bighog01
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I have a 2013 with the 68RFE. 46k trouble free miles and it pulls my 15k toy hauler just fine.
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Cummins12V98
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catfishmontana wrote:45Ricochet wrote:Have you checked in Kellogg. I was looking at em about a year ago and they had plenty of DRW with the Aisin. Haven't heard anything bad bout them, well maybe the cost ![[emoticon]](https://forums.goodsamclub.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/awink.gif "awink")
I haven't, I try to stay more local with my money if possible. My salesman found me one, a white Laramie limited with the Aisin, two rear cameras, hitch prep, 3.73's, etc and took $11,000 off the price before we even start talking.
IMHO the backup camera is good but the cargo camera makes the backup camera not so good being in the rear view and the cargo is in the 8.4 screen but the image is too small to be of use to me.
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Cummins12V98
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I put 65K on my2011 Dually 68RFE towing up to 29K combined with 3:42'a and it was flawless. But I ordered my 15 Dually with the Aisin and 4:10's, wow what a difference!
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FishOnOne
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I recall a while back "I'm Rick James" reported he could not notice any performance difference between the 68 and the Aisin tranny. It's interesting that the defenders of the 68 opted for the Aisin and I think we all know why!
Good luck...
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Skinny Man
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I have no real knowledge of the later model heavy transmissions from Aisin but the ones that were used by Jeep in the 80's and 90's were the most bulletproof transmission I have ever seen.
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Cummins12V98
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FishOnOne wrote:I recall a while back "I'm Rick James" reported he could not notice any performance difference between the 68 and the Aisin tranny. It's interesting that the defenders of the 68 opted for the Aisin and I think we all know why!
Good luck...
With the Aisin there is for sure a difference it's called the lower starting gears and they really help get the load rolling with ease.
Chryslers Head West Coast Warranty Rep said when he was asked how well the Aisin trans is holding up he said "they don't break".
My 68RFE was flawless towing a combined load of 29K even with the too high 3:42 gears.
Pan with 50K on the AMZ/OIL.
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FishOnOne wrote:I recall a while back "I'm Rick James" reported he could not notice any performance difference between the 68 and the Aisin tranny. It's interesting that the defenders of the 68 opted for the Aisin and I think we all know why!
Good luck...
If you are implying the 68 is flawed or troublesome, you're wrong. Although not as stout and precise as my 2011 Ford trans was, it's better than the Allison in my opinion.
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FishOnOne
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catfishmontana wrote:FishOnOne wrote:I recall a while back "I'm Rick James" reported he could not notice any performance difference between the 68 and the Aisin tranny. It's interesting that the defenders of the 68 opted for the Aisin and I think we all know why!
Good luck...
If you are implying the 68 is flawed or troublesome, you're wrong. Although not as stout and precise as my 2011 Ford trans was, it's better than the Allison in my opinion.
The 68 overall is not a better tranny than a Allison in terms of refinement, performance, reliability and durability that I know of.
One negative about the Aisin compared to the 68 is the cost to repair one can be expensive. A neighbor down the street from me had a RAM 4500 company truck and I recall he had two Aisin transmissions replaced with one being out of warranty in that truck. Also the Aisin requires 30k miles OCI compared to the 68 if you drive a lot of miles.
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FishOnOne
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Cummins12V98 wrote:FishOnOne wrote:I recall a while back "I'm Rick James" reported he could not notice any performance difference between the 68 and the Aisin tranny. It's interesting that the defenders of the 68 opted for the Aisin and I think we all know why!
Good luck...
With the Aisin there is for sure a difference it's called the lower starting gears and they really help get the load rolling with ease.
Chryslers Head West Coast Warranty Rep said when he was asked how well the Aisin trans is holding up he said "they don't break".
My 68RFE was flawless towing a combined load of 29K even with the too high 3:42 gears.
Pan with 50K on the AMZ/OIL.
I wouldn't put Amzoil in my lawnmower tranny... BTW I hate those small oil pans!
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45Ricochet
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FishOnOne wrote:I recall a while back "I'm Rick James" reported he could not notice any performance difference between the 68 and the Aisin tranny. It's interesting that the defenders of the 68 opted for the Aisin and I think we all know why!
Good luck...
You know it's kind of funny this Ford lover, Ram hater would jump into yet another Ram thread. I seem to remember THIS Ford thread and no Ram guys jumped in with cheap remarks. Usual hear say from Troy I might add.
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