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chuckie
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AND His "off road trips" by his own admission are few and far between. Most of his miles are Kalifornia hiway miles.. Do the math.
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Quote: Originally posted by chuckie  | | AND His "off road trips" by his own admission are few and far between. Most of his miles are Kalifornia hiway miles.. Do the math.
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The Korean tires make it work harder.
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rts551
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Takes a while to find the Toyota in the rankings.
http://www.caranddriver.com/best-pickup-trucks
http://www.caranddriver.com/flipbook/truckin-every-full-size...
http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/rankings/tr...
https://www.kbb.com/car-news/all-the-latest/best-buy-awards-...
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| Quote: Originally posted by rts551 | Point is TMW, Many would disagree with our experts's statement that "THe GM tranny was junk, ". including the magazine that I posted.
"Only a mom and pop ...." YES I RESEMBLE THAT REMARK... SO.
David. The GM turbo 400 didn't not come in a Plymouth.
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Nothing is more boring than men spouting off their supposed car knowledge!
Speaking of trannys, elinvestg8r is obsessed with them!
Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
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chuckie
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Maybe your bullchit and whining is more boring?
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Ralph, if you must reply to my postings, then at least try and use facts...
I never said the GM Turbo 400 was in a Plymouth. It was in my '75 Jeep. The '92 Plymouth was my second American car purchase and it also had two
transmission fails.
I have had three Subaru 4WD wagons.
One Mitsubishi Mighty Max truck.
One Mazda MPV van.
Three Toyota Tacomas.
That is 8 Japanese brand vehicles, the first 4 were manual and the second 4 were automatic.
My first vehicle (1973-1975) was a VW Myers Manx dune buggy.
I have had all kinds of tires including Goodyear and BFG.
Not all my trips are serious off roading, but neither are all of anyone else's. Just a representation of typical Baja enthusiasts driving. Mission
Santa Maria, the Pole Line Road, and deep sand are tough on transmissions, however.
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| Quote: Originally posted by msteve1014 | | Quote: Originally posted by TMW | | A race transmission is not a stock unit used in a competitive race car/truck. It is torn down and rebuilt with some better parts added. For some of
the top racers the tranny is rebuilt after so many races especially before the Baja 1000. Only a mom and pop low budget racer would use a tranny out
of the box from the manufacture. Some make it some don't. |
Are you trying to tell us that stock TH400 trans. are junk as DK says?? |
No, I am saying that any transmission used in competitive racing is rebuilt to make it more reliable just like the engine. The auto tranny in my new
1991 chevy 4x4 went out at 26,000 miles. It was replace with a 700R4 that lasted over 200,000 miles. In the 90s it was common for GM truck
transmissions to fail early. Back then I had many coworkers who lost their GM truck tranny before 30,000 miles in both CA and TX. My 2004 GMC Z71
tranny is going strong at 165,000 miles.
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| Quote: Originally posted by TMW | | No, I am saying that any transmission used in competitive racing is rebuilt to make it more reliable just like the engine. The auto tranny in my new
1991 chevy 4x4 went out at 26,000 miles. It was replace with a 700R4 that lasted over 200,000 miles. In the 90s it was common for GM truck
transmissions to fail early. Back then I had many coworkers who lost their GM truck tranny before 30,000 miles in both CA and TX. My 2004 GMC Z71
tranny is going strong at 165,000 miles. |
My 1996 Tahoe trans (4L60E) broke a band, then went out around 12k miles after the first rebuild. I had it rebuilt again with a couple beefier parts
(4L80 planetary gears, replaced broken sun shell with stronger unit), and sold it shortly after. The thing never shifted right. First year with the
vortec engine, and likely new shifting programming. The 1995 k2500 I have with a 4L80E shifts solid, with 140k mi and I expect it to last a long time.
I like the older, hydraulic governer transmissions, because they shift like they are supposed to. I think GM started going electronic around 1991, and
Dodge did in 1994, for trucks, at least. The 4L60E transmissions from the 1990's GM vehicles were inconsistent, and I believe there were some large
batches that had manufacturing defects.
Those 90's Plymouth minivan transaxles were crap. I remember people going through three rebuilds before 150k miles.
You drive anything hard enough, and get it hot, you can burn up any transmission, or break bands, etc.
If you really want your vehicle to last, keep it cool. Put the biggest radiator in it you can find, put in a cooler thermostat, add a trans and oil
cooler, and don't drive it like you're being chased by the cops! You'll likely get another 100k miles, 10 years out of it. Keep the sun off the
interior too.
I just looked at that 2017 Chevy Colorado article that was posted earlier. That is a great looking, well engineered truck!
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BajaBreak ... good advice on the making a transmission last a little longer ... same for the engine 
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