Sorry for the confusion. I do intend to get the tranny rebuilt now that it was diagnosed properly. $1922.70 or less is a good deal. Since I have it I’ll have him put in the new TV cable and return spring.
The guys who checked the motor before sending me to the transmission shop told me that other guy who wanted to do the Torque converter sounded fishy to them too, The guy in Indiana that Hughes gave me the number for said the same thing.
Dirt in the pan does not equal new tc which is how it was presented to me at the time. I allow that experience may have lead them to the recommendation but by not saying so or making a better case related to my symptoms to me it I cannot give the credit for it. I’ve also been told an old tranny will often break down in a few thousand miles if you put a new TC in it without rebuilding it.
I forgot to mention the main reason for this thread, The tranny man said the low RPM’s are probably an OEM thing that it is supposed to be doing (lower RPM’s better MPG’s) and he also felt the tach may not be reading true. It seemed to him the real RPMs were about 100 more than was showing at idle.
The head I was talking about is on another vehicle which I posted about on here an 85 ram 50.
I do intend to fix the tranny but I have to figure out how to go without a truck for 3 days or fix the Ram so I have something to drive. I just added that at the end of the post because I was tired and being lazy. I should have put it in the correct thread.