Broke the BTS

lariat 7.3 · Jul 6, 2015

got off the phone with bryan, said theres no way it left the ship stripped. He's shipping me a tap and a helicoil to fix it!

lincolnlocker · Jul 6, 2015

lariat 7.3 said:
got off the phone with bryan, said theres no way it left the ship stripped. He's shipping me a tap and a helicoil to fix it!

thats awesome

live life full throttle

TyCorr · Jul 6, 2015

lariat 7.3 said:
got off the phone with bryan, said theres no way it left the ship stripped. He's shipping me a tap and a helicoil to fix it!

It had to be you then! :doh:

Who did he think stripped it?

lariat 7.3 · Jul 6, 2015

The guy that put the tranny in I'm guessing

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OBSWIZ · Jul 6, 2015

Wouldn't be the first time a mech screwed up something I see it way to often.

TyCorr · Jul 6, 2015

I was being sarcastic. Did you ask that guy if he stripped it? That seems odd that a tranny installer would have stripped it. I guess anything is possible.

lariat 7.3 · Jul 6, 2015

Yep so now it's gonna be a he said she said battle

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TyCorr · Jul 6, 2015

Well, hopefully your dude fixes it and thats the end of it. Sucks when stuff is down and then something else if screwed up.

lariat 7.3 · Jul 6, 2015

Yeah pops isn't happy, he's my buddy too.

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bluedge8 · Jul 6, 2015

Jake is right, if you add a trans cooler only up here there is a good chance of it freezing up, usually after you start driving, when I bought one of my aftermarket coolers, I had to buy the thermostatic bypass for it as well so that cooler didn't flow fluid until the trans hits x temp. Glad Brian is helping you out.

lincolnlocker · Jul 6, 2015

bluedge8 said:
Jake is right.

duh! lmao!

live life full throttle

bluedge8 · Jul 6, 2015

lincolnlocker said:
duh! lmao!

live life full throttle

Hey you don't live here, or ain't cold til you've been through a full winter or 45 of them here, ,,,,

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lincolnlocker · Jul 6, 2015

bluedge8 said:
Hey you don't live here, or ain't cold til you've been through a full winter or 45 of them here, ,,,,

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i HAVE been through a full winter there.. thats why i don't go back there in the winter!!

live life full throttle

TyCorr · Jul 7, 2015

Ive never had that happen as you described it....

Have had cold wjnters obviously. I live in Hellinois.

bluedge8 · Jul 7, 2015

It is not common, but, I have seen it.

Jomax · Jul 7, 2015

lariat 7.3 said:
Yeah pops isn't happy, he's my buddy too.

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He probably did it lol.

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lariat 7.3 · Jul 10, 2015

She's fixed!

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Charles · Jul 13, 2015

I got some really good shifting transmissions from Brian, and yes, I broke them all, but.... it took a really long time at moderate power day in and day out to do it. The service life was probably about as good as it could be for the size of the parts taking the stress.

The return time was always months. Which is the ONLY reason I got a diagram and some stuff needed to tear them apart. I don't think he ever let me pay for anything that broke. Super dude to talk to.

I often wonder what happened with him and Cale, because I think he lost half his help right there and that might be when the turnaround went nuts.

Is Cale still in the 4R100 scene?

I have yet to produce sweet, smooth shifts like the stuff I got from Brian. Even though the parts inside apparently aren't anything special. Brian must do a good job with his orifice and valve sizing. I still haven't had the time to dive into the 4R more than just emergency patching broken chit thus far so I don't know what made them shift so well even under high load. I only had it come back one time with a lazy 2-3, and that's the one I have now retired in the frame of my red truck. At some point I'll tear it apart and have a look.

I think the guy just got swamped with work, or maybe it took something out of him when he and Cale split. Super cool guy. Breakfast is all I've ever payed for warranty work... wouldn't even let me buy a converter he replaced that I didn't even buy from him!

Brian's good people. I think he's overrun.

lariat 7.3 · Jul 13, 2015

Yeah he's awesome, said it was due to low fluid level. Overnighted me a tap and bit when we thought the fitting was stripped. 2 week turn around

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Charles · Jul 13, 2015

For anyone that finds it unlikely that the guy cross-threaded the cooler line bolts at the trans..... I would ask how many times you've installed a 4R in a superduty....

Because with the exhaust in the way, the lines pulling against you and especially if the God-forsaken heat shield bullsh*t is still in place, you've got to work real hard to make sure you're started straight. And with the port being aluminum, it's almost easier to screw it up than not.

I've never cross-threaded one yet, but I've damn sure restarted a banjo bolt about a dozen times to make sure, lol.

SUPPPPPPPER easy to accidentally cross-thread one IMO. It's a rough working environment. Especially if he put the trans all the way back in the hole before hooking the lines back up. No room.

It's weird this thread timing, because just this morning I was wondering if I could drive back to Arkansas and have Brian tear mine down and rebuild it in front of me so and tell me what did what so I could do it myself from then on. He's cool enough, he just might.