Shift Improver Installation Tomorrow!!! NOW DONE!!

[chasd60]

I am finally installing the Transgo Shift improver in my TV tomorrow. Two weeks til my trip to Disney so I will have to drive the truck to work to prove out the reliability. Instructions say three hours so I figure about 6 hours real time. I bought Amsoil synthetic transmission fluid to go back into it when I am done.
http://www.transgoperformance.com/

[tlhdoc]

Have fun on the tyranny work.  I hope it helps a lot.

[chasd60]

All done with the install. Instructions were very vague but after a little head scratching I finished the job with no spare parts.
This is made by http://www.transgoperformance.com/
and they have a long history of shift improvers.
This is not a simple job and I do not recommend it for anyone that would not feel comfortable performing brain surgery.
Naw, just kidding but it isn't for second guessers. It is pretty involved and the valve body has a lot of little parts, passages, nuts and bolts.
I adjusted the bands, changed the filter and used AMSOIL synthetic ATF+4 approved transmission fluid. Chryslers funny way of being different and requiring a special fluid, luckily AMSOIL makes a fluid that is universal.
 
The truck now shifts with a firm shift between gears instead of slipping to the next gear. The shift is firm but not abrupt. Should save a lot of wear and tear due to heat buildup caused by the factory built-in slippage. HEAT, the killer of transmissions.................

[brainpause]

That Amsoil will probably help a lot too. It won't cook as easily, I understand. I use synthetics (oil, tranny, rear end) in my ATV's, and have since they were new. I have also started using synthetic motor oil in my pick'emup. Manual tranny, so it still has the original fluid in it. :eek:

Larry