bad shops out there, too. I had a chain shop put a new transmission in my Crown Vic once, along with a new transmission cooler. About two weeks later it neutrals out at a stop light. Turned out they hadn't been careful enough routing the transmission cooler hoses and one of them wore through.
It was a joy watching this video. What appears to be a amazingly fast routine examination is decades of wisdom, knowledge and skill to think and reason in 3 dimensions. This man's analytical and diagnostic skills are astonishing.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you leave the shift cable completely disconnected, it goes into a self-protect mode and will shift 'high and hard'- with added line pressure. At least that's what I remember. Applies to the 200 also. And yes, if you have the cable out of adjustment (not pulling hard enough at full throttle), you can smoke the clutches when she tries to shift with low line pressure.
This might be a stupid and or odd question... but, what would happen if some "friction modifier" like what is added to limited slip diff's (LSD) to this transmission... would it burn it up, due to the additional stickiness in the clutches and band?
He explained it rather well. The installer failed to hook up all the input functions properly on the transmission so that proper pump pressure was absent when the owner drove the vehicle, overheating clutch packs and bands.
Thanx...I bet if you had all the replacement parts and wanted to go for the record you could rebuild one in 2 hours.....cleaning included....lol....Just amazing...
I once swapped the 3T40 in a Lumina APV and set the TV cable so that it shifted a little on the firm side of normal, I don't know if that would have hurt it long term but in the short term it was great.
I'm a 30 year mechanic...done Honda's none planetary transmissions and gm transmissions...4L60 4L60E's and several 4T60E's,i learned them at the GM training center in morestown nj... And with all due respect a mal adjusted tv Cable should not cause a problem within 4 miles...holy crap
I think Richard was a little upset do to the customers mistake about not adjusting the "passing gear cable" that hooks to carburetor if I'm not mistaking and the customer trying to blame Richard as in to why it burned up so fast... That cable is very important on 700 r4. GOOD JOB RICHARD! Keep your passion
Spent over $4,000 dollars at big name trans shop (AA)having 700R repaired, only to have trans explode 90 miles down road.( they reused my old torque converter w/ over 290,000 miles on it, it sent metal shaving thru out system) After that I found old drag racing gearhead working out his garage , he removed/replaced /repaired for $800, still working 17 yrs later.
I’m in San Antonio I’ve been thru 2 mechanics for a trans rebuild on 2005 Tahoe z71 4x4 for a 4l60e. And it’s still isn’t running!!!!! Trucks been down going on two years!! Nobody knows what the heck their doing ! I’m about to drive my happy ass to Ross street in Amarillo texas to get this sucker done right!!! I paid for a rebuild with corvette servo, wide band, shift kit and the input drum as well as clutch packs. Trans went down they couldn’t figure out why. They held my truck for 9 months looking for reasons why it kept coming out of lockup. Went to second mechanic and he stated it has all stock parts. No shift kit. No wide band. No corvette servo and has the old input drum!!All stock parts and I paid 1700 dollars for work and parts that weren’t put in!!! So now the second mechanic is sitting on my trans again like the first one! Been 5 months and no word. Called and says he is behind on work!! Like the universe doesn’t want me to drive my truck!!! Why do you have to be so far away!!!
Outstand video! I like that you use the Alto "red" pack in 3-4 clutch set. And yeah, that TV cable gets a LOTTA people pissed off; if that thing ain't right, goodby clutches. Had it happen before. Costly lesson. Thanks for the video.
One of the worse transmissions ever built. GM has been going down hill since the 80s and now I will never own another GM product. From 55's through the 80's they were king of the road. No more,,,,,,,,,,,
I had a guy call and ask me how much to rebuild the TF727 he had taken out of his Intl Scout.. I gave him a price. He showed up with 2 boxes of parts. He had someone else completely disassemble it. I mean COMPLETELY!. Needless to say, his quoted price went in the trash. I made him bring the Scout to my shop and install it back in after the rebuild with me watching. He became a pretty good friend for the next 3 years before he moved away.
