Ram tranny problems

Well the abs scan said the rear abs sensor fault. One problem narrowed down. As for the tranny I talked to a guy who all he does is mopar trannys at a local dealership said that a lot of plow trucks get these symtoms. I guess if you go low to reverse repeatedly that its a common problem. He said pull the pan and look for a 2 inch flat piece of metal on the bottom of the pan or on top of the vavle body. He said this piece of metal holds the low/reverse band in place and sometimes falls out when used hard. No light will come on and reverse will work most of the time. He said he thinks you can spin the band and put it back in without a full tear down. I've never had one apart does this make any senseto anyone else?

He's apparently talking about the band strut that connects the band to the adjuster pivot but the one that connects the rear band is not 2 inches long. It's only about 1" long. Doesn't matter anyway cause the low/reverse band is not applied in drive. Only when you pull it down into low does the low band apply. The front band strut is about 3" long. Sounds like he's confused as to what band does what.

To answer your question of "does this make sense", my answer is no. I don't care if he's rebuilt 10 million Dodge transmissions he should know the rear band strut is very short and if it fell out there is no way on God's green earth reverse would ever work. He should also know that the low band isn't even used in 1st gear unless you manually shift down into low gear.

BTW: I have seen the front band strut fall out and when that happens you only have 1st gear. No 2nd or high gear.

My bet is since you found a bunch of metal shavings in it when changing the fluid it needs rebuilt/replaced. When you had the pan down changing the fluid you should have seen the band strut if it had fallen out. As for going with a junkyard trans. remember this, if it's in a junkyard it's probably there for a reason. Maybe the engine, maybe the transmission? If you find a low mileage wrecked truck you might gamble on it.