After receiving several requests to start one, we finally set up a Patreon page! We don't want to pressure anyone to support us there and the benefits aren't fully sorted out yet, but any amount would help make more and better videos! www.patreon.com/FuzzyDiceProjects But at the same time, the content here will not change. We will try to stick with a minimum of a video every two weeks, and don't want to water down videos with requests for support or video likes or anything. With that out of the way, lets get this transmission rebuild started! This covers basic disassembly, Ep.4 covers the oil pump, and Ep.5 covers the input drum. It is looking like each video will be around 20 minutes long. The rest of the rebuild will likely be covered in three episodes after that.
Haha. It's really not so bad if you take it a step at a time, and keep track of the parts. It probably looks pretty bad when it's done in 25 minutes though. And for me at least, having the parts in front of me makes things way easier to parse than seeing them in a picture or video.
I give you a lot of credit for tackling an automatic transmission! Near 50 years working on cars...as a hobbyist, & I never had the desire to touch one. Not even on my 30 year Old GMC Sierra pickup....which still works fine after all these years!! Keep up the inspiring work!!
You should definitely do a Q and A. I've always wondered how you gained all your knowledge. Been here since the days of fuzzy dice pimp. Keep up the good content. Love the channel
I have plans to! There are enough questions that appear commonly it would be nice to answer them all in one place. Will put the call out for questions in advance and see what we get!
I recognized the transmission and knew some of the terminology but it eventually started to look like some alien technology to me. I have tons of respect for you, your knowledge and skills. I have spent the last three days binge watching your channel while I was at work.
Dude, i found your channel a couple days ago and I LOVE IT. I’ve been binging your V8 (my favorite type of engine) S10 build series. So happy i found this gem of a channel. And a 24 minute video? HELL YEAH
I have no idea of 90% of what you said here. And to be honest, I have little to no interest in watching a transmission being torn apart, but oddly enough, you captivated me. In the end, I had to laugh because I just realized that I just watched a transmission being disassembled. Cheers. You're good.
Dude, this was very impressive. I know that the transmission guy is usually the olded and most experienced guy in all the shops I've ever worked in. This is over my head, it would have taken me a week to do this-- and another week of planning before starting.
I’ve already watched this and now the suspense is killing me for episode 4! LOL Transmission work is so precise and can be overwhelming. Great work, sir!
Ive been watching your videos ever since the very first S10 video and can i just say this channel is great? Ive enjoyed every video and the depths you go to and the bloopers at the ends of each video. Ill never miss the chance to watch a new video or rewatch an older one.
The 4L60E, I know it well...........the early ones (1999) had some issues, like the sun shell stripping out.......behind a mere V6 in a passenger sedan. I cant imagine how many must have died behind a V8 in a pick up truck. But they did address the issues, there is an excellent knowledge base about them and aftermarket upgrades etc. What amazed me, when rebuilding one of these, is that the whole thing, runs on bronze bushes.........there are no roller or ball bearings, which kind of blew my mind. But it does emphasize the high degree of importance of the oil that keeps it alive and working. The filter can only do so much to remove destructive contaminants, but replacing ALL of the oil regularly helps a great deal.
Just a quick note to say I'm really enjoying your videos. The narration is really good and the level of detail is just right for me. It's great to see someone with experience, but not a professional, tackle these daunting projects. Great job - keep it up!
lol i have a 98 jimmy with that transmission and im scared to tear it apart because i know that it is a pretty big task, but you made it seem so easy lol. i dont know, if i get brave enough i might order a rebuild kit and watch the video again while i slowly destroy my transmission even more
The key is to take it one step at a time and don't try to rush it. There are quite a few parts, but once you start taking it apart it should start to make sense what the different parts do and where they belong. There is a ton of media and literature out there about these transmissions, and pretty much every possible failure and fix should have information out there about it. Don't be afraid to tackle a big job, just make sure you have another vehicle to drive in the meantime!
Unreal how many parts you have to take off doing a automatic transmission rebuild, nice to see how show everything in great detail. You deserve to have 100k+ views and subs.
Another commenter linked an episode from them, I wish I had seen those videos sooner! Some great tips I hadn't thought of, like using a socket to remove the case connector. And very thorough as well!
Looking forward to this series wife and I have watched all your videos, keep it up it bro. Its awesome to see great gear head content on youtube again!
Incredible work mate! I never realised just how many parts go into a transmission. I'd like to rebuild mine on my minx at some point but after seeing this I'm starting to have second thoughts!
I got one of those in my Avalanche, gee I hope it don't go bad. I had to help my Nephew with an AOD e, because it was breaking in second gear. Turned out he put in the one way clutch in backwards next to the pump. He pulled the trans twice because of it, LOL. We got it going though.
More clutches in the 3/4 stack, and some basic stuff like a Corvette servo but nothing else. Behind the stock 4.8L it shouldn't really have any issues since the power level is relatively low.
Good tip! Have tried similar things before but I can't remember if it ever actually worked since all the bolts around here are rusted in place and the interface material would just fall apart or push out of the socket.
Fuzzy Dice Projects as I did deal with living in pa most of my life. Recently moved to Virginia I’m by the beach and salt air. But these guys complain about stuff that is an absolute dream unlike what I was used too.
Holy shit man. That's a lot of parts. I work at a shop and I guess theres a reason we recommend a rebuilt or new trans from a trans shop! You've got a lot of cojones undertaking this project my friend. I bought a 07 Sierra 4 door 5.3 4l60e 4wd a few months ago and wanted to see how things hold up. Ive always owned Gm trucks and Suvs and have had a lot of luck with thme holding up well over 200K miles. I cant stop watching now.
If you’re doing this and you get down to where you take the input shaft out of the case and it won’t come out, it’s because the 2-4 band is wrapped and stuck. Take a Deadblow or rubber hammer (don’t use a regular hammer) and hit around the donut looking thing. I was doing mine and I couldn’t get mine off till I started hitting it and it released.
I'm sure automatic transmissions are built somewhere in hell. How many god damn different part a single piece of a car can need. I find it pretty intimidating. Glad you have enough balls to bring us on this journey with ya.
Well done series! I absolutely loathe the 4l60e, even though mine lasted 240k miles until the sunshell splines stripped. It has so many known design flaws.
For what it's worth, many of them were corrected over time by GM and pretty much all of them by the aftermarket. Something to be said for simply having so many of them out there that parts are cheap and most issues are well-known and have common solutions.
@@FuzzyDiceProjects to be fair, under normal use the 4l60e does fine. When I rebuilt mine, I put in all of the "fixes" for the known problems. That included Sonnax accumulators, "the beast" sunshell, alto red frictions, Transgo shift improver kit, etc. It was about $400 in aftermarket stuff just to make sure that the "known" problems don't happen. I've been happy with the rebuild, except for the stiffer 1-2 shift due to the Transgo kit. I'm curious how you'll go about replacing the bushings? Do you have a press?
I build transmissions for a living. I only use a press for installing a wide bushing into the sun gear. Everything else is done with a bushing driver and a hammer.
I have a 2003 Zz1 Tahoe lifted on 37's I got 255,000 miles out of my 4L60e before the sunshell broke. I upgraded to a 4L80e which was more money but we'll worth it.
In some cases, that is absolutely the truth! For this transmission video rebuild series it certainly is, the time and effort to do the work is nowhere near as bad as the time and effort to make the videos!
@@FuzzyDiceProjects I will say I watch a ton of RUclips videos and yours are the best laid out videos. As if a professional editing company put them together. I can see all the time you put in. Well done keep it up.
If anyone wants to start with tearing apart automatic transmissions, I reccomend starting with a Th350. Cheap, common as all hell, and if it works, it works. Can't really screw up with one. It's all the same principle in an automatic: just clutches and steels. Think like a longer motorcycle transmission.
I’m convinced you were just making up some of those words. If a mechanic started trying to explain a planetarium to me, I’m just going to assume it’s going to cost an extra grand.
the 4L60E was replaced by the 6l80E, the last 4L60E's where produced in 2014 when Gm dicontinued the chevy express/gmc savanna 1500 models, the 2500, 3500 and 4500 remain in production, however they use the 6L80E instead of the 4l60E.
Error @3:30 - The bell housing does have to come off to get the pump out of the transmission body. I tried it but I had no luck moving the pump. I think that there's too much friction between the sides of the pump and the bell housing.
I'm sorry this comments coming in ages away from your video was posted. But, can someone explain what the hole in the bottom of the tail is for? I'm pretty sure mines pouring into the extension housing but don't know why
My dad has a 2011 Dodge Ram Powerwagon and he was driving doing 80 and the transfer case blew up and the entire transmission cracked and needed a new one with a new transfer case and a whole new drive shaft. Plus the brake lines that the drive shaft took out.
Yep, a 98 Silverado 1500 should be a 4L60E and would have very, very similar parts in it. A few minor differences here and there from GM changing things over the years, but nearly identical to this one.
*RECLASSIFIED? Well i guess reclassification came with some serious upgrades in strength and durability too because the 4L60E's i've had have all lasted twice as long as the 700R4's i had in my 80's and early 90's model GM trucks. that graph you put up is kind of a generalization because the only one of my 3 escalades that has a plain 4L60E in it is my 2wd SUV both mine and my wife's EXT has a 4L85E in them and we live in constant fear that the transfer cases are going to fail in those also just any time as those are a common point of failure on the 6.0L setup. Yeah wish someone had told me that the gear select and neutral safety switch plate was so delicate before i destroyed the one on my old silverado. that thing shattered when i tried to pull it off. the plastic had dried and cracked and when i went to remove it i was able to pull it off by hand with no tools needed but as soon as i did i was holding a bunch of pieces. luckily the replacement transmission i had for it still had that on it so it wasn't as much of an issue. one of the trucks i did the plastics all fell apart when removing the plug from the gear selector plate. not sure why GM made those plastics so thin or why they even had to be plastic to begin with. LOL, "Manual impact wrench" nice! this part is neat because i've not done any of this before. i was always too intimidated but i have a spare here i could rebuild too so i may just have what i need mentally to jump into it now*
I have a 4L60E transmission in my car, other than a slight clunk when changing gears it's doing fine but with such low KM I suspect it's the transmission mounts giving out on it and the only thing I can do about that is cheaply replace them for $30 a set (AUD)
Love your videos! But just wondering why you didn't use a penetrant for the fasteners. I know you use it in other videos, but not always and not so much in this video.
I find it's often just not necessary, but it certainly wouldn't hurt to use it. The bolts inside the transmission of course wouldn't need it as they are normally submerged in oil, but for the few external to the trans it would be a good idea, especially on an older one. And, from my experience, on American stuff it's not as big of a deal since the hardware is generally higher quality and will stand up to more loosening torque, while on Japanese cars it is much, much more likely to strip/break fasteners when loosening them and that little extra help that penetrating oil offers is worth the effort.
Nope, the problem ended up being the transfer case as alluded to in the last few videos. The transmission had some hard miles on it so a refresh and some upgrades should help it last, but there wasn't actually anything wrong with it.
My 96 K1500 went 145k on original trans (lost 3rd &4th) , then 25K more on a Reman HD unit, which was warranty replaced by another 3 year 30K reman HD unit.. (same company Montana Trans, stood by it and paid for R&R). When I sold the truck with 240K the buyer abused it (Tree Sefvice) and had to put another one in it. I had not driven it too much after the 3rd trans, so probably due anyways... but yeah way too many parts for me to service... pulling and installing is closer to my ball park.. But great detail on the video...
After receiving several requests to start one, we finally set up a Patreon page! We don't want to pressure anyone to support us there and the benefits aren't fully sorted out yet, but any amount would help make more and better videos! www.patreon.com/FuzzyDiceProjects But at the same time, the content here will not change. We will try to stick with a minimum of a video every two weeks, and don't want to water down videos with requests for support or video likes or anything.
With that out of the way, lets get this transmission rebuild started! This covers basic disassembly, Ep.4 covers the oil pump, and Ep.5 covers the input drum. It is looking like each video will be around 20 minutes long. The rest of the rebuild will likely be covered in three episodes after that.
Man those picks looks great
I didn't understand 75% of what you did but it went well with my breakfast burrito.
furiousbob mine is going well so far with these bomb polish hot dogs 😎
went great with my chinese takeout
yer same
Great pairing with some lasanga aswell
Was great while eating a couple Hot Pockets
so, the message of this video is quite clear.
Never attempt to disassemble a Automatic gearbox, got it.
Great vid as always!
Haha. It's really not so bad if you take it a step at a time, and keep track of the parts. It probably looks pretty bad when it's done in 25 minutes though. And for me at least, having the parts in front of me makes things way easier to parse than seeing them in a picture or video.
Honestly dude your videos are pretty quality should be seen by more people
I can’t imagine what these new 10 speeds look like inside😮
gabriel guzman imagine it like a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle
@@ianwinfield929 with the precision of a Swiss watch otherwise it'll self destruct
Sooo Many Parts 😱😱😱
I give you a lot of credit for tackling an automatic transmission! Near 50 years working on cars...as a hobbyist, & I never had the desire to touch one. Not even on my 30 year Old GMC Sierra pickup....which still works fine after all these years!! Keep up the inspiring work!!
You should definitely do a Q and A. I've always wondered how you gained all your knowledge. Been here since the days of fuzzy dice pimp. Keep up the good content. Love the channel
I have plans to! There are enough questions that appear commonly it would be nice to answer them all in one place. Will put the call out for questions in advance and see what we get!
I recognized the transmission and knew some of the terminology but it eventually started to look like some alien technology to me. I have tons of respect for you, your knowledge and skills. I have spent the last three days binge watching your channel while I was at work.
Dude, i found your channel a couple days ago and I LOVE IT. I’ve been binging your V8 (my favorite type of engine) S10 build series. So happy i found this gem of a channel. And a 24 minute video? HELL YEAH
Your editing skills and camera positions make your videos
I have no idea of 90% of what you said here. And to be honest, I have little to no interest in watching a transmission being torn apart, but oddly enough, you captivated me. In the end, I had to laugh because I just realized that I just watched a transmission being disassembled. Cheers. You're good.
Dude, this was very impressive. I know that the transmission guy is usually the olded and most experienced guy in all the shops I've ever worked in. This is over my head, it would have taken me a week to do this-- and another week of planning before starting.
I’ve already watched this and now the suspense is killing me for episode 4! LOL
Transmission work is so precise and can be overwhelming. Great work, sir!
Heck yeah my dude! I just pulled a 4L60e and pulling a 4L80e and I have no idea what to do with them or how to rebuild them, this will come in handy!
You guys have a great time every day. Nothing like great friends.
Very informational! Keep up the great work!
Another great vid. You're a natural teacher.
Your videos are brilliant!! Glad that I found your channel
Now I have to wait an entire week for the next video. Maybe I'll go watch them blazer videos again.
Love how thorough and well though out your videos are. Nice job!
I've never seen an automatic transmission disassembled until I watched this and it's immensely fascinating
Watching those dozens of parts makes my blood pressure rise.
Looses one check ball valve
*REPLACES IT WITH BB PELLET*
I've never been so nervous and confused in my life.
These videos are great, and I love the little pop ups with snarky comments.
very interesting how a thing so complex can withstand so much force
Man, I can do many things on a vehicle, but you're on a completely different level! I would have botched this up already.
@24:00 "...and that's it!" lol. This gave me heartburn just watching it.
Ive been watching your videos ever since the very first S10 video and can i just say this channel is great? Ive enjoyed every video and the depths you go to and the bloopers at the ends of each video. Ill never miss the chance to watch a new video or rewatch an older one.
The 4L60E, I know it well...........the early ones (1999) had some issues, like the sun shell stripping out.......behind a mere V6 in a passenger sedan. I cant imagine how many must have died behind a V8 in a pick up truck. But they did address the issues, there is an excellent knowledge base about them and aftermarket upgrades etc. What amazed me, when rebuilding one of these, is that the whole thing, runs on bronze bushes.........there are no roller or ball bearings, which kind of blew my mind. But it does emphasize the high degree of importance of the oil that keeps it alive and working. The filter can only do so much to remove destructive contaminants, but replacing ALL of the oil regularly helps a great deal.
Just a quick note to say I'm really enjoying your videos. The narration is really good and the level of detail is just right for me. It's great to see someone with experience, but not a professional, tackle these daunting projects. Great job - keep it up!
love this channel best one out there by far!
I will never have a reason to know any of this, but now I do, thank you for that
Lunch break and a show, yes!
lol i have a 98 jimmy with that transmission and im scared to tear it apart because i know that it is a pretty big task, but you made it seem so easy lol. i dont know, if i get brave enough i might order a rebuild kit and watch the video again while i slowly destroy my transmission even more
I have a 95 Jimmy just waiting for the day my transmission goes out
The key is to take it one step at a time and don't try to rush it. There are quite a few parts, but once you start taking it apart it should start to make sense what the different parts do and where they belong. There is a ton of media and literature out there about these transmissions, and pretty much every possible failure and fix should have information out there about it. Don't be afraid to tackle a big job, just make sure you have another vehicle to drive in the meantime!
Mechanics are amazing. Your knowledge on cars is insane. Awesome videos man.
Great video, as always. References I saw : Sesame Street, Dude, Where's My Car, A Christmas Story, and Liar Liar. Did I miss any?
Built about a million of these. Just tore down another one today.
Thanks for going through such a huge project for us, its really cool to watch!
Best of the lucks putting it all back together!
Unreal how many parts you have to take off doing a automatic transmission rebuild, nice to see how show everything in great detail. You deserve to have 100k+ views and subs.
Transmission Bench here on youtube has a bunch of great videos about different transmission and how to disassemble and reassemble them.
Another commenter linked an episode from them, I wish I had seen those videos sooner! Some great tips I hadn't thought of, like using a socket to remove the case connector. And very thorough as well!
In my 07 Sierra, the 2-4 band snapped one day while I was driving it. This was around May of this year. Of course, it required a rebuild at 120,000km.
That was terrifying.
what an insane bit of engineering these automatic transmissions are
Looking forward to this series wife and I have watched all your videos, keep it up it bro. Its awesome to see great gear head content on youtube again!
This video made my morning thanks man
Amazing work!
Incredible work mate! I never realised just how many parts go into a transmission. I'd like to rebuild mine on my minx at some point but after seeing this I'm starting to have second thoughts!
I work at a transmission shop and we recommend putting corvette servo in the 4l60 it gives it a little firmer shift and everyone seems to like it
Yep! The last 700R4 I rebuilt got one and this one will too. Cheap, and not so firm that it feels like a shift kit, but better than stock.
Your better off and well worth it in my opinion. Keep up the good videos man your doing good! Ready to see it go together
your channel is amazing and your videos are always high quality!
I got one of those in my Avalanche, gee I hope it don't go bad. I had to help my Nephew with an AOD e, because it was breaking in second gear. Turned out he put in the one way clutch in backwards next to the pump. He pulled the trans twice because of it, LOL. We got it going though.
Will you be modding it with more clutches and stronger shafts, or just a rebuild?
More clutches in the 3/4 stack, and some basic stuff like a Corvette servo but nothing else. Behind the stock 4.8L it shouldn't really have any issues since the power level is relatively low.
I ate something edible from under my bed....I have no idea what it was and how long it was there but it seemed fine
You know the moon rang like a bell when struck.
If your in a pinch. Use some paper or a bit of a shop towel on top of the bolt head and push the socket on to get rid of the slop.
Good tip! Have tried similar things before but I can't remember if it ever actually worked since all the bolts around here are rusted in place and the interface material would just fall apart or push out of the socket.
Fuzzy Dice Projects as I did deal with living in pa most of my life. Recently moved to Virginia I’m by the beach and salt air. But these guys complain about stuff that is an absolute dream unlike what I was used too.
You make this look so easy
I love your voice! It makes these videos so good!
Nice work, you are the best. I am watching you from argentina. Its hard whitout a subtitle but still good👍
Holy shit man. That's a lot of parts. I work at a shop and I guess theres a reason we recommend a rebuilt or new trans from a trans shop! You've got a lot of cojones undertaking this project my friend. I bought a 07 Sierra 4 door 5.3 4l60e 4wd a few months ago and wanted to see how things hold up. Ive always owned Gm trucks and Suvs and have had a lot of luck with thme holding up well over 200K miles. I cant stop watching now.
BTW trucks are expensive! 130k still cost me 14 grand.
thank u great video but i will never take one apart to much stuff but wow u make it look easy
If you’re doing this and you get down to where you take the input shaft out of the case and it won’t come out, it’s because the 2-4 band is wrapped and stuck. Take a Deadblow or rubber hammer (don’t use a regular hammer) and hit around the donut looking thing. I was doing mine and I couldn’t get mine off till I started hitting it and it released.
Yesssssssssssssss I can’t wait to see the truck on the road again
I'm sure automatic transmissions are built somewhere in hell. How many god damn different part a single piece of a car can need. I find it pretty intimidating. Glad you have enough balls to bring us on this journey with ya.
Great job bro! Keep it up!
Great work, great edition!
So detailed man!! Great work!
Well done series! I absolutely loathe the 4l60e, even though mine lasted 240k miles until the sunshell splines stripped. It has so many known design flaws.
For what it's worth, many of them were corrected over time by GM and pretty much all of them by the aftermarket. Something to be said for simply having so many of them out there that parts are cheap and most issues are well-known and have common solutions.
GM knew what they were doing. They used this design for 30 years before creating a new unit.
@@FuzzyDiceProjects to be fair, under normal use the 4l60e does fine. When I rebuilt mine, I put in all of the "fixes" for the known problems. That included Sonnax accumulators, "the beast" sunshell, alto red frictions, Transgo shift improver kit, etc. It was about $400 in aftermarket stuff just to make sure that the "known" problems don't happen. I've been happy with the rebuild, except for the stiffer 1-2 shift due to the Transgo kit. I'm curious how you'll go about replacing the bushings? Do you have a press?
Nope, don't have a press yet. We'll replace all the bushings the old-fashioned way, with a hammer!
I build transmissions for a living. I only use a press for installing a wide bushing into the sun gear. Everything else is done with a bushing driver and a hammer.
I have a 2003 Zz1 Tahoe lifted on 37's I got 255,000 miles out of my 4L60e before the sunshell broke. I upgraded to a 4L80e which was more money but we'll worth it.
This is seriously top notch content man but holy crap I never want to have to use this video
Great vid as always
Love your videos. I bet u spend more time editing and making the videos than you do on the actual job your filming.
In some cases, that is absolutely the truth! For this transmission video rebuild series it certainly is, the time and effort to do the work is nowhere near as bad as the time and effort to make the videos!
@@FuzzyDiceProjects I will say I watch a ton of RUclips videos and yours are the best laid out videos. As if a professional editing company put them together. I can see all the time you put in. Well done keep it up.
Great video
Binge watching all of your videos and I love it. But I don't even have a car, what am I doing with my life!
Hearing him describe all the names of the parts reminds me of the Rick and Morty clip about how a Plumbus gets made
Very good job!
After watching this i really wish I was there to help rebuild mine....
If anyone wants to start with tearing apart automatic transmissions, I reccomend starting with a Th350. Cheap, common as all hell, and if it works, it works. Can't really screw up with one. It's all the same principle in an automatic: just clutches and steels. Think like a longer motorcycle transmission.
I’m convinced you were just making up some of those words. If a mechanic started trying to explain a planetarium to me, I’m just going to assume it’s going to cost an extra grand.
"shift shaft,shift shaft,shift shaft,shift shaft,shift shaft" man that is a nice name for a component shift shaft.
the 4L60E was replaced by the 6l80E, the last 4L60E's where produced in 2014 when Gm dicontinued the chevy express/gmc savanna 1500 models, the 2500, 3500 and 4500 remain in production, however they use the 6L80E instead of the 4l60E.
I had no idea where you got the "dong" sound effect for the Pinto videos. Now I know. Very clever.
thank you for this video, i had trashed my 4L60E once before haha it died a loud terrible death
Trying to learn how to do this BEFORE my 04's 4L60E goes out.... has never been rebuilt to my knowledge and has 193k on it....
Error @3:30 - The bell housing does have to come off to get the pump out of the transmission body. I tried it but I had no luck moving the pump. I think that there's too much friction between the sides of the pump and the bell housing.
This video makes me want a manual
I'm sorry this comments coming in ages away from your video was posted. But, can someone explain what the hole in the bottom of the tail is for? I'm pretty sure mines pouring into the extension housing but don't know why
My dad has a 2011 Dodge Ram Powerwagon and he was driving doing 80 and the transfer case blew up and the entire transmission cracked and needed a new one with a new transfer case and a whole new drive shaft. Plus the brake lines that the drive shaft took out.
Dont think ive heard the terms wiggle and shaft so much in my life lol
so my 98 has the same transmission?
Yep, a 98 Silverado 1500 should be a 4L60E and would have very, very similar parts in it. A few minor differences here and there from GM changing things over the years, but nearly identical to this one.
@ 8:08 What is the jagged metal hole next to where the filter hole is located?
Really good video but, if your going to rebuild your transmission, just buy a reman torque converter. They are cheap insurance!
*RECLASSIFIED? Well i guess reclassification came with some serious upgrades in strength and durability too because the 4L60E's i've had have all lasted twice as long as the 700R4's i had in my 80's and early 90's model GM trucks. that graph you put up is kind of a generalization because the only one of my 3 escalades that has a plain 4L60E in it is my 2wd SUV both mine and my wife's EXT has a 4L85E in them and we live in constant fear that the transfer cases are going to fail in those also just any time as those are a common point of failure on the 6.0L setup. Yeah wish someone had told me that the gear select and neutral safety switch plate was so delicate before i destroyed the one on my old silverado. that thing shattered when i tried to pull it off. the plastic had dried and cracked and when i went to remove it i was able to pull it off by hand with no tools needed but as soon as i did i was holding a bunch of pieces. luckily the replacement transmission i had for it still had that on it so it wasn't as much of an issue. one of the trucks i did the plastics all fell apart when removing the plug from the gear selector plate. not sure why GM made those plastics so thin or why they even had to be plastic to begin with. LOL, "Manual impact wrench" nice! this part is neat because i've not done any of this before. i was always too intimidated but i have a spare here i could rebuild too so i may just have what i need mentally to jump into it now*
I have a 4L60E transmission in my car, other than a slight clunk when changing gears it's doing fine but with such low KM I suspect it's the transmission mounts giving out on it and the only thing I can do about that is cheaply replace them for $30 a set (AUD)
That’s why they call it a bell housing
Love your videos! But just wondering why you didn't use a penetrant for the fasteners. I know you use it in other videos, but not always and not so much in this video.
I find it's often just not necessary, but it certainly wouldn't hurt to use it. The bolts inside the transmission of course wouldn't need it as they are normally submerged in oil, but for the few external to the trans it would be a good idea, especially on an older one. And, from my experience, on American stuff it's not as big of a deal since the hardware is generally higher quality and will stand up to more loosening torque, while on Japanese cars it is much, much more likely to strip/break fasteners when loosening them and that little extra help that penetrating oil offers is worth the effort.
Fuzzy Dice Projects didn’t know that abt the difference in quality. Good to know. ✌️
Some people may beg to differ about that, but that has been the case in every experience I have had with Domestic vs. Import brands.
During Disassembly did you see any damaged parts that might have been causing your issue?
Nope, the problem ended up being the transfer case as alluded to in the last few videos. The transmission had some hard miles on it so a refresh and some upgrades should help it last, but there wasn't actually anything wrong with it.
My 96 K1500 went 145k on original trans (lost 3rd &4th) , then 25K more on a Reman HD unit, which was warranty replaced by another 3 year 30K reman HD unit.. (same company Montana Trans, stood by it and paid for R&R). When I sold the truck with 240K the buyer abused it (Tree Sefvice) and had to put another one in it. I had not driven it too much after the 3rd trans, so probably due anyways... but yeah way too many parts for me to service... pulling and installing is closer to my ball park.. But great detail on the video...
What about using one of those "inspection covers" to help locate a torque converter drain plug hole?
No drain plugs on converters with these transmissions, as far as I have ever seen at least. Only really heard of those being on some Euro makes.
@@@FuzzyDiceProjects Correct. That's usually Mopar converters. You drill and tap your own. Most parts stores stock converter drain plugs.
I can smell this video
I really hope your gonna replace the rear main seal while the transmission is off..
Nope, though I guess I should have. It leaks a bit but nothing usual for a Chevy.
Were you able to determine what was wrong with the transmission?
Chris Bigham there was nothing wrong with it. Instead the transfer case was blown.
I have a question about the input speed sensor