another dead overdrive unit

Got an '02 Ram 1500, 360/518 in the shop on Monday. Owner's complaining about the truck slipping to the point of not wanting to move.

Rolled it in and started doing the basic checks. Fluid is crap, lot's of debris. Pull the pan, filter is clogged, I mean packed, lot of debris in the bottom of the pan. Rut-row, Raggy.

Get the trans out and start doing the tear down. With every part we remove, there's more debris.

Tear down the valve body for overhaul. The solenoids are covered, the screen inside has actually been pulled open, blown right out. Lots of debris in the passage, too.

Things look good as far as the clutches go, but the front bad is smoked.

Then it gets bad. Real bad. Start to take the O/D unit apart and it ain't coming. Been there before.

Gear set is wasted.

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I've got another trans laying there for my Diplomat, so I called the owner and let him know that's he's gonna need additional parts, mainly mine.

He does a lot of towing. In O/D.

Not anymore, not if he wants to keep his warranty.

Gonna have to give him a nice write up with his bill on how to properly tow with his rig.