4l60e slipping 3rd

[79jasper]

Yeah, 90% of the salvage yards around here are you-pull-its.

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[silky28]

I think he was talking about pulling his own transmission and installing the salvage yard transmission and finding out it is bad.

Exactly...

Basically I was asking if I can yank my own tranny, replace the 3-4 clutch assembly and throw it back in...

And I do have a pretty good idea of what is bad: transmission line to front cooler ruptured. I fixed it but I guess in the process of fixing it another spot developed a leak. I didn’t catch the leak in time and 3rd started to slip. Now it is to the point where 3rd is useless. I’m no expert but I suspect that is bad clutches

 

[exp500]

It is a Time/money thing. Tools and luck factor in too. If you have the tools and time, then about$250 in parts will do a partial rebuild. I Definately would not pick a 4x4 for my first trans rebuild. My friend an extremely good wrench did his 97 5 times and never got it. (suspect a bad case internal leak.)

 

[Rocket Man]

Exactly...

Basically I was asking if I can yank my own tranny, replace the 3-4 clutch assembly and throw it back in...

And I do have a pretty good idea of what is bad: transmission line to front cooler ruptured. I fixed it but I guess in the process of fixing it another spot developed a leak. I didn’t catch the leak in time and 3rd started to slip. Now it is to the point where 3rd is useless. I’m no expert but I suspect that is bad clutches

If you think you know what’s wrong and nothing else got damaged by running low on fluid (unlikely) and you think you have the skills and want to buy the tools needed ( since there are a few special ones needed) then by all means yes you could give it a shot. Myself, although I’m a pretty fair mechanic, an automatic transmission isn’t something I would try. You might want to watch a few videos on rebuilding a 4l60 if you haven’t already.