dvanbramer88 wrote:I'm curious, does anybody out there make/sell reman valve bodies with shift kits installed during the re-manufacture process?
I really should just be giving a one answer response, just to keep the theme of the thread going...
To the best of my knowledge, no. It wouldn't make a tremendous amount of difference in the install even if they did. The valve body would still have to come out and you'd still be replacing springs in the accumulators and the boost valve. You'd still need to drill the holes for your specific seperator plate. It would probably make sense to go with the pinless accumulators too. They aren't both in the valve body. Plus there's a fair amount of variation over the years in the transmissions themselves where different springs are used depending on internal parts.
The extra little bit of time spent replacing the parts in the valve body is really just a quarter or third of the work.
I really believe anyone that's mildly mechanically inclined and has some patience can do the job as long as they take the time and double check everything as it's going together. I'm reasonably sure the Keys had their problem due to the transmission just being on the way out already.