Another great video ! Thank you Gary. Hopefully in the near future people realize that it's not always a good idea to keep buying new cars instead of fixing them. This seems to happen a lot. I would love to see your channel explode with subscribers who are interested in fixing their transmissions.
Hi Gary great video. I live in New Zealand way down at the bottom of the world and we don't have access to a lot us US parts so I hope you can tell me will the extension housing and gear train shaft from a GM TH475 bolt up to a TH400 ? there are many TH400s available here but zero TH475 which I have in my truck and I need to retain the emergency brake on my 475 but the trans needs rebuilding however no parts available. So Im hoping I can rebuild a std TH400 and fit the extension housing and gear train shaft from my TH475 . OH almost forgot to mention the 475 main body housing is also cracked so basically the 475 not rebuild able .
You know, its funny when near the end you said, "I'm glad he wanted to go in for the overhaul instead of just fix the leak, because there's not much that is good in here." I have done a lot of TH400s that were trashed inside just like this one. I almost always see the pump ring stuck in the pump body, and end up just ordering the complete pump from WIT. Usually the sprags fall apart on me.
I am not 100% sure what we pay, because my office people do all that pricing stuff, but I remember buying one in the $160 dollar range from transtar a few years back. I notice transtar is usually more expensive than WIT.
Yea I had a customer that just bought a chevy food truck, come in about a month ago. It has a th400, and a 350 v8. He complained that when he hit the gas to accelerate, it would cut off. I drove it, and told him it was soo heavy it needed a 1600rpm stall convertor to allow the engine to build some torque before it engaged. He inquired about a rebuild so that he could have peace of mind knowing it would be reliable, and so I shot from the hip and said it would be around $2000 out the door unless I saw some serious wear in the critical areas. I did the whole pump, rear planet, bushings, etc and it was near $2600 because of how much stuff I had to replace. 4R100s, same thing. Usually lots of critical wear areas, and I end up recommending a shopping list full of stuff just to make sure its a quality build.
we are $100/hr, and are more expensive than the trans chain shops in our city. Most people are scared of cottmans and the mr transmission guys. The cheapest rebuild I've done in the last few years was like $1900 for the 2wd 4l60e, no hard parts, just did pistons, master kit and torque converter. I only do 12-15 units a month. I do a lot of internal engine stuff to fill in the gaps between transmission jobs.
The good old 400 great transmission to build up and make it for drag racing. Excellent video.
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Another great video ! Thank you Gary. Hopefully in the near future people realize that it's not always a good idea to keep buying new cars instead of fixing them. This seems to happen a lot. I would love to see your channel explode with subscribers who are interested in fixing their transmissions.
Ricardo Barron yes,me too. Thanks for watching
gary thank you for a great video on teardown
Thanks for watching
They beat that TH400!!
Thanks for the vid!!
Thanks for watching
Is it a good idea to change the kickdown solenoid when changing the transmission fluid/filter and gasket.
I would say not unless there is a problem with it
Great teardown video
Thanks Larry
That goddamn phone people just can't wait no peace
Wow that's one simple piece why did they go and make it so complicated on most modern 5-10 speed transmissions thanks for the video can't wait
times certinly have changed
I need to do the 400 in my chevy truck. Thanks for the video. Do you work on any CVTs? I have a 2009 caliber I need to fix. Thanks
The cvt's i just go reman, much easier and would be about the same price(parts are very expensive on these transmisions. Gary
Hi Gary great video. I live in New Zealand way down at the bottom of the world and we don't have access to a lot us US parts so I hope you can tell me will the extension housing and gear train shaft from a GM TH475 bolt up to a TH400 ? there are many TH400s available here but zero TH475 which I have in my truck and I need to retain the emergency brake on my 475 but the trans needs rebuilding however no parts available. So Im hoping I can rebuild a std TH400 and fit the extension housing and gear train shaft from my TH475 . OH almost forgot to mention the 475 main body housing is also cracked so basically the 475 not rebuild able .
I think it will but i would like to run it by someone tomorrow morning and i will get back to you
You know, its funny when near the end you said, "I'm glad he wanted to go in for the overhaul instead of just fix the leak, because there's not much that is good in here." I have done a lot of TH400s that were trashed inside just like this one. I almost always see the pump ring stuck in the pump body, and end up just ordering the complete pump from WIT. Usually the sprags fall apart on me.
yep, same here, do you remember what wit charges for a pump?
I am not 100% sure what we pay, because my office people do all that pricing stuff, but I remember buying one in the $160 dollar range from transtar a few years back. I notice transtar is usually more expensive than WIT.
Yea I had a customer that just bought a chevy food truck, come in about a month ago. It has a th400, and a 350 v8. He complained that when he hit the gas to accelerate, it would cut off. I drove it, and told him it was soo heavy it needed a 1600rpm stall convertor to allow the engine to build some torque before it engaged. He inquired about a rebuild so that he could have peace of mind knowing it would be reliable, and so I shot from the hip and said it would be around $2000 out the door unless I saw some serious wear in the critical areas. I did the whole pump, rear planet, bushings, etc and it was near $2600 because of how much stuff I had to replace. 4R100s, same thing. Usually lots of critical wear areas, and I end up recommending a shopping list full of stuff just to make sure its a quality build.
Thats a good price for that unit, i cant get that here(a food truck maybe) but in a van i got 1500 for that one i did last week
we are $100/hr, and are more expensive than the trans chain shops in our city. Most people are scared of cottmans and the mr transmission guys. The cheapest rebuild I've done in the last few years was like $1900 for the 2wd 4l60e, no hard parts, just did pistons, master kit and torque converter. I only do 12-15 units a month. I do a lot of internal engine stuff to fill in the gaps between transmission jobs.
Three speed gas guzzler first comment yeah