TRANS-GO 4L60E HD2 SHIFT KIT INSTALLATION

[@BadLuckGarage]

UPDATE: I was able to install the servo with the transmission still in the car. For servo install and driving test, check this video out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2bGgn-Pgs6XrLs

[@christopherhendricks4369]

this is probably the most in depth shift kit vid I've seen on here. thanks

[@BadLuckGarage]

Hope you found it helpful brother. Whenever I do “how to” videos I try to make them annoyingly detailed so people know exactly what’s involved and don’t get stuck by surprises in the middle of an install. On a side note, I was finally able to get the servo out with the transmission still in the car and I covered that part of the install in the test drive video linked in the pinned comment on this video. 👍

[@MrStinky2011]

I know this is an older upload but I just wanted to thank you. Best install video I've seen. Again...thanks for doing this.

[@BadLuckGarage]

Glad you found it helpful brother. 👍

[@zachhubbard8770]

Awesome video man!! Very helpful and informative! If there is anyone that still has questions I recommend transmission bench. They go over EVERYTHING, each year the trans was made, difference between the years, bolt lengths, shifts, friction plates, everything. But great video man hahaha a LOT different than building it in a living room 😂😂

[@grassyfieldz4578]

I finally started to install this kit I've got everything done and all there is left to do is re install the valve body. Very keen to see the difference it makes to my shifts and also this video helped me alot so thanks for uploading it.

[@BadLuckGarage]

Glad to hear it brother.

[@kevinhumphrey932]

I made me a fill station out of a garden sprayer with a brass shut off valve that thing works flawlessly

[@BadLuckGarage]

That’s a good idea! I do pest control for a living so I’ve got several old stainless steel sprayers I could use for this purpose!

[@halfbaked8916]

Great video, I'm doing the Trans-Go 4L60E-3 which is the full manual kit on my 2000 C5. I like all of your videos, keep up the good work.

[@PrimalMiltos]

I was about to ask if anyone knows about that manual kit version! What about the torque converter, does it still lock automatically on 3rd and 4th gear at approx. 45 mph?

[@johnward5890]

Most people don't know of the 3-4 servo release hole in the transmission pan gasket area and if you get sealant in that hole your 3-4 servo will not release and will burn out your 3-4 clutch pack This is why transmission builders don't use silicon on the Pan gasket. best practice is just leave the gasket bare.

[@josephjones2243]

Hey buddy great video. I do a lot of transmission work . Specially the 60 . If you ever go back in it, I really recommend the pinless accumulators and .500 boost valve and the 2 5/8 wide band the smart drum with z-pack clutches with deep pan .

[@BadLuckGarage]

The .500 boost valve was put in in the video brother. And as I stated in the video, eventually this trans will come out and will definitely be doing some upgrades at that point. 👍🏻

[@josephjones2243]

Bad Luck Garage my apologies.lol sorry brother man . You miss your turbo truck yet? I’ve watched almost all your videos.

[@BadLuckGarage]

Brother there’s no reason for an apology. I was totally agreeing with you! Lol. I miss SteppinWolf, but not all the turbo problems. I really wish I would have just stayed with the nitrous on it. But hopefully Chaos Theory will get me my turbo fix pretty soon. And since it’s not gonna be a daily driver I won’t be so stressed out when it’s breaking all the time. 🤣🤣

[@josephjones2243]

I’ve got a 5.3 in my 94 extended cab stepside with decapped injectors 70mm on3 performance turbo and really debating on just installing a cam and tuning it . Lol

[@BadLuckGarage]

Hell if you've already bought everything you might as well go hard now! 🤘

[@RustyWrenches]

Hell of a job! I don’t know what it is about automatic transmissions, but they scare me. You had it handled. Interesting to see all of the changes and tweaks. Reminded me that I need to get mine back to my trans guy to adjust the rock hard 1-2 shift

[@BadLuckGarage]

Yea I'm actually worried that this thing may shift a little too hard now for the wifey. But we'll see....

[@RustyWrenches]

I'll be interested to see how yours shifts.

[@BadLuckGarage]

Yea I still haven’t road tested yet. Had to go out of town yesterday to visit some family in from Wisconsin.

[@brianfortier7485]

Your video literally saved my ass, after tripping over a power cord while trying to get around a 38" tire, two choppers, a bucket of Dextron V and the mobile work table that had all my cleaned 4L60E parts laid out in exact reassembly order, in my 1.5 car garage. Parts went everywhere! I couldn't make heads or tails what went where after dealing with the aftermath. Please accept this Texan thankyou for taking the time to produce this extraordinary documentary. I get next to no help when it comes to vehicle maintenance, let alone trying to record my laughable efforts and know all too well what it took for you to make this YTV gem happen. You are a gentleman and scholar. PS: Are your shirts still available? All I got was a 404 File Error after the click.

[@BadLuckGarage]

Lol, I feel your pain brother. Especially the tripping over shit in a small garage part!🤣. I think SOME of the shirts are still available but what’s happened is I tried to price my apparel as low as I could because I just make them available because people asked for them and I really don’t make a profit…..I just wanted to make them affordable. Well Teespring has raised the production costs of their shirts so much that my cost has actually become MORE than the cost I was selling them for and so they made certain shirts where that threshold was crossed unavailable. So the only shirts that are still available are the ones that don’t cross that profit/cost threshold. I do plan to try to fix that but that will mean the shirts will cost a couple dollars more. I also plan to put up a few new designs as well. Again, I don’t push the apparel on people, I just try to make it available if someone wants one and generally only make like a dollar or two per shirt at most.

[@brianfortier7485]

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[@codyadams5182]

Waayyyyy above my paygrade brother. But you made it look easy. Great job !

[@BadLuckGarage]

Thanks brother. It wasn't hard....just time consuming.

[@castledomeknives9395]

Great vid..I only use the CORK gaskets( almost every transmission rebuilder does) they are better than rubber because of its properties...no rtv, silicone,nothing... tightening sequence and correct torque is very important

[@mortifersoldat]

every rebuilder i know uses permadry gaskets if they cant get the reusable ones.

[@jameswilliams3844]

Great job, you gave me the confidence to tackle my Camaro, thanks.

[@BadLuckGarage]

Glad to hear it helped brother. 👍

[@mariorodriguezjr7041]

I like the video i feel confident to do it my self Thanks bro...

[@BadLuckGarage]

Glad to hear that brother. The follow-up video shows the installation of the servo parts. Turns out I was able to get them in after all. 👍🏻

[@williamcordle]

Great video as always man ready to see the results of your labor

[@BadLuckGarage]

Stay tuned. We’ll get her back to the strip soon.

[@micthegreasemonkey2918]

Fantastically delivered. U hav givin me the confidence 2 do mine. I wouldnt worry about the servo since u already hav the corvette one. Not sure if i should go full race since i will b installing a torque converter in the future but i suppose i can come back 2 it. Thnxs!

[@BadLuckGarage]

If you watch the test drive video, it shows me doing the servo install. I was actually able to do it with the trans still in the car regardless of what the “internet” had to say. 😉

[@MrGriffin23]

Great video Rob! Very well laid out!

[@BadLuckGarage]

Thank you sir.

[@leeadams1419]

Good video bro. I will be doing mine really soon especially now that I have my cam installed.

[@BadLuckGarage]

Probably a good idea. 😉

[@georgedickson2562]

That was a great video brother kinda makes me want to do it to my truck lol I've got some pictures of my truck I'm going to post soon I taught my daughter how to paint some to day and she did all the inner finders and I did the inner lip of the rims she did a good job I'm so proud of her hope she does good at the car show

[@BadLuckGarage]

Thats awesome man. I wish I could get my kids into cars. They just arent interested at all.

[@prancstaman]

I just got done doing the Corvette servo upgrade yesterday on my truck. When ordering the servo, I seen the shift kit you just put in and was curious. I thought the ECM did everything? What this kit does, is it past what the ECM can do? Wondering because I also seen a kit that was a wiring harness with a ECM, probably for a stand-alone setup but claimed it was a shift kit also.

[@BadLuckGarage]

Yes this kit goes way beyond what the PCM is capable of. You can adjust shift pressure and speed only to a certain point with the pcm. This kit addresses internal shortcomings with the transmission as well.

[@wisheye1]

Thanks for putting this together

[@BadLuckGarage]

Thanks for watching brother. Hopefully it helps you out. Btw I was able to do the servo after all and it’s in the test drive video. 👍🏻

[@samshipley1311]

Over an hour,,,, my gals gonna kill me for staring at my phone this long🤣

[@BadLuckGarage]

I wanted to make it a 2 part deal but when I surveyed on Facebook and Instagram the majority wanted one long video so that’s what I did. 😒

[@Mrixmx]

awesome video !! I purchased the kit following your instructions. I finished assembling everything and tried my truck but it doesn't run smoothly. The idle is low and irregular, it seems to slip, the oil level seems ok .. can you help me?

[@BadLuckGarage]

I would suggest calling Transgo. They are very good about answering phones and questions. Matter of fact they answered several questions I had while making this video.

[@sailingmohican2767]

When I remove the plate I use a small neo magnet to keep the 1-2 accumulator check ball stuck to the v body plate ..

[@tysoncurrie7745]

Hey, it's confusing on the 2-3 shift on drilling the hole to a .093 or not depending on how you read the instructions. I know you drilled it to .093 but on the instructions you can read it as ".093 is high-stall conv and full race is .101" OR .093 drill it out and High-stall conv or full race is .101 how would you guys read it? So if you don't have a Hi-stall conv just leave the hole alone? Or drill it to .093?

[@josevaldez7281]

Badass video very helpful

[@nickonickster1]

I did this shift kit but i did not change out the 8 or 10 springs and the beefier snap ring...wish me luck......i only did the valve body and servo

[@johnnyblade4455]

Amazing video,great job...

[@garyborchert61]

Nice job , not so difficult at all, be nice to see the run and shift business working after all that , 🤙

[@BadLuckGarage]

If you’ll following the Chinavette build you’ll see the results at the dragstrip soon. 👍🏻

[@richardstorms3762]

Good advise small magnet to hold check ball to separator plate when removing

[@BadLuckGarage]

Great tip!👍🏻

[@knandez99]

Dont use magnets on check balls could cause them to become magnetized and stick

[@zachhoyle3725]

You have convinced me to give this ago awesome work on your installation and instructions. I have ordered the kit but I still need to order the corvette servo do you have any advice cheers

[@BadLuckGarage]

link is in video description

[@TheJaimePowell]

Look into the Sonnax pinless upgrades

[@TheJaimePowell]

Next time try using the SONNAX PINlESS upgrade billet pistons. They are deeper with two seals and do not use the guide-pins. It is like $50 for all three. (1-2, 3-4, forward)

[@BadLuckGarage]

I had considered them but I was trying to stay under a certain budget for this project. Otherwise I would have used them.

[@minitrucker68]

Just curious, if you do the transgo shift kit do you still flip the sonnax piston upside down? And do you still use the transgo springs?

[@grassyfieldz4578]

56:07 so you can just have all the check balls sitting in the valve body like that? that makes it looks much easier because I thought you had to stick them all to the gasket with trans gel and then attach the valve body which made me worry that the balls will move out of position while reinstalling the valve body definitely doing this to my 4l60e after watching this vid much easier than I thought.

[@BadLuckGarage]

All except for the one under the accumulator.

[@CHASEPATTON]

24:38 Page 2 step 1 - I bought this same kit, my directions look the same as yours except that mine is labeled 4L60E-HD2-D not "-C" like yours. Anyway, my purple spring is so tightly wound that it has zero bounce and my plug sits in the valve body without trying to shoot itself back out. I called Transgo and they said I have the correct spring. Does that seem weird to you?

[@BadLuckGarage]

From what I remember the new spring didn’t really have much(if any) tension on the plug at all. So I think you’re good.

[@alexsoto9724]

My boost valve has a conector infront of it do you know how to take it off ? I tried looking for a Clip but I have no clue

[@BadLuckGarage]

If you followed all the steps in the video, there should be nothing in your way to take the boost valve out.

[@jonathansandoval4413]

I wonder what kind of high stall for a 3 spacers like 3000-3200 or like 3400-3600 stall

[@BadLuckGarage]

The spacers are just to make the shift harder and more noticeable. You lose that shift feel when running higher stall speeds. How much shift feel you want is totally a matter of personal choice.

[@BigRig003]

So after the shift kit goes in, does it need the electronics to shift or can one just do it regularly without the electronics?

[@BadLuckGarage]

The computer still controls the transmission.

[@metwono]

@48:00 you have a pin in the 4th Accumulator but right after that you have it in the transmission. Was it supposed to come out?

[@BadLuckGarage]

The pins in the bore. You can clearly see it in the video

[@metwono]

@@BadLuckGarage I see. I rewatched and at 15:50 I see that the pin came out. I’m in the middle of installing this shift kit in a 2003 4L60E. My pin never came out. I get it now, it must be removable, I just couldn’t get mine to come free. Thanks for being awesome. Do you still have the Corvette?

[@BadLuckGarage]

@@metwono Yes sir. Plenty of videos of this car. Just click on the Chinavette playlist on this channel and you won’t have to sift through the videos of all the other project cars.

[@DO820]

could i do all the upgrades without tweaking the valvebody separator plate.

[@BadLuckGarage]

Yes you can change your transmission fluid,filter, and pan gasket without installing a shift kit. No you can’t install a shift kit without installing a shift kit. Lol. 95% of the parts for this kit go in the valvebody as shown in the video.

[@DO820]

Bad Luck Garage lol let me ask the question again, I was asking can I do all the valvebody upgrades you did here except without touching the valve plate separator and drilling the holes.

[@gangstarsnowman7773]

How much hp can the 4l60e hold after this upgrade?

[@BadLuckGarage]

Not much more than it could without it really. This is just to make it shift better.

[@LuisGutierrez-pm2eq]

How can i tell if they installed a transgo shift kit. ?

[@BadLuckGarage]

Easiest way would be to pull the servo apart and see what springs are in it as shown in the test drive/servo install video.

[@huntert6452]

On the accumulators do I need a high stall converter to put the 3rd spacer in?

[@huntert6452]

Also what’s the difference between the $45 transgo shift kit and the almost a $100 kit that you have.

[@BadLuckGarage]

You don’t “need” one, but it’s gonna shift mega hard behind a stock converter if you do the full kill mode. The $45 kit is just a correction kit to address some known issues in the 4L60 for stock use. The HD kit is a high performance kit.

[@huntert6452]

Bad Luck Garage does the HD kit come with everything that the $45 kit has?

[@BadLuckGarage]

I can’t answer that for sure because I have never use the shift correction kit which is the $45 kit that I’m assuming you’re referring to. But if you call trans go they will explain it to you I believe the HD kit addresses some of the problems in a different way than the shift correction kit does since it’s aimed more at high-performance applications. But some of the parts may in fact be the same.

[@huntert6452]

Bad Luck Garage also on the 3rd spacer, say I do put in all 3 on the stock converter, will it destroy it?

[@Unknown-lu4zq]

can i do this with stock stall ?

[@BadLuckGarage]

Yes

[@MrZaner1]

Great video! Very informative and entertaining. But your a freaking tease with no test drive!

[@BadLuckGarage]

Have to wait till we get back to the dragstrip for that. 😉

[@jaredmayer3960]

The servo is the most important part lol

[@BadLuckGarage]

Far from it unless you’re replacing it entirely, but kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2bGgn-Pgs6XrLs

[@utahcountypicazospage5412]

Thank god I bought a 1999 camaro lol

[@BadLuckGarage]

Yes this same kit will work in a 99 Camaro.

[@xavierwilliams1217]

Is it a rebuild kit?

[@BadLuckGarage]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2WofqB4l8h7h7c