Transmission Flush, panacea or poison?

[gyrus]

Marlin,

Where did you order that transmission from? Most of the ones i see online are running for $12-1500.

Thanks!

[gyrus]

Marlin,

Where did you order that transmission from? Most of the ones i see online are running for $12-1500.

Thanks!

[Marlin]

Got it from Everdrive. Their site is down right now. They are a huge parts reseller. Mine came out of a trooper. I googled 4l30E and saw at least 3 or 4 refurbed trannys under 1000 including S&H.

There are multiples on Ebay for 1000 with S&H. Just search 4L30E isuzu. As far as I know, they are all the same. The mechanic that did mine said the 4L60E would fit as well. The warranty company said they would not pay for any of it if I did that. The 4l60E is the same physical housing as ours, just a heavier duty tranny. Wish I had known that the warranty company was gonna go tits up back then, I would have done the updgrade...

[Ldub]

The mechanic that did mine said the 4L60E would fit as well. The warranty company said they would not pay for any of it if I did that. The 4l60E is the same physical housing as ours, just a heavier duty tranny. Wish I had known that the warranty company was gonna go tits up back then, I would have done the updgrade...

As a point of clarification... (from the planet)



JLEMOND
Almost Joe Isuzu


Joined: 18 Apr 2006
Posts: 2413

Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 9:56 pm Post subject: Re: possible tranny swap - 4L60E for 4L30E???
zquest wrote:
would this be possible at all? same year tranny but 60E vs 30E


YES IT CAN AND WILL FOR THE MOST PART BOLT UP, BU T HEN THE FUN BEGINS, WITH THE WIRING , AN EASIER SWAP IS TO USE A 700 R4 FROM A CHEVY S 10 2.8 ENG , IT BOLTS RIGHT ON, AND CAN BE MODIFIED TO EASILY HOLD 350 HP , AND THE EASIEST PART THE CONVERTOR WILL BOLT RIGHT TO YOUR STOCK FLYWHEEL, AND THE ENG BOLTS RIGHT UP. TO THE TRANS CASE , A LITTLE WIRING FOR THE CONVERTOR CONTROL LOCKUP AND YOU WILL HAVE TO FAB UP A BRACKET TO OPERATE THE THE KICK DOWN CABLE SO THAT YOU CAN ADJUST THE UP SHIFT POINTS OF THE TRANS , ,
A 4L60 WILL ALL SO WORK AS LONG AS IT IS FOR THE 2.8 ENG THE 4L60 E IS A DIFF ANIMAL ALTOGETHER AS FAR AS CONTROL GOES ,
THE 700R4 AS GM ORIGINALLY BUILT IT WAS JUST LIKE THE TURBO 350 A REAL [PIECE OF CRAP , UN TILL THE AFTERMARKET GOT HOLD OF IT AND MADE IT WORK LIKE GM SHOULD HAVE OR COULD HAVE IN THE VERY BEGINING , AND NOW BOTH TRANS ARE AS GOOD AS THEY COME , THE 700/4L60 HAS A 3.06 FIRST GEAR AND A 30% OVERDRIVE , ABOUT AS GOOD AS IT GETS, ONE OF THE GUYS ON THIS BOARD ABOTU 5 YEARS AGO PUT THIS SAME SETUP IN HIS RODEO BUT USED A DANA TRANS FER CASE AND IT WAS VERY CLOSE TO THE TORSION BARS, BUT I THINK HE CORRECTED THAT WITH A SAS, BANSIL REMEMBER ANDRES OLD RODEO, WHEN WE HAD ALL THE TRANNY PARTS LAID OUT ON THE TABLE THERE AT URE MAKING ALL SORT S OF MEASUREMENTS AND IT ALL CAME TOGETHER

JERRY

[vt_maverick]

I just love run-on sentences in all-caps. Good information though.

[Marlin]

I just love run-on sentences in all-caps. Good information though.

That is from Jerry, a very old Zu expert. He helped Buffy out with his rebuild as well. He always wears what my wife and I call "Conductor overalls". They are blue and white striped. He is a wealth of Zu info. He has a S/C trooper, a pristine Trooper RS, and probably a handful of other Zu toys he never mentioned around the camp fire. He has been working on Zus since day one.

[Ldub]

I just love run-on sentences in all-caps. Good information though.

Agreed, however, if I'm not mistaken, JL is nearly legally blind (Marlin correct me if I got that wrong, I've only emailed back & forth, never met the man)
Also he gets a TOTAL pass on the allcaps/run-on, cuz he knows more about Isuzus than any other person in the world. (at least that I'm aware of)

He is TRULY a guru, & a living treasure to the Isuzu community...

I ain't pickin' on ya bro, I'm just sayin'...

[Marlin]

Agreed, however, if I'm not mistaken, JL is nearly legally blind (Marlin correct me if I got that wrong, I've only emailed back & forth, never met the man)
Also he gets a TOTAL pass on the allcaps/run-on, cuz he knows more about Isuzus than any other person in the world. (at least that I'm aware of)

He is TRULY a guru, & a living treasure to the Isuzu community...

I ain't pickin' on ya bro, I'm just sayin'...

x2, there are only handful of others that fall into his class of Zu wisdom, Bansil, Joe D, Lowzone (if its a older model), and I am sure there are some west coasters out there, but I have met and talked shop with these guys. They know their excrement.