r/DodgeRam • u/HEx2HockeySticks • 11h ago
08 ram 3500 diesel big horn
Found this for sale from a private seller for 15k(WA state, our market is crazy, wasn’t finding anything similar for less than 20k without going out of state, was also in a hurry cause I needed something to tow my work boat) Has 300k on chassis, but had a reman motor and transmission 110k ago. Looks like a total delete to my untrained eye, not sure of the tune yet but gotta figure that out. No codes at the time of test drive, actually drove it twice before buying. Everything seemed fine, but when I put the first few thousand miles on, I started popping codes for my pedal sensor, trans solenoid, trans pressure, and a few random others on and off. Really hard down shifts with a clunk, pedal response all over the place, going into limp pedal at times, 4th gear limp mode once
Watched a 3 hr video on how to take the trans completely apart, got mentally ready to spend some money and time on the 68rfe, looking at rebuild options, solenoid options, the works
Climbed around under the truck, inspecting everything while I thought about the situation. Suddenly, I found one of the electrical connectors completely unplugged from the transmission. There are numerous other plugs, going to nothing, because of whatever delete, so I almost missed it the first time. I’m not sure how such a heavy duty connector could unplug on its own, nothing else looks out of the ordinary around the plug. After plugging it back in, she shifts normal, has cleared most codes on its own. I’ll keep my Bluetooth OBD plugged in and monitor everything closely
Seems like I got pretty lucky?