thanks pak rat for all the info, im a little more at ease about driving it now, its funny how you mentioned something about "park" though, i ive been having trouble getting it out of park on and off every since right after the factory warranty ran out, but ive been think it was the brake switch causing it, never had any trouble putting it in park though
no doubt if i were in your neck of the woods i would just drop it off, but im having a little trouble finding somebody within an hour or so drive that really knows thier shit when it come to the dodge diesel trannys, you know its kind of like building engines if you want ford to run you take it to this guy or if you want a chevy to run you take it to that guy, im sure all these trannys have there individual "weak points" that need to be addressed and when it does go in the shop i dont want to have to have it done 2 or 3 times like one guy i know did to finally get it to hold up, so that is why i was looking at the goerend and suncoast but i thought the prices were ridiculous also but the local shops have got so many "ifs, ands, or buts" and conditions/restrictions when it comes to the price and warranty that im just not sure what direction to go
when searching the diesel forums you find about as many opinions on "trannys" as you do what cam to put in a vw on here