Did I Waste $4000 on a DIY Transmission Rebuild (47RE)?

Did I waste a bunch of money upgrading my old pickup or should I have spent that money on a new pickup? In this video, I rebuild the 47RE transmission. Before the upgrades, the truck accelerated from 0-60 in 17.08 seconds. Towing 10,000 pounds, the truck accelerated from 0-60 in over 45 seconds. Also, the truck is unable to hold highway speed towing 10,000 pounds climbing a 3-degree grade.

I requested a collaboration with Power Driven Diesel in Cedar City, Utah. A big “thank you” to Will, Todd, Myer, Griffith, Reed, Levi, Pedro, and the rest of the team at Power Driven Diesel for their role in this review. In part 1 of 2, I travel out to Power Driven Diesel for the upgrades. I do not accept sponsorships, and I paid for all of the parts, fluids, etc used to upgrade the engine. In part 2, I rebuild the transmission. I paid for all of the parts used to upgrade the transmission.

I did not and do not receive any form of commission or financial benefit from the sale of Power Driven Diesel parts or services. Here are the links to the parts I purchased for the upgrades. I used 055 delivery valves and not the 025 listed in the engine upgrade kit. I highly recommend calling Power Driven Diesel’s customer support team to discuss upgrades. They are friendly and very helpful.

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[linuxares]

why did I watch 38mins of someone repairing a transmission that I will never ever do? That's how good your videos are

[shawnerick]

Insane quality of content. There are so many problems with youtube, but you're one of the reasons why I'll never leave.

[Apollyon]

Just remember, there Will be a DIYer out there with a tablet set up in their shop watching this as they rebuild a transmission. The money saved, the satisfaction of doing it themselves, and the boost to their ego to be able to try even more new jobs is worth every penny you put into this (and all of the other videos) video. The country needs more content like yours for building confidence in our youth. Thank you for all you do. By the way, your happiness at the end was infectious.

[Infomonger]

I don't have this truck, I don't have anything with the same engine or transmission.

But someone out there does, and nothing drives me more wild then watching these build or repair videos where the techs have every special tool and house made jigs that no one else would have.

I can't state my level of appreciation that you skipped using as much of it as possible for this video.

Please make more of this. More refit, repair videos of how anyone would have to do it in their driveway or garage. Cars, trucks, motorcycles, lawnmowers, whatever, anything, just more!

Great work as always!

[AD-uwbd]

Most youtubers skip this kind of content because they fear of boring us... Truth is, this type of content is what's the most interesting. Thank you for respecting our intelligence.

[yettifpv]

As a mechanic that previously worked at a transmission shop, you did a very good job rebuilding and explaining the process. Gold Star!

[PantyDropper]

Saved 60k from building a new truck and helped the environment a ton as well.

Hell yeah for keeping old vehicles goinf

[danamacie]

Holy crap! Much respect for those of you that do this for a living or a DIY shade tree mechanic! Makes complete sense why it costs so much to have this done!

[gus]

Most people have no idea what a marvelous invention the automatic transmission is! And I would never even think of attempting this! Great show Todd! 😎✌️

[AlanShirtsink]

My Dad was an automatic transmission guru. This video finally made me appreciate how talented he was. Thank you

[ObservationofLimits]

I'm always amazed at automatic transmissions and the amount of planning that went into not just the design but the assembly steps.

[BionicDeathclaw]

This video is insane, well done! I can't imagine how many hours the rebuild, editing, and voiceover took to make this video. Thank you for all your hard and quality work!

[burtonfzz]

I will probably never rebuild a transmission myself, but it was a pleasure to see so much positive emotions at one video.
Such a pleasure to watch you, sir 👍

[gregorymccoy]

Your concise editing makes watching a topic of this complexity a breeze. While I cannot rebuild a transmission, I still learned a great deal.

[StanCarrico]

It is fascinating for a layperson to see the innards of a transmission. Makes me appreciate the mechanical complexity we tend to take for granted even more. This channel has to be some of the best and most honest content ever produced period. Thank you for all of your hard work.

[coreywalker]

THIS is the content I come back for, I love DIY repair. Not accepting sponsors is a huge financial sacrifice on your part and it means a lot to me.

[coltoncj]

I like that he replaced all the seals and bushings even though some of them “appeared ok.” If you’re going to do the work and time required to rebuild a transmission, then you should always replace wearable parts that appear ok. “If you’re going to do it, then do it right!”

[woods-garage]

I probably watched 30+ videos from Precision Transmission when they were posting regularly. While the tear downs were great, it was pretty rare to see the reassembly. I really appreciate the work in this video. The content was great, and the extra contortions you went through staying out of the camera view so we could see the work is really appreciated.

[AzN_devil]

this video feels so different from the typical diy videos on youtube. the way its presented is exactly like how project farm normally does its reviews. the ability to mention all the important details while keeping the quick pace is really really good

[cllout]

I contemplated DIYing the trans in my old passenger full size van but ultimately decided to pay a professional ~$3000 to redo it since this vehicle was taking two families on a road trip 2000 miles. My guy did a great job and not a single regret swinging the money to have it done right. Having seen this video some years later I feel even more justified in my decision. Great video!