Josh Battles <cletusjones@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 7, 2011 7:54 PM, <jon@dakota-truck.net> wrote:
>> Michael Maskalans <dml@tepidcola.com> wrote:
>>
>> > On Feb 7, 2011, at 6:42 PM, John Dunlap wrote:
>>
>> >> OK, here's my deal...how do I find out which tranny I have...'98, 4x4,
>> >> 5.2L (crew type cab) 2dr
>>
>> > that's a "club cab", and you have a 44RE.
>> [...]
>>
>> Agreed on all counts in your reply Mike, with the possible exception
>> of the above. With a V8, shouldn't he have the 46RE? I know the 44RE
>> was reserved for the V6 in the Gen2 but maybe that changed in the Gen3.
> I had a 42RE in my 2k V6 and it was garbage. Was on the third one ($2500
> race build) when I sold it, and it was the longest lasting at about 70k
> miles of use. It would've been fantastic to have had something beefier.
> Wonder why it was changed from the 44RE in the gen 2.
Actually, I mis-spoke as well. :-) I typed "44RE" in my reply to
Mike but meant to say "42RE" when speaking of the Gen2. I'd never
actually heard of the 44RE until now. The 44RE must have been
introduced in the Gen3 lineup, as my '96 FSM (last year for the Gen2)
shows only 42RE and 46RE.
Annoyingly, my '96 FSM doesn't specify which engines the automatic
transmissions were meant for, though it does have this info for the
standard transmissions. :-P I'm pretty sure though that the
42RE/42RH was for the V6 and 46RE/46RH for the V8. They came from the
A904 and A727 transmissions, respectively. The 44RE must be a "tween"
transmission. :-) I'm guessing there was never a 44RH if it was not
introduced until the Gen3 era when all the transmissions were
electronically shifted.
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