Recent content by 2021QCBH

I’ve got about 10k miles on the fluid change and PPE swap. I didn’t use the spacers (figured it was there mostly to prevent cracking or distortion of the plastic pan). I used a Felpro gasket and it looked like the spacers wouldn’t allow the gasket to be compressed fully. No leaks and no other...

Mine looked nice and clean @ 78k. I tow often 4-5k lbs with heavy payloads. I’m sure it still would have looked decent at your mileage so I’d let it rip.

I just ran mine up a 7% grade for 5 miles towing 5k with around 1200-1400 in total payload. Wanted to let it spin and see how it handled it(about 1k more weight than I typically pull with on that hill). Backed off to 60 mph when the oil hit 250°. Peaked at 255° then settled around there for the...

I leveled my pan. It shifts exactly the same as it always did. (Purchased new). Swapped to PPE pan. Seems to take much longer to get to operating temp but runs temps similarly once warm. Haven’t had it towing in summer heat yet.

Haven’t done a UOA in a while. Had time to actually sample and remember to send in this time. Looking pretty good at 82k ish and my 7500 interval.

I’ve always wanted the automotive 6.4 in the truck. What I don’t want, is only having it available in insanely highly priced trim. I just want bighorn sport with better brakes and normal towing capacity with the benefit of more HP and torque. If they want to do an SRT Ram go for it, but please...

Mine came with minimal instructions. Not a booklet like that, just one piece of paper.

Good write up. My instructions didn’t say anything about torque or re using the collars. I saved them but didn’t use them. Leak free so far. I did use a new Felpro gasket though. How many miles on yours ? How did the old fluid look when coming out ?

I kept all my spacers. If I have a gasket issue associated with it I’ll try and reuse those but as it sits now I think it’s fine. It’s been on for 3k miles now. I used the Felpro replacement gasket.

I suspect the only reason they are present in the stock pan is to prevent cracking/warping the flange since it’s plastic. Not really an issue with the PPE pan unless it prevents over compression of the gasket. At some point I plan to re check my fluid and bolt torque. Been through plenty of...

I saw online some use the collars. My instructions didn’t say anything in regards to those. I popped them out and test fit them. They looked like they would prevent the gasket from being fully compressed once installed so I didn’t use them. They protruded from the PPE pan a bit. When installed...

Yep first change. I was aiming for sooner but weather and general busyness prevented it. I tow frequently (stop and go in the city as well as long highway runs). About 4k lbs trailer locally and the same trailer with the truck near max payload on the highway. I’ve seen much much darker...

Next time I’m going to bend up a 180° “hanger” tube to put in the filler hose so that it will hang in the trans fill hole while pumping. Now that the drain plug is accessible I plan to drain and fill at 40k and filter/fluid at 80k. At 78,xxx my fluid looked excellent and the magnets had...

Trans was really easy and didn’t require messing with any rusty exhaust bolts etc. Still should be something you don’t need to do but here we are.

I just upgraded to the PPE pan. The only real reasons it’s not super easy are the dumb details not designed for ease of service. The stock drain plug sucks. You have to remove the trans mount bolts and jack the driveline up. Two or three of the pan bolts can’t be accessed with a torque...