Road Ripper 3000 Transmission - Montana Owners Club

7.3Ford · 09-13-2012, 03:04 PM

Ford's with 7.3 diesel engine, the transmission suck. Has any one ever heard or has one of these transmission?

http://www.certifiedtransmission.com/roadripper3000.asp

Champ_49 · 09-14-2012, 12:53 AM

I know nothing about the Ripper 3000 but can tell you I just had a Jasper built to the specs of what I haul and gave me a 3 year or 36,000 mile warranty for my 7.3 Ford. I like the way it shifts and it appears to be a great tranny. Also with it being Jasper I can get service in almost any town in the USA for my warranty as all it takes is a certified Jasper shop to care of us. We thought this to be a positive as we are on the road and who knows where we might be.

Good luck on your tranny.

Dave

**DQDick** · 09-14-2012, 01:47 AM

I also know nothing about that particular tranny, but had a Jasper put in a Dodge Dakota a number of years back and the dealer is still using it for their work and travel truck and I think it has over a 100,000 on that tranny.

GregN · 09-14-2012, 04:30 AM

Try this shop. Brian builds a tank of a
transmission.
http://www.brianstruckshop.com/

RJI47 · 09-15-2012, 05:45 AM

7.3Ford, do you have the E4D Ford transmission? I had that in 2 different trucks, an F-250 and F-350, and never had a problem with either one of them. I was under the impression they were good units.

7.3Ford · 09-17-2012, 05:52 AM

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quote:Originally posted by RJI47

7.3Ford, do you have the E4D Ford transmission? I had that in 2 different trucks, an F-250 and F-350, and never had a problem with either one of them. I was under the impression they were good units.

Rick,

I haven't had any problems yet. I have 4R100 (same thing as E4D), but transmission will not take the power the 7.3 will put out. The engine was detuned, so it would not blow up the transmission. If my transmission ever goes, the Ripper 3000 looks like a upgrade, that will take the power of the 7.3.

I currently have around 76,000 miles. I have 5 levels on my Edge tuner, and only use level 2 which is recommended for stock transmission. With the Aux transmission, I have 8 forward gears, and can pull most hills at speed limit.

Just wanted to know what my option are in case the 4R100 ever goes out, which appears to be the weak link in the truck.

Parts Ed · 09-17-2012, 10:49 AM

Not to sound like I am trying to sell you a transmission John, but Ford offers a remanufactured transmission in both std and a heavy duty configuration. Both come with a 3 year/unlimited mileage warranty.

Champ_49 · 09-18-2012, 01:44 AM

In talking with a lot of people that haul these heavy rigs with the 7.3 most all of them have said that the trans will hold up until about 125,000 miles. From there it won't be long before you will need a new one. Dangit, hate it when they are right about these things. 122,000 miles and reverse goes out without any clue at all that there was a problem with it.

As I said earlier the Jasper Trans was recommended by a trans shop and was ordered from Jasper with the specs of a 7.3 hauling a 17,000 lbs fiver in the Rockies. We will see how it works out.

Dave

7.3Ford · 09-19-2012, 03:21 AM

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quote:Originally posted by Champ_49

As I said earlier the Jasper Trans was recommended by a trans shop and was ordered from Jasper with the specs of a 7.3 hauling a 17,000 lbs fiver in the Rockies. We will see how it works out.

Dave

Dave,

Keep us posted on how the Jasper works out. Also what speed the trans locks the toque converter.

rapidrobert · 09-19-2012, 12:04 PM

Amen on Brian's Truck Shop in lead hill Arkansas. One of the best trannies available.

Champ_49 · 09-20-2012, 01:16 AM

7.3 Ford

The trans locks at 25mph is my understanding. But the trans lock is an absolute neccesity is what XDP Diesel and I believe Banks says. Without it you would be free spinning the torque converter and heating up the fluid which in turn causes slipping and then failure. I am not absolutely positive on my explanation of this, but its what I remember what was explained to me. But, CRS gets in the way on occasion!!

Dave

7.3Ford · 09-20-2012, 04:32 AM

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quote:Originally posted by Champ_49

7.3 Ford

The trans locks at 25mph is my understanding. But the trans lock is an absolute neccesity is what XDP Diesel and I believe Banks says. Without it you would be free spinning the torque converter and heating up the fluid which in turn causes slipping and then failure. I am not absolutely positive on my explanation of this, but its what I remember what was explained to me. But, CRS gets in the way on occasion!!

Dave

Dave,

Yes that is correct, you want to get the toque convert to lock when pulling a hill or you will overheat the transmission. I have BD Toque Lock which will hold the lock til 30MPH and then it will disengage. I called BD, they gave me the info on how to lower the disengage speed, but said it would only hold the lock. He said the computer would still had to do the initial lock, so may still have to get to 30 MPH to get lock. I may set the speed lower and see it what he told me is true or not.

Just have to make sure you turn the Torque Lock off in higher gears when using engine break so you don't stall the engine. I have one place we travel often, that is 6.5% grade with 20 MPH curves, and normally go down in second, but have to drop down to 20 MPR in 5 or 6 places to make the corner, so lower drop out speed would be great there. Normally the automatic mode works for 95% of my travels.

Champ_49 · 09-21-2012, 01:45 AM

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quote:Originally posted by Champ_49

7.3 Ford

The trans locks at 25mph is my understanding. But the trans lock is an absolute neccesity is what XDP Diesel and I believe Banks says. Without it you would be free spinning the torque converter and heating up the fluid which in turn causes slipping and then failure. I am not absolutely positive on my explanation of this, but its what I remember what was explained to me. But, CRS gets in the way on occasion!!

Dave

Dave,

Yes that is correct, you want to get the toque convert to lock when pulling a hill or you will overheat the transmission. I have BD Toque Lock which will hold the lock til 30MPH and then it will disengage. I called BD, they gave me the info on how to lower the disengage speed, but said it would only hold the lock. He said the computer would still had to do the initial lock, so may still have to get to 30 MPH to get lock. I may set the speed lower and see it what he told me is true or not.

Just have to make sure you turn the Torque Lock off in higher gears when using engine break so you don't stall the engine. I have one place we travel often, that is 6.5% grade with 20 MPH curves, and normally go down in second, but have to drop down to 20 MPR in 5 or 6 places to make the corner, so lower drop out speed would be great there. Normally the automatic mode works for 95% of my travels.

Same here as that is the same lock that I have. Let me know how that lower speed works out for you. I had the same situation as you on the trip over the Little Bighorn heading west. Wasn't a problem at all for me and also had some switchbacks that had to get down to that 20 mph also.

7.3Ford · 09-21-2012, 04:24 AM

Hi Folks,

Just for the halibut, I set the switch setting to 10 MPH, I love it. If you put the shift in 1st or 2nd, and throw the torque lock switch, the torque converter locks right now. You must be careful to not do this with high RPM (lots of slipping). You want the RPM pretty close to lock RPM to avoid wearing out the clutches in the transmission.

I get the truck moving put in 2nd, very little peddle and flipped the switch to lock and it does. I also tried 1st gear lock, and that worked too. That will be great for steep roads in campgrounds we visit, where the trucks free wheels going down the hill because of the low speed.

Haven't done complete testing yet, just driving around the neighborhood (25MPH), it appears when transmission is in (D)rive, it doesn't lock at lower speed than it did before, but put it in 1st or 2nd, it locks immediately.

7.3Ford · 10-01-2012, 03:25 PM

Update on Torque Lock, it will lock the transmission in drive also. Not a good idea if using it at low speed will lug the engine. You want to put the transmission in 1st or 2nd at low speed before switching the Torque Lock on.

Just wish I had set the switch setting to lower speed 3 years ago.

Champ_49 · 10-02-2012, 02:54 AM

Thanks for the info Ford. Sounds like its something I may look into. So far though I don't have a big need for it to work to lock in that low. Been a couple places that I could have used it but at such slow speeds I don't think the brakes would over heat in that short of distance. But maybe I havent gotten into them areas yet either. Anyway, thanks for the update. Keep your mods coming I like seeing them.

Dave

ColoradoPriorMarines · 11-30-2017, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by 7.3Ford

Ford's with 7.3 diesel engine, the transmission suck. Has any one ever heard or has one of these transmission?

http://www.certifiedtransmission.com/roadripper3000.asp

Did anyone ever go with the Road Ripper 3000? My local diesel shop carries them and does the install.

Warranty is 3 years or 100,000 miles.

Dam Worker · 11-30-2017, 07:49 PM

My thoughts would totally agree with the previous posts that recommend Brian's Truck Shop. He does have designated installers around the country. Do a web search and see what he offers and see how he changes the weak internal parts out for a bullet proof transmission. I wish I had his instead of my ATS transmission.

Tom Marty

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