05 CTT Valve Body or Trans issue?
02-10-2018 | 12:19 PM
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There are many write ups on here. It's easy, just messy. You remove the pan from the transmission and the valve body is right there. The hardest parts are not dropping it on your head and getting the fluid to the right level. You can either rebuild your own using the transgo kit or go with a rebuilt valve body from sonnax
02-12-2018 | 06:40 PM
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The cheap/easy test would be to top off the fluid. For less than $20 of ATF and an hours worth of time you could rule that out, which is what it sounds like to me (low fluid).
If that doesn't solve the problem, valve body is the next suspect. If you're really handy and like to fiddle with mechanical bits, you can rebuild the VB yourself with the TransGo kit for ~$100. Otherwise, RevMax or similar rebuilt VB is the faster, more expensive way to go.
If that doesn't solve the problem, valve body is the next suspect. If you're really handy and like to fiddle with mechanical bits, you can rebuild the VB yourself with the TransGo kit for ~$100. Otherwise, RevMax or similar rebuilt VB is the faster, more expensive way to go.
02-13-2018 | 08:31 PM
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I promise, it will NOT get better. The Valve Body is shot. Do the RevMax and be done with it. I tried changing the fluid - made it worse. I tried the shift kit - no change. Replaced the VB and BINGO! All fixed. A bit messy, but I was done in 3 hours including cleanup (prior experience with other attempts probably helped).
02-14-2018 | 12:10 AM
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I promise, it will NOT get better. The Valve Body is shot. Do the RevMax and be done with it. I tried changing the fluid - made it worse. I tried the shift kit - no change. Replaced the VB and BINGO! All fixed. A bit messy, but I was done in 3 hours including cleanup (prior experience with other attempts probably helped).