4T65E rebuild DVD!!

[Street Wolf]

Nice find.

[Trannyman95]

Its hard to say without personally seeing it but it looks like a nice set. I have no idea what the performance shows or says what to do and unless they have hundreds of units built in the field that have proven themselves it is hard to say what to do for them for high performance use. The mechanics of any automatic trans are the same and many things can be applied to near any model once you understand the whats and the whys. A dvd would be a good idea for the visual end of it but I always thought it would be hard to have hard data in front of you if it is on a dvd. Every torque spec wont clearly be on a page, diag and electrical specs wont be at hand, etc. I feel it would be a good addition to a book but will never replace a book. How anyone shows or advertises their ideas and thoughts on how to rebuild a transmission is just that-there ideas and thoughts. It doesnt mean one guy is more right or wrong than the next, just how he does things. My old boss told me that you could tell 100 guys to build a trans the same with with the same exact parts and every one would likely work different and I believe it. Some peoples ideas on what is the best or better way to do things doesnt mean that it is. The big problem I see with these DVDs is that a Buy-It-Now price of $17.99 is terribly cheap for anyone that respects their own work. Transgo sells a tech info DVD for $349.95 and to professionals it is not expensive for the info provided but it is real world info and fixes and worth the money for the knowledge. Again I am not saying its a bad idea and seeing real parts with the tech info included is a great idea but would definately be well complimented with a tech manual.

[chrisb]

you make some good points, the visual end is great for someone like me. I prolly should change my post cause i dont feel you can beat a manual as far as specs go, visual is another story. i wanted to pick up a manaul to have all the specs on hand cause i do think the video lacks some things. i wasnt sure if you had seen the video or not, but thanks for your reply!

[Trannyman95]

Like I mentioned and as you found yourself a visual aid cant be beat, especially with something as complex as a transmission and it may be helpful to clear up some things that you didnt think of or understand in the manual. Scotty (Synthetic Shield) has been bugging me for the last year to come out with a DVD manual or video on these transmissions and I feel there is just so much involved it would take me forever to create one with the detail I would like to include lol.

[Sabrewings]

A dvd would be a good idea for the visual end of it but I always thought it would be hard to have hard data in front of you if it is on a dvd. Every torque spec wont clearly be on a page, diag and electrical specs wont be at hand, etc.

Quoted for truth. The GM SI manual goes over every step on working on your car in detail. But, it's on my laptop and is quite annoying to use while I'm actually doing the work. I usually end up printing out all the required pages before hand so I have hard data to work with.

[SyntheticShield]

I usually end up printing out all the required pages before hand so I have hard data to work with.

You and I think a like. I have the DVD's and I have all the manuals that Trannyman sells and while the DVD's are great and, in my opinion worth it, I still would not go near the tranny without the manuals. Furthermore I just recently bought the complete Service Manual as well so I would be certain I had everything covered. I also have some training documents from the ASE training courses so I could educate myself a bit on drivetrains.

But I was explaining to someone not long ago that I love to have print outs for various reasons. One of the many is that you can write on them, take notes and so on and keep that info and help out others with it.

I would still love to see a DVD from Dave just because I know the detail that it would entail. I would be time consuming though but good nonetheless. One of these days I'll be able to convince him to produce one. What an education in transmission building that would be.